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BIALL 2018 Conference Call for Papers

Posted on September 07, 2017
The BIALL Conference Committee has launched the Call for Papers for the 2018 Conference which will be held at the Hilton Birmingham Metropole, on Thursday 7th ? Saturday 9th June 2018. Our theme for 2018 is Designing our future: debate, develop, deliver...

New BIALL website

Posted on June 29, 2017
The new BIALL website has now been launched, the new website is now live for you to enjoy.Please note the BIALL Blog has also moved: http://biall.org.uk/blog.If you have an RSS feed setup for this blog please update to the new blog RSS feed available on the new site...

Preparing for #BIALL2017 : Other places to go & things to do in Manchester

Posted on June 05, 2017
Other places to go & things to do in ManchesterManchester is a really vibrant and interesting city, so if you have time to explore we would certainly recommend it! Here are a few suggestions of things to see & do in the city: Town Hall ? Manchester's famous neo-gothic town hall was designed by Alfred Waterhouse and built between 1868-1877...

BIALL Professional Studies Bursary 2017

Posted on June 05, 2017
The BIALL sponsored Professional Studies Bursary 2017 is still open for applications until 30 June 2017. This very generous bursary offers up to £10000 towards all or part of the course fees for a BIALL member completing their postgraduate information/library studies, including distance-learning courses, in the United Kingdom or the Republic of Ireland...

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BIALL Salary Survey 2017

Posted on June 05, 2017
Have you ever wondered if you?re being paid the market rate for the job you do?  Are you getting the same benefits as other people doing the same job as you?  Do you need some hard facts to back up a salary review?  If the answer to any of these questions is ?Yes?, then please read on! The annual BIALL salary survey questionnaire collects a wide range of data such as salary, working conditions, fringe benefits, full/part time status, level of responsibility, staff numbers and qualifications...

Preparing for #BIALL2017 : The area around the Conference venue

Posted on May 30, 2017
Area around the conference venueOur venue for the BIALL 2017 Conference is the Principal Manchester Hotel, which is on Oxford Road in central Manchester. The area immediately around the venue includes Oxford Road station, as well as a number of shops and eating/drinking places...

Preparing for #BIALL2017 : The Manchester Bee

Posted on May 22, 2017
The Manchester BeeWhilst walking around Manchester, you may notice images of bees on a lot of buildings, lamp posts, bins, plant tubs etc; this is because the worker bee is the adopted symbol of Manchester. Since 1842 the bee has been incorporated into the city?s coat of arms, and was adopted as a motif due to Manchester?s role in leading the industrial revolution, with the industrious worker bee representing the hard-working people...

Survey on new apprenticeship standards for library and information sector

Posted on May 15, 2017
A working group of representatives from employers in the library and information sector have confirmed that they will look to develop new apprenticeship standards with support from CILIP and other key sector bodies. To assist with setting priorities and to demonstrate sufficient interest to the Institute for Apprenticeships a survey has been published to gather views from information professionals across all sectors...

Have Your Say!

Posted on May 15, 2017
This year has been speeding by and it is hard to believe that we are already halfway through May! This also means we are fast approaching the 2017 BIALL Conference at The Principal, Manchester. As in previous years, we will be running the BIALL members' forum, Have Your Say, immediately after the AGM on Friday 9 June (13...

Preparing for #BIALL2017 : Transport around Manchester City Centre

Posted on May 12, 2017
Transport around Manchester City CentreIf arriving in Manchester by air, there are a number of ways in which you can travel into the city centre from the airport : Taxi, train, bus or tram (Metrolink)! Taxi ranks are located outside all terminals, and there are also private hire booking desks at each terminal, which tend to work out as a cheaper rate ? it should cost around £20 for a taxi from the airport to the city centre...

Preparing for #BIALL2017 : The Principal Manchester

Posted on May 05, 2017
The Principal Manchester (formerly The Palace Hotel)The venue for our 2017 conference is a beautiful Victorian era landmark in the centre of Manchester ? a grade II listed building, dating back to 1890. Known for many years as The Palace Hotel, it has recently undergone a huge refurbishment and has been re-named The Principal Manchester...

Lexis Library Awards - Now open for nominations

Posted on April 25, 2017
The LexisLibrary Awards (formerly The Halsbury?s Awards) have been actively recognising and celebrating the dedicated performance and outstanding service given by teams managing legal collections and resources since 2007. They replaced the BIALL Awards for Excellence which ran in 2005 and 2006...

Questions invited for Copyright Panel at Conference

Posted on April 21, 2017
We would like to invite questions now for our panel to answer during our 'Copyright Questions Answered' session, which will take place on Thursday 8th June during the BIALL Conference.Please send your questions to Julie Christmas & Susan McGlamery and we will do our best include as many as possible - please note that everyone is welcome to submit questions, even if unable to attend the session...

BIALL Annual Law Firm Library Survey 2015/16

Posted on April 10, 2017
BIALL is very pleased to announce that the analysis of the Law Firm Library Survey has been completed and is now available on the BIALL website for BIALL Members.The new survey is designed to aid law firm librarians benchmark their services against other law firms...

BIALL Election of Officers and Members of Council 2017-2018 - Invitation for Nominations

Posted on March 02, 2017
Under the Constitution, there are annual elections for the posts of President and President Elect, which, in both cases, are for a duration of one year. The current President Elect, Anneli Sarkanen, will be elected as President if there are no other nominations...

