Legal Research

Being creative with Web 2.0...in academic liaison

Posted on April 27, 2009
The latest edition of CILIP Update has a really interesting article in it on how Academic Librarians can use Web 2.0 tools like Ning, Delicious and Nevibes to support academics and students.The author describes how they initially "played" with the tools but then began to think about how they could be used to "enhance their role"initially using Ning to create a network for Staff and Students to use...

Does Lexis Library spell the end of Butterworths?

Posted on April 22, 2009
In an interesting move Lexis Nexis(LN) have renamed the Lexis Nexis Butterworth's Global Platform Lexis Library. The rebranding hasn't gone un-noticed by the legal community, but what does it really mean?Many people will say it's simply a case of LN rebranding their premier product so that the title actually means something...

The BIALL Web Board needs YOU!

Posted on April 20, 2009
Are you interested in what the web can do for law librarians? Do you want to see BIALL using the best of web 2.0 applications and technologies to support law librarians? Are you interested in blogs, tagging, Twitter, LinkedIn and other web 2.0 apps? Do you want to help make the BIALL website all that it can be? Then the BIALL web board is looking for you!The BIALL web board is always looking for new members who are interested in progressing the use of the web in law librarianship and supporting BIALL's web needs...

BIALL: The perfect membership organisation?

Posted on April 20, 2009
Is it? Or are there things you'd like to know more about, decisions that have been made, issues that have or haven't been addressed? Is there something that you just plain dislike?All these - and compliments - can be aired at the Have Your Say session at BIALL's conference...

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BIALL Website...sneak previews

Posted on April 15, 2009
The BIALL Web Committee (BWEB) is pleased to offer BIALL members a sneak preview of the *new*all singing, all dancing BIALL Website. This is due to be launched at the Conference in Manchester and the project is proceeding on schedule.For a sneak preview of the website have a look at the following links...

Manchester Conference Bursaries

Posted on April 08, 2009
With only 70 days left until the start of the BIALL Conference many people will be thinking about the cost. Never fear BIALL is here! This year the Awards and Bursaries Committee are offering a number of bursaries which BIALL members can take advantage of, they include:Betty Moys international bursaryLegal Library Services Conference BursarySweet & Maxwell BursaryBIALL conference, student and international bursariesIf you're interested in applying for a bursary do get in touch with the Awards and Bursaries Commitee Chair Susan Scorey.

Is the 20th century law publishing model broken?

Posted on April 06, 2009
An interesting and potentially worrying story here from the Life of Books Blog on how Reed Elsevier and Thomson Reuters are losing yes losing money. From the introduction to the Blog post " just looked up Reed Elsevier?s and Thomson Reuters? stock quotes for the recent past...

Will £50m outsourcing deal end in-house LIS?

Posted on April 01, 2009
This is the attention grabbing news headline from the April 2009 edition of the Library & Information Update. The deal in question is the one between Osborne Clarke and Integreon which has seen 80 Business Services staff including Library Staff "transferred to work at a...

Want to get involved?

Posted on March 30, 2009
The BIALL Membership Services Committee is currently looking for new members. This is an ideal opportunity to get involved in BIALL, to network, to learn and help your colleagues in Law Librarianship. Membership of a BIALL Committee is open to all members of BIALL...

BIALL Conference Manchester 2009

Posted on March 20, 2009
The latest news from the BIALL Conference Committee is that the basic delegate rate for BIALL Members wishing to attend the Conference will be £340.00. From the BIALL Website;"As promised in our last report, we have kept the basic delegate rate as low as possible and are pleased to announce that it will be lower than in previous years...

What will the recession bring?

Posted on March 18, 2009
I know we should try to avoid thinking about the "recession too much but sometimes you can't avoid it, especially when so many people are talking about it. If you do want to read more about "What the recession will bring" then I can thoroughly recommend the follwoing blog posts:What will the recession bring? - From the Law21 BlogStaff cuts and short term thinking - Also from the Law21 Blog

You shouldn't judge a book by its cover!

Posted on March 16, 2009
The latest in a long run of articles from the Guardian looks at the role of a Librarian. Some highlights from the article (which made us chuckle);"It is a proper profession, you know, like law or accounting""...librarians, by reputation, are meant to be easy to forget about...

PLC Key Client Forum 2009

Posted on March 09, 2009
For anyone who attended the PLC Key Client Forum and even if you didn't PLC have published the presentations from this event.You can access the presentations and other documentation from the event in full here.

Who, what, when, why and how?

