By Mark EngsbergPresident, International Association of Law Libraries The 41st Annual Course of the International Association of Law Libraries (IALL) was held in Geneva, Switzerland from Sunday, October 8, to Wednesday, October 11. There was also an Optional Day in…
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The Librarian’s Gateway to International and Comparative Law: Resources from International Organizations in Geneva
By: Librarians and information specialists of ICRC, ILO, ITU, UNHCR, WIPO, and WTO From the late 19th century to today, Geneva has developed into a major hub of agencies and organizations with global reach. The city is home to the largest…
More Than an Exciting Destination!
How IALL Chooses Future Conference Venues By: Mark Engsberg, President International Association of Law Libraries When considering venues for IALL conferences, the world offers so many interesting, exotic, and exciting possibilities. Locations for future IALL conferences is a favourite topic…
Growing Open Science at Toulouse Capitole University
By: Marie-Françoise BrémondHead of Publications Service, Research Support Department, Toulouse Capitole University LibrariesIALL bursary recipient 2022 Building Open Science : European and French initiatives Developed first by scientists themselves since the 1990s, open science has gradually become part of public…
The Founding of C J Koh Law Library
By: Chai Yee XinResearch Librarian, Law, National University of SingaporeMember of the IALL Board of Directors Named after the late Chief Justice, Koh Choon Joo, The C J Koh Law Library is part of the network of NUS Libraries and…
2023 Annual Course Scholarships
By Mark EngsbergIALL President The IALL scholarships program continues this year, marking the return of in-person conferences at Stanford in 2022. The program will provide financial assistance in the form of bursaries to assist law librarians and local Swiss librarians…
What on earth is a Max Planck Institute?
By: Claudia HollandLibrary Director, Library of the Max Planck Institute for Comparative and international Private Law, HamburgMember of the IALL Board of Directors This year, the Max Planck Society for the Advancement of Science (MPG) celebrates its 75th anniversary. This…
Get to know the Board members!
Have you ever wondered who the people are behind the names of IALL Board members? To find out and introduce ourselves to you, we asked board members a serious series of questions about ourselves. By: Vanessa Blackmore,Manager, Law Courts Library, Sydney,…
Transformative Agreements in Australian Academic Libraries
By: Rheny PulunganSenior Coordinator, Discipline Hubs and Subject Support Tutors, Library Learning Services, La Trobe UniversityIALL bursary recipient 2022 Open access means making research available online, free of cost for anyone to access it. Open access is part of a wider…
The Squire Law Library: Reflections on a Global Law Collection
By: David Wills Squire Law Librarian Squire Law Library, University of Cambridge. Member of the IALL Board of Directors I was delighted recently to be elected to the Board of Directors of the International Association of Law Libraries (IALL). Taking…