News & Announcements
CALL annual conference - early bird registration deadline is March 12, 2010
Submitted by Administrator on March 5, 2010 - 11:15am.Dear CALLeagues,
Snow is melting down in Southern Ontario and the early bird deadline to register the 2010 CALL annual conference is fast approaching!
Still have not made up your mind whether to join us in Windsor? It is not too late! If you register before March 12, 2010, you will be offered the discounted rate of $460 for the full conference.
The conference will be held in the brand new four-diamond Caesar’s Windsor Hotel. Book early to reserve a luxury room with riverfront views! The planning committee worked very hard to negotiate an unbeatable price of only $160 per night. The spacious convention center features a 30,000 square foot ballroom and other wonderful, brand new meeting spaces. Please remember to choose the Augustus tower (instead of the Forum tower) when booking, as Augustus tower is connected to the convention level, where most events will be held.
This year, we have organized a wide range of interesting programs for librarians from all types of law libraries. Here are some examples:
Registration for the Joint Study Institute opens
Submitted by Administrator on February 18, 2010 - 2:08pm.Join us in beautiful Montreal for the Joint Study Institute, June 20-23, 2010. Learn about Canada's legal system, heritage and traditions in sessions featuring constitutional and parliamentary law, aboriginal law, civil law, the courts and the judiciary, legal ethics, international law in Canadian courts, and sovereignty and the Northwest Passage. Speakers include judges, lawyers, and law professors along with some of your own brilliant CALL colleagues.
For more information and to sign up now, go to: http://www.callacbd.ca/conferences/JSI/program/index.htm.
Sponsored by:
- Canadian Association of Law Libraries/Association Canadienne des Bibliotheques de Droit (CALL/ACBD)
- American Association of Law Libraries (AALL)
- Australian Law Librarians' Association (ALLA)
- British and Irish Association of Law Libraries (BIALL)
- New Zealand Law Librarians' Association
Mentorship opportunity at SLAIS
Submitted by Susannah Tredwell on January 25, 2010 - 2:58pm.The BCLA/CLA student chapter at UBC's School of Library, Archival and Information Studies is currently seeking library and information professionals who are interested in acting as mentors to participating students. Our goal is to foster the creation of mutually satisfying relationships between practicing information professionals and SLAIS students.
Once we match up students with mentors working in their area of professional interest, we connect mentors and mentees via email. At that point, you can decide when, where, and how frequently you would like to meet with each other. In the past, professionals living outside of the Lower Mainland have also participated in this program, using phone calls and emails to communicate with their mentee rather than in-person meetings.
Please email us at slaismentorship@gmail.com at your earliest opportunity if you would like to take part in this program. Please include details about the kind of information setting you are employed in, the type of work that you normally engage in, and your email address. Don't hesitate to email us if you would like more information about this program.
Please feel free to distribute this message to your library listservs, bulletin boards, and any of your MLIS colleagues who may be interested in mentoring students.
Reminder: Applications for Peter Bark Bursary deadline March 1, 2010
Submitted by Gillian Crabtree on January 11, 2010 - 11:26am.Peter Bark Bursary
The Peter Bark Professional Development Bursary was established by VALL to commemorate Peter Bark and his contribution to VALL and law librarianship. The Bursary assists VALL members demonstrating financial need in attending meetings of the Canadian Association of Law Librarians or other law library associations, continuing education workshops or other professional development. The fund is sustained by donations from individuals, law book publishers and grants from VALL.
For more information about Peter Bark, please read his obituary, published in the Advocate, (1991) 49: 155-16. Thank you to the Advocate magazine for permission to post this article.
Guidelines for applicants
Value: Bursaries up to a maximum of $1,500 per successful applicant may be awarded per year.
Eligibility: Applicants will have been members of VALL for a minimum of one year. Members of the current executive are eligible to apply.
Financial circumstances of applicant(s) will be considered.
Preference will be given to applicants attending a professional conference for the first time or who have conference responsibilities or who are active in VALL or in the law library community.
The Business of Law – Views from the Law Firm Administrator’s Chair
Submitted by Agathe Holowatinc on December 22, 2009 - 1:39pm.Mark your calendars for the VALL/BCLMA KM JOINT SEMINAR on Tues. Jan. 26, 2010!
This seminar provides an understanding of the business of law from the Administrator’s perspective. It develops your capacity to think and act strategically in your library by focusing on the business models and latest trends and practices in law firm Administration and challenges facing Administrators in today’s economy. The goal is to enable both new and experienced law library professionals to develop a working knowledge of the following areas and to be comfortable discussing financial and administrative decisions:
Season's Greetings to Everyone
Submitted by Gillian Crabtree on December 10, 2009 - 3:48pm.The Vancouver Association of Law Libraries would like to wish everyone the very best for the holidays and the New Year.
October edition of the VALL Membership Directory 2009-2010 now available
Submitted by Gabriella Barsoum on November 26, 2009 - 9:32am.The first edition of the printable (and searchable) PDF version of the VALL Membership Directory 2009-2010, current to October 30, 2009, is now available on the VALL website. The PDF is searchable this year using the Adobe Reader's find box.
Members can access the directory under Member Resources. Please note that you will need to sign in to the website in order to access the file.
If you find any errors or omissions, please notify Katherine Melville so the database can be updated. Also, please take this opportunity to make sure your own profile is displaying your current information on this website. The next printable directory will be published in February 2010.
Photos from the September Seminar...
Submitted by Agathe Holowatinc on October 1, 2009 - 1:04pm.The first VALL seminar for the 2009/2010 season, in our new location, the Shangri-La, and featuring guest speaker Guy Robertson - Emergency Response Planner for libraries, archives and information centres, was one to remember...
Thank you to everyone who was able to attend!
VALL September Seminar: Emergency Response Planning with Guy Robertson
Submitted by Agathe Holowatinc on September 18, 2009 - 1:29pm.
Please join us as we welcome Guy Robertson, disaster planning and risk management consultant for libraries, archives and information centres, to the first VALL Seminar of the 2009-2010 year.
For information on registration, click here. Please register by Tuesday, September 22.
BC Public Libraries need your immediate support
Submitted by Anna Holeton on July 30, 2009 - 3:04pm.
The provincial operating grants for BC Public Libraries are in SERIOUS danger! These grants fund programs and services that are currently free to all BC residents, and represent an investment in the future of our province.
Act NOW and let the Provincial government know you oppose cuts to important province-wide library programs and services. If the proposed cuts are made now, there will likely be more cuts in the future.
Times are tight, but the return on investment in public library services and programs is high as public libraries are heavily used in bad times, so cutting their funding adversely affects many people. Programs and services funded by these grants are run collaboratively, which saves significant taxpayer dollars.
