Legal Research

UKEIG Intranets Forum

Posted on November 01, 2007
The UK eInformation Group (UKEIG) have established an Intranets forum for anyone who currently maintains or adminsters an Intranet and would like to hear from colleagues in the same field.The next Intranets Forum meeting is at the Foreign & Commonwealth Office Thursday 13th December...

Bloomberg seminars

Posted on October 25, 2007
I attended a very interesting free hour long seminar today on Equities and Bonds, held at the Bloomberg offices in Finsbury Square, Moorgate, London. The presentation was aimed at giving an understanding into how the markets worked in a simple, concise and clear manner...

LexisNexis free training

Posted on October 25, 2007
The free coffee break training site is now live:www.lexisnexis.co.uk/coffeebreak

Sweet and Maxwell Customer Forum

Posted on October 17, 2007
I attended the Sweet and Maxwell customer forum on Wednesday 17th and apart from a very filling lunch of Guinea Fowl learned a lot about what they have in the pipeline (keep an eye out for Web Plus) as well as some concerns from customers, (mostly about currency of online legislation, packaging of books and delays to deliveries)...

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...and the winners are...

Posted on October 17, 2007
Three Library & Information Services have received Halsbury's awards for their contributions to the sector as a whole. At the awards ceremony (held at the Inner Temple Hall) attendees were treated to a lavish reception, and at the presentation of the awards themselves, the winners were:Best London Legal Information Service (Commercial Sector) - Sidley Austin LLPBest Regional Legal Information Service (Commercial Sector) - Addleshaw Goddard LLPBest Legal Information Service (Non-Commercial Sector) -The Inner TempleLibraryFollowing the presentation of the awards all present were treated to a performance from"The Jazz Trio" whilst the wine flowed and canapes were consumed...

London Libraries & Information Community

Posted on October 10, 2007
Neil Stewart at Library etc has posted about what looks like a really useful resource. The London Libraries & Information Community is described as a site for "News and events of interest to information professionals in and around London, UK"Currently only CILIP are posting to the online calendar, with the hope being that both BIALL, CLIG and CIG will begin to post events.

BEUG meeting

Posted on October 05, 2007
Butterworths Electronic User Group (BEUG) meeting 4 October 2007 - summary of key items of interestThe meeting was well attended and there was good debate with some good attempt at answers by LN, even if if some felt they weren't quite as full and directed as we might have liked! Official meeting minutes will follow so below are just a few quick notes...

Legal Reference Materials courses

Posted on October 05, 2007
Two Legal Reference Materials (LRM) courses are taking place in London in November and December in London. The LRM course provides practical guidance and hands on training on how to research case law and legislation using a wide range of online and hardcopy tesources...

BEUG meeting

Posted on October 04, 2007
This afternoon (Thursday 4th October) is the Butterworths Electronic User Group (BEUG) meeting at the Café Royal at Piccadily Circus. I will report back with 'key themes' in a latter blog entry so watch this space...This meeting is usually a good opportunity to air key concerns and to hear about planned developments and how LexisNexis intend to address concerns...

CLA Open Meeting

Posted on October 01, 2007
The Copyright Licensing Agency (CLA) held its first ever open meeting on the 20th of September.The delegates consisted of authors, content producers and publishers as well as licence holders (Librarians and knowledge management professionals in education and business organisations)The main focus of the meeitng was on the implications for the CLA of the growing use of digital information and the impact of Web 2...

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