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Local Law Society Libraries

What's in a name?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 July 2008

Ruth Martin
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The role of the local Law Society Libraries is not always fully understood, and their importance is rarely appreciated. Ruth Martin explains the truth and casts away the misconceptions.

Extract

‘You'll be bored’ they told me, when I left my post in a busy law firm library and took up the role of Information Manager at the Bristol Law Society, surrounded by leather-bound books and cherry-wood shelves. I think it was a problem of perception: what would I do with my time without having partners demanding their research by yesterday, if not sooner? Would people really want me to provide very old cases all day long? Just what exactly was the local law society library for?

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © The British and Irish Association of Law Librarians 2001

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