Wildy BIALL Law Librarian of the Year Award 2012 - Nominations now open

Today I learnt that nominations are now open for the Wildy BIALL Law Librarian of the Year Award 2012.

The award will be given to an individual librarian who has "made a significant contribution to the work of BIALL and/or the legal information profession."* The award will be presented at the BIALL conference in Belfast in June 2012. All BIALL members are invited to nominate someone by contacting the BIALL Awards and Bursaries Committee. Further details on the BIALL website:

* http://www.biall.org.uk/news.php/148/nominations-open-wildy-biall-law-librarian-of-the-year-award-2012

Corporate Register: The no 1 information source on decision makers in UK stockmarket companies

Today I learnt about the Corporate Register, the self-styled "no 1 information source on decision makers in UK stockmarket companies".

Published quarterly by Capital Ideas, the Corporate Register is a directory arranged into three parts:

• Companies
• look up a company name to find an brief overview, address, details of which exchange it is listed on (main or AIM), market cap, turnover & pre-tax profit. The directory also lists key personnel (executive and non-executive directors, sometimes company secretary, etc), number of employees and details of advisers (financial, legal, brokers, auditors).
• Directors and Officers
• look up a director's name to find contact details, career history, DOB, education, etc.
• Professional Advisers and their Client
• look up the name of an adviser to find the list of companies it advises.

Capital Ideas website:
http://www.corporateregister.co.uk/index.htm

SLA Europe Jobs Board

Today I learnt that SLA Europe has a new Jobs Board on its website. As you'd expect it covers job opportunities in the information field.

Recruiters can post vacancies for free until 6th April to celebrate the launch of the service; after that fees will apply. It's free to browse though (or you can subscribe to the RSS feed).

http://www.sla-europe.org/jobs/

Parliament TV's on-demand archive

Today I learnt that Parliament TV provides an on-demand archive of parliamentary proceedings back to 2009. It covers all public proceedings, including debates and committee meetings of both Houses.

You can search the archive by date, institution or keyword:
http://www.parliamentlive.tv/Main/Archive.aspx

Find out more about it:
http://www.parliamentlive.tv/Main/About.aspx

And, of course, Parliament TV allows you to watch the live debates as well.

Eurotalk - an email discussion list for EU information issues

Today I learnt about Eurotalk, a Jiscmail discussion list for EU information issues.

Eurotalk (run by the European Information Association or EIA) is a forum to discuss EU information issues, to share expertise in handling EU information and for those seeking help with EU materials. As the EIA is to be dissolved by the end of 2012, the list has been opened to non-EIA members to explore the possibility of establishing a new group.

To join Eurotalk:

https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?A0=EUROTALK

European Information Association:

http://www.eia.org.uk/

Inside Government Beta Version

Today I learnt that the beta version of the Inside Government website has been launched. Ten departments will be keeping it up-to-date for six weeks. It promises to the best place to keep up-to-date with the government's news, policies, publications and consultations, thereby minimizing the need to scan each department's website separately.

The front page has a "latest activity" section (which will eventually be updated real time) so you know what is going on in government right now. The feed is colour-coded, which each department being allocated a particular colour. Most exciting for me is the fact that each government department will have its own home page within the site, and they'll all have exactly the same lay-out. There will also be policy pages that provide policy overviews and links to all the news and publications relating to that policy, regardless of which department has produced the information.

It looks really promising.

Inside Government website:
https://www.gov.uk/government

Take the tour:
https://www.gov.uk/government/tour

Key dates for Corporate Lawyers

Today I learnt that PLC produces a guide to key dates for corporate lawyers on a monthly basis. Could be useful. Here is a link to key dates for March 2012:

http://corporate.practicallaw.com/8-518-2642