Jim Heller: Hosting the SEAALL 2010 Annual Meeting

"SEAALL [Southeastern chapter, American Association of Law Libraries] moves around and it seemed to me that-- Richmond had had a couple of meetings, and they’re going all around the southeast. And I thought that we should, it was appropriate for Williamsburg to host it. And we did. The grunt work was done by Betta, Betta Labanish... I get to do the fun stuff. The whole staff got involved in various parts of the meeting... I’m quite certain it was the highest attended SEAALL meeting anywhere.” -- Jim Heller, former Law Library Director, on the 2010 annual meeting of SEAALL After the Digital Revolution: Law Libraries in a World Turned Upside Down. Program, Southeastern Chapter of the American Association of Law Libraries (SEAALL) and Virginia Association of Law Libraries (VALL) Annual Meeting, April 2010. Wolf Law Library Archives, LSA.1779.003 In 2010, Wolf Law Library Director Jim Heller arranged for William & Mary Law School to host the annual meeting of two professional library associations, SEALL and VALL. Almost 200 people – a record number – attended the meeting at the Colonial Williamsburg convention center. The entire library staff contributed to planning the event, with much of the administrative work done by administrative assistant Betta Labanish. Uniquely among SEAALL events, the Williamsburg conference also featured a performance by Heller’s band, Winslow Ridge. Listen to Jim Heller's oral history online.