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16 Austl. L. Libr. 5 (2008)
National President's Column

handle is hein.journals/auslwlib16 and id is 8 raw text is: National President's Column Petal Kinder, National President (ALLA), High Court of Australia, Ph (02) 6270 6922 Email: pkinder@hcourt.gov.au I am very pleased to welcome Dorothy Shea, Librarian at the Supreme Court of Tasmania, as Editor of the Australian Law Librarian (ALL). This is the first time in the history of the journal that an Editor has been appointed for a period of 3 5 years. Previously, the journal rotated every two years around each of the States. With each rotation it became more and more difficult to find people willing to give of their time and expertise and, after inviting expressions of interest, it was decided to appoint Dorothy Shea. Dorothy has a sound working knowledge of publishing and editorial processes and has said: The printed Journal is, and will remain for the foreseeable future, the core medium for dissemination of ideas within the law librarian community. However I believe we need to look beyond the existing environment where the roles of contributors, readers and publish- ers are well defined and dare to explore the ways in which new technologies can enhance the exchange of knowledge and information. It would be challenging (and hopefully rewarding) to be given the opportunity to extend the recognition and appreciation of the Journal beyond the printed page. With this in mind, Dorothy has been speaking with the Copyright Agency Limited in order to ascertain the position of the Journal with regards to the matter of copyright. It is hoped that once the issue of copyright has been settled that back issues of the Journal will be made available through electronic sources. Two new sub-committees have been formed within the National Executive to assist with the work of the Australian Law Librarians' Association AUSTRALIAN LAW LIBRARIAN. Vol 16 No. 1 2008 (ALLA) - the Communications Committee and the Conference Committee. The purpose of the Communications Committee is to provide advice and counsel to the Editorial Board of the Australian Law Librarian and the ALLA website. Jeannine Goasdoue, the ALLA Webmaster, Sue Woodman and James Butler will be speaking with a consultant for the purpose of reviewing the overall design and content of the existing site. There is also a need to have a password protected section which will store and archive financial documents and records of Minutes of various meetings. The work carried out by members at both national and state levels is entirely voluntary. We are indebted to these people for the giving of their time, expertise and energy to areas such as website development and monitoring, the various committees and office bearing positions - our sincere thanks to last year's office bearers and especially the outgoing co-editors of the ALL from the ACT, Robyn Nielson and Yvonne Hopkins. The intended role of the Conference Committee, which will be chaired by John Botherway, Vice President, is to provide consultation, advice and assistance on conference-related matters including timelines and schedules, prospective speakers, document templates for letters to publishers and trade exhibitors and generally provide a process for tapping into the prior experience of the National Executive and prevent the major duplication of effort which results from the organisation of conferences in isolation. The Code of Conduct on the website has been revised to include a statement that, Notices about job vacancies are acceptable on a one-off

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