President's Welcome

I look forward to working alongside the National Executive Committee and the membership to progress our key objectives and to build upon the achievements driven by John Botherway, previous President and the Committee, over the past 12 months. The next 12 months is an exciting time for the Association where we will engage in online professional development programs, continue to develop the national membership model, establish a framework to enhance sharing and exchange of ideas and foster industry partnerships of mutual benefit.

Congratulations to Frieda Evans, Jane Angel, Barbara Keogh, Michelle Brown, Sue Coates and Helen Edney for organising a highly successful conference that captured the spirit and essence of the Top End. The program was informative, interesting and very entertaining and I invite delegates to send in photos of the conference for loading onto the website. The papers will be published in the Australian Law Librarian, so keep an eye out for the next issue. Some of the papers are already available on the website. Thank you to the conference sponsors: LexisNexis, Justis, SAI Global, Thomson Reuters, CCH and FIRST Software Solutions for your support and good will during these tough economic times and we look forward to partnering with you on future events such as the 2010 ALLA/NZLLA Conference.

The 2010 Conference will be a jointly held conference with ALLA and NZLLA. Petal Kinder is the Conference Convenor and is delighted to announce the 2010 conference will be held in Melbourne. More details to follow.

Want to know more about your Association? Then you must read “Setting a Precedent: The Evolution of the Australian Law Librarians’ Association 1969-2009” by Donald Barker, Fiona Brown and Graeme Johanson which was launched at the 2009 Conference Dinner. Copies of the book are available from LexisNexis for $25.00 with many thanks to Petal Kinder, James Butler and John Botherway for spending too many late nights editing the book.

Kind regards, Leanne