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A Career at the Inner Temple: Thirty Years On

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 June 2021

Margaret Clay
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Abstract

The author of this article Margaret Clay looks back on her long tenure as Librarian at the Inner Temple, one of the four Inns of Court libraries serving barristers, judiciary, and students on the Bar Course. She recalls the selection process she experienced and proceeds to discuss the introduction of automation to the Library, a high priority in the early days. She explains the various relocations of parts of the Library's print collection (made necessary by periodic changes in the priorities of the parent organisation) and traces the development of electronic services: from CD-ROM databases to web-based services and onward to social media. She outlines the initiatives in reader services and other areas entered upon during her tenure and, in conclusion, looks forward to the future of the information service she was instrumental in setting up. Margaret retired in 2020.*

Keywords

Inns of CourtInner Temple Librarylaw librarianship
Type
Feature Article
Information
Legal Information Management , Volume 21 , Issue 1 , March 2021 , pp. 23 - 28
Copyright
Copyright © The Author(s), 2021. Published by British and Irish Association of Law Librarians

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Footnotes

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A version of this article was first published in the Newsletter of The Inner Temple Library, (62) November 2020, p 5. The Editor of LIM is grateful for the opportunity to re-publish this article in Legal Information Management.