scholarly journals Editorial and Introduction

2019 ◽  
Vol 19 (02) ◽  
pp. 73-74 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Wills
Keyword(s):  
Information Management ◽  
Fiftieth Anniversary ◽  
Council Meeting ◽  
Legal Information ◽  
Legal Studies ◽  
Birthday Cake

Welcome to the summer issue of Legal Information Management (LIM) which celebrates the fiftieth anniversary of the British and Irish Association of Law Librarians (BIALL). Back in 1999, on Friday 16th April 1999 to be precise, a BIALL Council meeting took place that was held at the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies in London. The minutes of that meeting record that, Before the meeting opened, Mary Blake [then President of BIALL] informed those present that the date was a special one in BIALL history, as it was 30 years to the day that BIALL was established. She had marked the occasion by bringing a birthday cake and Michael Maher [then Chair of the Association] provided bottles of Champagne for a toast after lunch.

letter from carol clark in south africa …

2005 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 193-195
Author(s):  
carol clark
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Information Management ◽  
Legal Information ◽  
Legal Studies ◽  
E Mail

it was in an e-mail from christine miskin discussing what i could write about in this article that i learnt of the death of gillian sands. i was saddened by this news as although i never met her in person, we did “meet” via e-mail. only a couple of weeks before her death she responded to a request we had sent out on the listserve for an obscure english case. her friendliness and willingness to assist a colleague were immediately apparent. her name was also familiar to me from articles she had written for legal information management and i know that the librarian in our london office had contact with her when she worked at the institute of advanced legal studies. to gillian's family, friends and colleagues we extend our deepest sympathy.

Current Awareness

2004 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 142-146
Author(s):  
Gillian Sands ◽  
Sam Weston-Smith
Keyword(s):  
Legal Information ◽  
Legal Studies

This Current Awareness column, and previous Current Awareness columns, are now fully searchable in the new caLIM database (Current Awareness for Legal Information Managers). The caLIM database is available on the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies website at: http://ials.sas.ac.uk/library/caware/caware.htm

How to Find European Law – a Basic Introduction

2009 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 89-99 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Information Management ◽  
European Law ◽  
The European Union ◽  
European Union Law ◽  
Legal Information ◽  
Law Making

AbstractThis article by John Furlong is an updated and revised version of an article originally authored by John Furlong and Susan Doe and published in Legal Information Management 2006, 6(2) Summer 2006 and covers in some detail the basic sources for researching European Union law. It also gives some background on the growth of the European Union and its law making.

Are We Still Needed? Reflections on the Profession in BIALL's Fiftieth Anniversary Year

2019 ◽  
Vol 19 (02) ◽  
pp. 75-79 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dunstan Speight
Keyword(s):  
Information Service ◽  
Fiftieth Anniversary ◽  
Law Firm ◽  
Legal Information ◽  
Short Overview ◽  
Core Skills ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities ◽  
Types Of Information ◽  
Changing World

AbstractIn this article Dunstan Speight, President of BIALL 2018–2019, provides a short overview of current challenges and opportunities facing the profession. In addition to trends affecting all types of law libraries, the article discusses some of the main issues facing the three main types of information service: academic, law firm and chambers, and professional bodies. The article concludes with a discussion of how core skills and experience are still relevant in the fast-changing world of legal information.

The BIALL-IALS Foreign and International Law Courses

2016 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 116-118 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hester Swift
Keyword(s):  
International Law ◽  
The United States ◽  
Legal Information ◽  
Legal Studies ◽  
Training Initiative ◽  
Foreign Law ◽  
The Uk ◽  
The University ◽  
Law Library ◽  
Law Training

AbstractHester Swift writes about the successful one-day courses on foreign and international legal research that have been run since 2009 at the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies (IALS) in conjunction with BIALL. These courses have been a collaborative venture between the Foreign and International Law Librarians at the Bodleian Law Library at Oxford, the Squire Law Library at Cambridge, and the IALS Library, together with law librarians from the University of London's School of Oriental and African Studies and the University of Cardiff. The courses have attracted delegates from many different sectors of the legal information profession. The post of Foreign and International Law Librarian, or Foreign, Comparative and International Law Librarian, is relatively new to the UK, but has a long history in the United States. The BIALL-IALS foreign and international law training initiative complements the cooperation of the Foreign Law Research (FLARE) Group.

Books and Bytes Together: Print and Electronic Resources at the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies Library

2008 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 23-27 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Hard Copy ◽  
Electronic Resources ◽  
Legal Information ◽  
Legal Studies ◽  
Law Library ◽  
Electronic Sources

AbstractLesley Young analyses how the acquisitions process has altered in an academic law library with a huge international collection of both hard copy and electronic resources, following the increasing introduction and use of electronic sources of legal information.

Current Awareness

2002 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 56-60
Author(s):  
David Gee ◽  
June Tomlinson
Keyword(s):  
Web Site ◽  
Legal Information ◽  
Legal Studies

ThisCurrent Awarenesscolumn, and previous Current Awareness columns, are now fully searchable in the newcaLIMdatabase (Current Awareness for Legal Information Managers). ThecaLIMdatabase is available on the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies Web site at: http://iala.sas.ac.uk/library/caware/caware.htm

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