Following on from the Editorial in the Summer issue of the journal, where we looked forward to a discussion on publisher's pricing practices, the Publishers' Panel duly took place at the Edinburgh Conference. The AALL Guide to Fair Practices for Legal Publishers was explained to us by Tory Trotta, incoming President of AALL. Unfortunately, the issue of pricing is not included in the Guide as AALL believe it is an area in which AALL should not intervene, as long as publishers are behaving in a fair and legal manner. The draft BIALL Code was also discussed and there were some interesting contributions from the floor on how relations with publishers could be improved, but the thorny subject of pricing was not given an airing.

Sara Berry, Head of Information Sourcing at Clifford Chance, recounts her experiences of moving her library from the City of London to Canary Wharf – the article contains a useful checklist of items to consider.

The Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 will be fully implemented by January 2005 having received Royal Assent in April 2002. The Act will introduce important new rights for all to access information held by Scottish public authorities. This article by John McNairney sets out the key provisions of the Act and the mechanisms supporting the delivery of open government in Scotland.

Alan Fraser of the Scottish Executive's 21st Century Government Unit explains how they are helping the public sector in Scotland to modernise its service provision to embrace electronic delivery methods, data sharing and development of best practices, all to improve the ordinary citizens' access to information.

Stephen Morrall and Charles Urquhart of Middleton Potts explain the meanings of “bullying” and “harassment”, discuss criminal, civil and contractual liability issues, recent and forthcoming legislation and offer advice on what organisations can do to minimise such activities at work.

Amanda Fancourt is a Lecturer on the Legal Practice Course (LPC) at the Oxford Institute of Legal Practice. This article summarises the results of her research project, “Hitting the Ground Running?”, which looks at whether graduates receive a sufficiently focussed training for future legal careers whilst studying on the Legal Practice Course.

This is the latest report analysing the results of the Society of Legal Scholars (formerly Society of Public Teachers of Law) and BIALL Survey. It has been written by Cathie Jackson, Information Specialist – Law, Cardiff University.

Jackie Fishleigh, Zosia Carson and Jean Lloyd were the lucky recipients of BIALL bursaries to enable them to attend the IALL Conference. The following are their accounts of different experiences they enjoyed during their trips.

I'm sure that I speak for the three of us who were lucky enough to attend this year's IALL conference when I say that it was one of the most intense, interesting and enjoyable of experiences. Intense because of the nature of the subject matter of the conference, interesting because it was a country which none of us had visited before and enjoyable because of the people, the social events and the weather.

In 2003 I was one of the lucky recipients to be awarded a BIALL bursary to attend the 22nd Annual Course on International Law Librarianship from the 21st to 25th September held in Cape Town, South Africa. This is my personal report of my experiences which I would like to share with LIM readers. My report will focus on four aspects:

1. Robben Island

2. Ahmed Kathrada

3. A meeting with history

4. Final impressions

Claire McWilliam reports on her trip down under to attend the Asia Pacific Special Health and Law Librarians' Conference.

Between us we have attended all the Joint Study Institutes (JSIs) and both had a particular interest in attending the one in Sydney, not least because it was the last in the present cycle. The location of Sydney itself was a great draw and most of the delegates made attendance at the JSI part of a holiday and took the opportunity to visit other parts of Australia at the same time.

The final morning of any conference is generally regarded as intellectually as well as physically challenging. This year's JSI was no exception, particularly for those from the northern hemisphere. Blue sky, a gentle Pacific breeze, a beautiful college set among verdant halcyon gardens, the morning after a summer barbecue, a day among the spectacular Blue Mountains beckoning, one would have expected only the hardiest of law librarians to brave an 8:30 am session on ethics!

OneSource Information Services has recently launched their Synergy Solution anti-money laundering service. The service addresses the additional requirements raised by the Money Laundering Regulations and Proceeds of Crime Act, which demand that advisors and financial institutions have sufficient processes in place to identify likely money laundering activities. The service lets the user simply type in a name, the complete set of OneSource's data warehouses are searched, and the result is a report complete with an audit trail (for compliance purposes). www.onesource.com.

Compiled by Gillian Sands and Sam Weston-Smith at the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies.