Academic Law Librarian to lead the British and Irish Association of Law Librarians Claire Mazer, an Academic Liaison Librarian at Brunel University London, has become President of the British and Irish Association of Law Librarians (BIALL). Claire has worked for Brunel University London for over twenty years. Her role has a particular focus on Law, but she works additionally with the following subject areas: Criminology, Policing, Politics and International Relations, Intelligence and Security Studies and History. She helps and teaches students particularly on the use of subject databases and referencing and liaises with academic and university colleagues on reading and information skills requirements for their courses. She manages library budgets for her respective subject areas. Previously she worked as a librarian for BPP Law School (Holborn), London. Education and learning skills for life are very important to her. She enjoys working in this area and sharing knowledge and skills with students, researchers and academic colleagues. Between 2017 and 2022 Claire undertook various BIALL roles, including that of Chair of the BIALL Awards and Bursaries Committee. During 2023/24 she served as President Elect. Claire offered the following comments on her appointment: ‘I feel honoured to work with BIALL and to serve as its President for the 2024/25 term. Having been a BIALL member for many years I am aware of the great work carried out by this association. I never cease to be amazed by the collective talent and experience of BIALL members. The association is a friendly and supportive network of professionals run by volunteers. I would encourage anyone thinking of becoming involved with BIALL to volunteer, it is a truly rewarding and worthwhile experience. I would like to thank the outgoing President, Julie Christmas, who moves in to the role of Immediate Past President. I’m also grateful for the support of BIALL Council and the wider membership. I look forward to upholding BIALL values and continuing the association’s work with colleagues’. Outgoing President Julie Christmas added, “I am delighted to be handing over the Presidency to Claire whom I've enjoyed working with immensely over the her years of involvement in BIALL. It's important that we reflect the range of sectors in which our members work so I look forward to seeing how Claire's perspective as an academic liaison librarian enhances our activities”.
BIALL (British and Irish Association of Law Librarians)
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The British and Irish Association of Law Librarians represents the interests of legal information professionals
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BIALL is the leading professional body in the UK and Ireland for information and knowledge professionals working with legal information. Set up in 1969 BIALL is a self-supporting association which draws its income primarily from membership subscriptions. It is a voluntary organisation, with no salaried staff, run by the members for the members. The Association is run through its Committees and the BIALL Council and is governed by a constitution, regulations and standing orders. Our purpose: BIALL’s purpose is to support and represent legal information and knowledge professionals and to help demonstrate the important and vital contribution they make to supporting the work of the legal sector. What we do: We provide opportunities for members to exchange information and share best practice, enhance their knowledge of legal information management, and promote the value of law libraries and legal information and knowledge professionals; We act as a forum for legal information and knowledge professionals and suppliers of legal information and knowledge products and have a dedicated Supplier Liaison Group; We actively engage with other organisations serving librarianship and legal information and support giving some members the opportunity to attend the meetings and conferences of those organisations via our bursaries programme; We encourage bibliographic study and research into law librarianship through publication in the Association’s journal, Legal Information Management; We support various legal initiatives both within Britain and Ireland and internationally, such as BAILII and Flare and have also contributed our professional skills to the development of law library facilities in several institutions in Sierra Leone; We celebrate the excellence of our members via a prestigious annual awards programme.
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The British and Irish Association of Law Librarians (BIALL) is seeking a new publisher for its journal, Legal Information Management. Legal Information Management has been published continuously since 2001 and, in its previous incarnation, The Law Librarian since 1970. The journal is the principal title for library and information professionals working in the field of legal information management in the UK and Ireland. The journal is currently published four times a year, in print and online, by Cambridge University Press. A new publisher will take over publication of the journal from January 2026. BIALL is keen to hear from well-established journal publishers that offer a full publishing service. Please contact the Chair of the Editorial Board at lim@biall.org.uk for further information.
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BIALL Annual Conference June 2024 – latest update and AI panel opportunity. The 2024 Annual Conference will take place in Leeds 12-14 June and you can find all the details on our Conference web page https://lnkd.in/eTvRbmkA The Early Bird Rate will end on 30th April! Book now to avoid disappointment. We have lots of great conference talks and networking opportunities. One speaker, Matthew Leopold will be delivering 'The perplexing mystery of the lawyer who embraced change' plenary on Thursday 13th June. Keeping 'an eye on the trends', he is looking for volunteers to assist with his research in AI (see below). Interested in sharing your views on using AI in law degrees? LexisNexis are looking to run a series of small virtual panels with academic knowledge managers and university teaching staff. They want to understand the impact of generative AI on legal teaching. They are interested in learning if universities are considering the use of AI in their teaching of students, and if so, when and how they plan to implement it. If you would be interested in joining a panel, please contact matthew.leopold@lexisnexis.co.uk.