By Kurt Carroll, IALL President Our association’s long planned 39th annual course was presented earlier this month. A first for IALL, the course was presented virtually from Toulouse, France with the theme The Triptych: National, European, and International Law, the…
By:Michel Fraysse, Head of Research Support Department, Toulouse Capitole University Libraries « Estacion venenta, Capitòli, atencion, davalada a esquèrra » (1) In the Toulouse metro, a foreign visitor may be surprised to hear this announcement in a mysterious language. “What is this…
Beginnings In mid-March 2020, as we slowly began to comprehend that Covid-19 really was a big thing, my university, the University of Melbourne, almost overnight completely shut down its physical campus and we began what would be nearly a year…
As we prepare for the 39th Annual Course of the International Association of Libraries, which will be presented virtually from Toulouse, France in October, it seems appropriate to take a look at current legal issues in France. There are numerous…
AI Effect AI is everywhere! It actually characterises digital age. We call it “AI Age”. AI systems[1] have direct effect on digital transformation, data driven economy, individual life, society at large and on business models. We could classify its effect…
2020 marked the centennial of the ratification of the 19th amendment to the U.S. Constitution. The amendment guarantees American women that their right to vote “shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on…
As the field of law evolves to become ever more global, legal information professionals employed by law firms and government agencies increasingly support the work of multilingual attorneys whose legal practices are transnational in scope. Similarly, academic law librarians are…
As of September 12, 2020 is a new version of the French portal, Legifrance, available. https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/ What is Legifrance? Legifrance is the French Government’s official website on French law. It is a public service for the dissemination of Law. Legifrance…
Introduction to the 1794 Treaty of Canandaigua between the United States and the Six Nations Indian tribes.
Latin America and the Caribbean has unfortunately become the epicenter of COVID-19 over the last few months. The numbers speak for themselves. The entire region counts for a total of 4,364,705 confirmed cases and 183,481 deaths as of July 26…
