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Introducing ...

The eagle eyed may have spotted that the BIALL Blog has new authors.

We introduce ourselves below...

Philip Cable

I didn't grow up wanting to be a law librarian. However having studied Literature and Computing and worked in my University library as an undergraduate I found I had inadvertently created a perfect CV to apply for library work when I graduated.

So that's what I did. I applied all over the place but was fortunate that Norton Rose offered me a job and drew me into the Legal Library world. A year as a Library Assistant at NR convinced me that legal libraries were for me. I went back to University and studied for a postgraduate degree at the Department of Information Studies at Sheffield University (the most academically rigorous thing I have ever done!).

Having completed my degree I came back to London and was again fortunate to find a job with the Inner Temple Library. I loved my time there in a genuinely unique atmosphere. After a few years I eventually decided I better move on. I applied to Lovells now Hogan Lovells where I have been for about six years!

I've been a member of BIALL for most of this time and when I saw the Blog needed some new blood I knew that now was the time to get more involved.

Sally Peat

I haven't grown up yet and still don't know what I want to be when I do! In the meantime I'm employed by The College of Law as an active member of the Knowledge team and for the most part I work on design and information management for the College Intranet. I'm also responsible for customising our library OPAC, building our interactive user guides and supporting database access. Generally anything where I can offer my skills, I try to get involved. I very much enjoy working at The College and feel happy to be invited to participate in BIALL web based activities.

Hopefully the blog will continue to be sucessful with Philip and I contributing regularly, we both encourage members to forward any articles or news items they would like to hightlight to the rest of the BIALL community.

Full post as published by The BIALL Blog on February 21, 2011 (boomark / email).