Posted on March 09, 2009
Have Your Say - where you ask the questions about BIALL's activities - will once again be taking place at Conference in June.This is your formal opportunity to raise issues about the whole range of committees, awards, conference, activities, publications and events that BIALL promotes or produces...

Searching Europa

Posted on March 06, 2009

CILIP - Twitterless?

Posted on March 05, 2009

BIALL Solos LinkedIn Group

Posted on March 04, 2009

AALL launches Twitter Feeds

Posted on February 26, 2009
If you use Twitter (if you don't why not!?!) then you might want to start following Tweets from the American Association of Law Librarians (AALL)They have two Twitter feeds one here and another one exclusively for the 2009 Annual Meeting.[Hat Tip - The Law Librarian Blog]

Excited Utterances - Legal Publishing Poll

Posted on February 24, 2009
Sean Hocking of Law Librarians News and Excited Utterances has created a short poll on increases in publishers prices. From the Excited Utterances Website where the poll is hosted:"We?re just trying to get a sense of which legal publisher - Law librarians and Knowledge Manager's think will raise their prices most over the next 12 months"If you don't want to vote you can look at the results so far by choosing "View results" so what are you waiting for!

UK Government reviews copyright policy

Posted on February 23, 2009
The UK's Intellectual Property Office (IPO) is leading an initiative to review the current copyright policy, with a view to amending it for the21st century.The initiative is one of the outcomes of the Gowers Review of Intellectual Property , which was published in November 2006...

Friday Fun - Google Fight!

Posted on February 20, 2009
The House of Butter blog has pointed me in the direction of Google Fight which is great fun!Basically the site lets you enter two keywords say Lexis Nexis and Westlaw it then searches Google for individual mentions of these keywords, the winnner is the Key Word with the most hits!Why not give it a go!

The big freeze

Posted on February 19, 2009
Not I'm afraid to say a post about the rather inclement weather the UK suffered recently but some information from the US about Lexis Nexis freezing pay for their employees at 2008 levels.The reports from the Above the Law Blog and the JD Journal both mention that Lexis Nexis also made 300 employees redundant last April...

Library Management Systems and the Legal Sector

Posted on February 16, 2009
The Library & Information Gazette has published two articles in its February 13 edition, which will be of interest to anyone working in the Legal Sector who has an interest in Library Management Systems (LMS)In the first "We need all the answers" Alan Lewis of Moore Stephens LLP says that "...

Copyright in the age of Youtube

Posted on February 09, 2009
There has been a lot of discussion recently on LIS-LAW around copyright so anyone who was interested in that dialogue will definitely be interested in this article in the most recent edition of the ABA Journal entitled originally Copyright in the age of Youtube...

FT Sues for Unauthorized Password Sharing

Posted on February 06, 2009
This is an interesting story to come out of the US. According to the Law Librarian Blog the Financial Times is suing Blackstone (a private equity firm in the US) for copyright infringement and violations of federal computer law.The news was broken by the DealBook blog who provide some information on how the FT detected the "breach"

Government Information in the Google Age

Posted on February 04, 2009
The CILIP Gazette recently reported on a seminar hosted by the Government Libraries & Information Group Special Interest Group. The broad aim of the seminar was to look at the management of Government Information in the fast moving information age we all live in...

PLC Podcasts

Posted on February 02, 2009
PLC have launched a series of PodCasts which look like they will be of interest to anybody working in the field of Intellectual Property Law or Employment Law. The Podcasts are available below:Intellectual Property - Looking back - looking forward seriesPractical Law Company and CPDcast ? podcast pilot (Employment Law)

These times...they are uncertain

Posted on January 30, 2009
Unless you've been out of circulation for a while you cant help but have noticed that were in the middle of a Credit Crisis, or as the Government has finally admitted a recession. So what does this mean for Legal Information Professionals?Firstly it means it's hard to plan ahead especially when stories like this and this seem to be appearing on a daily basis...

The Academic Library of the future

Posted on January 29, 2009
If you work in an Academic Library you might want to check out the work being undertaken by JISC and a number of other organisations, which was reported on the Peter Scott Library Blog late last year.From the JISC Website:"JISC, SCONUL, RLUK, the British Library and the Research Information Network (RIN) are to work together on a major strategic initiative which will explore the substantial challenges facing academic libraries as they respond to a period of unparalleled change in the external environment...

Justis gets a makeover

Posted on January 23, 2009
The new year means many things and for Justis that means a new look. From the Justis website:"On Thursday 29th January we will be launching the new versions of the Justis and JustCite websites. The changes will take place on the pre-sign-in side of the Justis service...

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