The BIALL Irish group response to an Issues Paper on Accessibility, Consolidation and Online Publication of Legislation

Posted on February 24, 2017
The Law Reform Commission (LRC) as part of its Fourth Programme of Law Reform published an Issues Paper on Accessibility, Consolidation and Online Publication of Legislation on the 14th December 2016.The paper seeks to improve the accessibility of legislation in Ireland and asks to what extent a number of areas such as a planned programme of consolidation and maximising technology in the online publication of legislation could improve accessibility...

BIALL Quiz 2017 - Save the date!

Posted on February 23, 2017
The annual BIALL Quiz in aid of the Wallace Breem Fund and Cogwheel Trust International will take place on Wednesday, 26th April at the Penderel?s Oak, High Holborn, WC1V 7HP.  Your quizmaster will be the irrepressible John Evans.Booking will open soon on Eventbrite ? watch for further notices...

Legal Technology and AI update

Posted on February 14, 2017
The BIALL Knowledge Management Group is pleased to announce its next event, kindly sponsored by InfoTrack (https://www.infotrack.co.uk/), to be held at Shearman & Sterling in London on Tuesday 7th March 2017 from 6pm to 8pm. Alex Smith, Innovation Manager at Reed Smith and former Senior Product Lead - Platform Innovation at Lexis, will provide a legal technology and AI update...

BIALL Student Award

Posted on February 13, 2017
We are now accepting applications for the BIALL Student Award 2017.The prizeThe winner of the award will receive a £250 cash prize and a years' membership of BIALL, and will be invited to attend the awards dinner at the BIALL conference to receive their award...

BIALL - CLSIG - SLA Europe Graduate Open Day

Posted on February 02, 2017
BIALL, CLSIG and SLA Europe are pleased to invite new professionals, graduate trainees, early career librarians and students to their joint Graduate Open Day at CILIP HQ. The day is kindly sponsored by specialist recruitment agencies CB Resourcing and Sue Hill Recruitment...

Nominations open for BIALL Legal Journals Award 2017

Posted on January 31, 2017
Have you consulted or ordered a legal periodical recently that has stood out? Recognise outstanding quality in legal publishing by putting forward a publication for the BIALL Legal Journals Award, won last year by The Law Teacher. Nominations are now open via a simple online form (paper version available on request) and will close on Monday 6 March 2017...

Supplier Liaison Group ? new contact form

Posted on December 06, 2016
There is now an SLG contact form on the SLG homepage to be used for contacting all members of the SLG. Please submit all enquiries using this form.A member of the committee will then be in touch to deal with your query.This form is to be used in place of contacting Committee members individually wherever possible.

BIALL Knowledge Management Group

Posted on November 03, 2016
The BIALL Knowledge Management Group is pleased to announce its next event, to be held at King & Wood Mallesons, 10 Queen Street Place, London, EC4R 1BE, on Tuesday 22nd November 2016 from 6pm to 7.30pm. We will hear from three speakers, representing different organisations, who will share their experiences and "war stories" with regard to intranets...

KM workshop - blogpost

Posted on November 01, 2016
?Knowledge management?: what does it actually mean? It?s a term that I?ve been dimly aware for a while now, but without really understanding what it is or why it?s important. What exactly do you mean by ?knowledge?? Is it just filing documents in a database? In which case, why wouldn?t you manage knowledge? Isn?t it just common sense?  How is it different from cataloguing?  Earlier last month I decided it was time to stop asking these questions and instead get some answers, so when a Knowledge Management course appeared on the lis-law mailing list I was eager to attend...

BIALL Salary Survey 2016

Posted on October 24, 2016
The 2015/2016 BIALL Salary Survey is now available to download from the members' area of the BIALL website.This comprehensive document enables law librarians and information professionals to compare their job and pay with colleagues in other organisations in the academic, private or public sectors...

This year's hash tag - #BIALL2011

Posted on March 28, 2011
In preparation for the 42nd BIALL annual study conference and exhibition we are promoting #BIALL2011 as the official hash tag for the event.We are encouraging attendees at the conference to use the #BIALL2011 tag when tweeting about the conference, offical and the not so official...

AALL 2011 - Why Not Apply for A Bursary?

Posted on March 27, 2011
Philadelphia - home of the Liberty Bell, Independence Hall, the Philadelphia Phillies, the Philadelphia Cheese Steak and in July 2011 - AALL. Yes - the American Association of Law Librarians Annual Meeting and Conference is taking place in "The City of Brotherly Love" between the 23rd - 26th July 2011...

Are you LinkedIn?

Posted on March 23, 2011
3 Geeks and a Law Blog:Really Want Those LinkedIn Connections To Work? Connect With Your Librarian! This post explains the potential of being connected on LinkedIn and the access to profile information when you are "no further than 3 connections away"...

A quick reminder:

Posted on March 16, 2011
If you are free next Tuesday and in or around the Manchester area, this may be of interest to you:Where: Kro Bar, 325 Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PGWhen: 22nd March 2011Time: 6:30 to 8:30pmIs your information service ?Future Ready??Allan Foster will be leading an evening session to explore issues of the future readiness of corporate libraries and information services...

A Wiki for Vendor Relations?

Posted on March 15, 2011
Sarah Glassmeyer has had a radical idea. An idea that she herself volunteers "will cause me much more trouble and drama than it will ever be worth".Her idea is to set up a "up a wiki where librarians and other interested parties can share information about all aspects of the library/vendor relationship"...

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