The IALL scholarship or “bursary” program, which began in 2001, is designed to provide financial assistance in the form of bursaries to enable law librarians to attend the IALL Annual Course. IALL’s 38th Annual course is entitled “Law Down Under:…
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NOTICE OF CANDIDATES FOR IALL BOARD ELECTION 2019-2022
The Secretary of IALL hereby submits notice of the candidates selected by the IALL Nominating Committee pursuant to Article VII, Section 3 of the IALL Constitution. Personal statements submitted by each candidate follow the list of candidates. The 60 day…
Luxembourgeois Echoes… (part one)
As IALL members well know, each year the organization bestows a number of generous bursaries, which enable colleagues from various jurisdictions to participate in the Annual Course. Each bursary winner who attended the most recent Annual Course in Luxembourg has…
Thank you, LUXEMBOURG!
The 37th Annual Course of the International Association of Law Libraries (IALL) was held in Luxembourg from Sunday, September 30, to Wednesday, October 3. This year’s theme was “Law in Luxembourg – Where Local Tradition Meets European and International Innovation.”…
Luxembourg
In the country of the current President of the European Commission, who has served since 2014, Jean-Claude Juncker, the International Association of Law Libraries is going to enjoy its Annual Course from September 30th to October 3rd, 2018, in cooperation…
The Michigan Guidelines on International Refugee Protection
According to the International Organization for Migration’s (IOM) World Migration Report 2018 “the total number of people estimated to have been forcibly displaced globally is the highest on record,”[1] with 2016 data indicating 22.5 million “refugees” and 40.3 million “internally…
IALL Scholarships Program 2018
IALL began its scholarship or “bursary” program in 2001. Its key purpose is to provide financial assistance in the form of bursaries and stipends to enable law librarians to attend the IALL Annual Course. This year the 37th IALL…
Access to Public Information in Spanish-speaking Countries in the Americas
Article 19 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, recognizes access to information as a right every individual possesses.[1] In this sense, universal access to information today is not only enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, but has…
Tilling Copyrighted Information in the Creative Commons
We live in an age where we can share information in any form at any time, on diverse platforms. Sharing is a simple and incredibly powerful act but has serious implications in its simplicity. What makes it simple is the internet, the…
French Language Legal Information Workshop in Africa
A workshop for legal documentation professionals from French-speaking Africa (curators, librarians, documentalists, archivists) was organized by the Law Libraries Section of IFLA with the support of IALL, the National Assembly of Côte d’Ivoire and Cairn.info. It was held on 29…