Today I learnt about two sources for finding county constitutions.
The first is World Constitutions Illustrated, a module of the subscription service HeinOnline. It contains the current constitution for every country, in the original language and in English. It
also includes commentary and historical versions of constitutions.
http://home.heinonline.org/
The second is Constitution Finder, a global directory of constitutions online. It's made available by volunteers at the University of Richmond School of Law, who endeavour to keep the links as up-to-date as possible.
http://confinder.richmond.edu/index.html
Tuesday, 30 October 2012
Wednesday, 24 October 2012
IALS Library's Institutional Subscription Rates
Today I learnt that the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies Library welcomes access to practising lawyers and barristers if their organisation is an institutional library member.
Subscription rates are on a sliding scale according to location and number of lawyers:
http://ials.sas.ac.uk/library/iservice/isrates.htm
The subscription allows any member of the subscribing organisation to visit the library in person to make use of the extensive collection and also to request photocopies and scans via the Document Supply service.
Further information is available on the IALS website:
http://ials.sas.ac.uk/library/iservice/iservice.htm
Sorry if this sounds like an advert for the service; that's because I work at IALS Library! Until very recently I worked at a commercial firm in London which was an institutional subscriber and made frequent use of the document supply service. It's really interesting now to see how the service works from the inside.
Subscription rates are on a sliding scale according to location and number of lawyers:
http://ials.sas.ac.uk/library/iservice/isrates.htm
The subscription allows any member of the subscribing organisation to visit the library in person to make use of the extensive collection and also to request photocopies and scans via the Document Supply service.
Further information is available on the IALS website:
http://ials.sas.ac.uk/library/iservice/iservice.htm
Sorry if this sounds like an advert for the service; that's because I work at IALS Library! Until very recently I worked at a commercial firm in London which was an institutional subscriber and made frequent use of the document supply service. It's really interesting now to see how the service works from the inside.
Monday, 22 October 2012
Stationers' Foundation's Postgraduate Bursary Scheme
Today I learnt that the Stationer's Foundation offers 10 x £6000 bursaries to students on specific postgraduate courses related to "communications and content industries". Among these courses is the MA Library and Information Studies at UCL.
The deadline for applications for next year's intake is 7 July 2013. Applicants must normally be under 25 on 1 September 2013 and must not be in receipt of an AHRC bursary. Further details and an application form can be downloaded here:
http://www.stationers.org/postgraduate-bursary-scheme.html
Many thanks to Sam for this one! I found it when sorting through my inbox...
The deadline for applications for next year's intake is 7 July 2013. Applicants must normally be under 25 on 1 September 2013 and must not be in receipt of an AHRC bursary. Further details and an application form can be downloaded here:
http://www.stationers.org/postgraduate-bursary-scheme.html
Many thanks to Sam for this one! I found it when sorting through my inbox...
Friday, 19 October 2012
LISNPN: anonymous reviews of library masters courses
I'm back from hols and ready to start learning again! I've now left the commercial sector and I'm about to begin a new role in the academic sector on Monday...
Today I learnt that you can read anonymous reviews of library masters courses in the UK on the LIS New Professionals Network site. It's under Downloadable Resources.
LISNPN is a network for new professionals (no surprises there, then!). You don't actually need to be "new" (whatever that is) or a "professional" (whatever that is) to sign up, but topics discussed might be of interest to you if you fall under these categories. Recent discussions include career advice and interviewing tips, library school scholarship, library conferences and so on.
LISNPN:
http://www.lisnpn.spruz.com/
Today I learnt that you can read anonymous reviews of library masters courses in the UK on the LIS New Professionals Network site. It's under Downloadable Resources.
LISNPN is a network for new professionals (no surprises there, then!). You don't actually need to be "new" (whatever that is) or a "professional" (whatever that is) to sign up, but topics discussed might be of interest to you if you fall under these categories. Recent discussions include career advice and interviewing tips, library school scholarship, library conferences and so on.
LISNPN:
http://www.lisnpn.spruz.com/
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