For those of you who visit this blog regularly, I just wanted to say that it will be going rather quiet for most of May. This is because I'll be on annual leave, and interesting as the world of legal information is, I won't be logging in to post new entries during this time.
Normal service will be resumed on my return.
Best
Wendy
Wednesday, 29 April 2009
Tuesday, 28 April 2009
Ten Year Anniversary of the Civil Procedure Rules
Sunday 26th April marked the 10 year anniversary of the introduction of the Civil Procedure Rules. It was intended that they would change the way litigation was conducted, addressing issues such as cost, complexity and delay.
To mark the occasion LexisNexis hosted a debate, chaired by Lord Neuberger on:
'Have the CPR been effective in addressing those ills and bringing about Lord Woolf’s stated aim of increasing access to justice?'
Other panellists were:
Sir Anthony Clarke, Master of the Rolls
Simon Davis – Clifford Chance
District Judge Michael Walker
Professor Michael Zander QC – London School of Economics
To mark the occasion LexisNexis hosted a debate, chaired by Lord Neuberger on:
'Have the CPR been effective in addressing those ills and bringing about Lord Woolf’s stated aim of increasing access to justice?'
Other panellists were:
Sir Anthony Clarke, Master of the Rolls
Simon Davis – Clifford Chance
District Judge Michael Walker
Professor Michael Zander QC – London School of Economics
It is possible to listen to excerpts and highlights or the whole debate (registration needed).
Friday, 24 April 2009
LexisNexis Butterworths name change
From tomorrow, Saturday 25th April, LexisNexis Butterworths will be changing its name to Lexis Library.
This won't have any impact on the actual product but I thought that I'd flag it up.
I'll be changing library web site references to LNB to reflect this name change as soon as I get a chance!
This won't have any impact on the actual product but I thought that I'd flag it up.
I'll be changing library web site references to LNB to reflect this name change as soon as I get a chance!
Tuesday, 21 April 2009
Law Commission Reports - yes we have them!
Birkbeck Library has been subscribing to Law Commission Reports since 2001. However, because the reports are shelved with the journals (as you might expect, under L for Law) and do not have separate catalogue records many students do not realise that we have them.
So, the next time you are looking for a Law Commission Report remember that you have the option to consult it in print as well as via the Law Commission web site which contains links to reports from 1996 onwards.
We also have Law Commission consultation papers in stock (2001 onwards), and these can be found next to the Reports on the 4th floor of the Library.
So, the next time you are looking for a Law Commission Report remember that you have the option to consult it in print as well as via the Law Commission web site which contains links to reports from 1996 onwards.
We also have Law Commission consultation papers in stock (2001 onwards), and these can be found next to the Reports on the 4th floor of the Library.
Wednesday, 15 April 2009
Library survey - for academics and research students
'Oh no, not another survey!' I hear you cry. And yes, I'm afraid that it is. But bear with us. Whilst we have run an annual Library survey for many years, this is the first time that we've produced a survey specifically targetted at academics and research students.
We're aiming to find out which Library services and resources are used by these groups as well as establishing how confident people feel using them. We're also interested in receiving feedback as to how we can better support the research community within the College.
The survey will take no longer than 10 minutes to complete, and there is the chance to win £50 of Amazon vouchers if you take part.
To access please go to: http://tinyurl.com/azpxzd
Closing date is Friday 29th May.
For those of you who are on the LLB or Masters programmes and want to have your say on the Library and its services, look out for our annual survey which will go live in the summer term.
We're aiming to find out which Library services and resources are used by these groups as well as establishing how confident people feel using them. We're also interested in receiving feedback as to how we can better support the research community within the College.
The survey will take no longer than 10 minutes to complete, and there is the chance to win £50 of Amazon vouchers if you take part.
To access please go to: http://tinyurl.com/azpxzd
Closing date is Friday 29th May.
For those of you who are on the LLB or Masters programmes and want to have your say on the Library and its services, look out for our annual survey which will go live in the summer term.
Saturday, 4 April 2009
Law ebooks via Oxford Scholarship Online
We've recently boosted our ebook collection by subscribing to the Law module of Oxford Scholarship Online. It includes nearly 120 books, and it is possible to search by keyword across the whole collection as well as to browse individual titles.
The collection is available via our Database page. All books also have records on the library catalogue. If you find a title whilst searching the catalogue, within the full book record select 'Click here to access ebook', enter your IT Services username and password and the book will display in full.
The module has particularly good coverage of international law, criminology and human rights, but does also include material on constitutional & administrative, EU & company law too, so do take a look.
We'll be monitoring use of the ebooks, and if they prove popular will investigate expanding our ebook provision for law where titles are available in this format.
The collection is available via our Database page. All books also have records on the library catalogue. If you find a title whilst searching the catalogue, within the full book record select 'Click here to access ebook', enter your IT Services username and password and the book will display in full.
The module has particularly good coverage of international law, criminology and human rights, but does also include material on constitutional & administrative, EU & company law too, so do take a look.
We'll be monitoring use of the ebooks, and if they prove popular will investigate expanding our ebook provision for law where titles are available in this format.
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