IALS Global Law Library. Summer newsletter now available
The spring 2013 library newsletter is now available for download. This issue includes a report on the 2013 Reader Satisfaction survey, library refurbishment news and an update on the library reclassification project.

IALS Building Refurbishment Work - Summer 2013
During the three-month improvement project starting in mid-June, sections of Floor L1 and the entire Floor L2 (including the Library Reading Room on Floor L2) will remain closed to the public for which we apologise. There will be a book fetching service by staff from Floor L2 throughout this closure.

IALS Library Opening Hours from mid- June to mid-September 2013
Monday to Friday 9.00am to 8.00pm, (Last admission to Library at 7.45pm). Saturday 10.00am to 5.30pm, (Last admission to Library at 5.15pm). Sunday Closed. Document Delivery Service - Monday to Friday 9:30am to 5:00pm.

FLAG Rebuild Project 2013
A project is commencing at IALS to undertake a major update of the award-winning FLAG Foreign Law Guide. The project will involve re-assessing the collections of foreign primary law print materials in UK libraries and rebuilding the FLAG database, which is freely available as a national resource for law on the web http://ials.sas.ac.uk/flag.htm

IALS Library Reader Satisfaction Survey 2013
A survey of readers was carried out between Monday 18th March and Sunday 24 th March 2013 in order to find out how satisfied readers are with the library's collections and information services. The original two-page survey form created in 2003 was used, as it has been every year since, to ensure consistent quality measurements. Posters advertising the survey were put up throughout the library for the whole of the survey week and survey forms were continually available at the library entrance, on the Issue and Enquiry Desk and on the IALS website. Full results can be found at: http://ials.sas.ac.uk/library/satisfaction_survey_results_2013.htm

Jules Winterton appointed as Director of the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies
The School of Advanced Study, University of London is pleased to announce the appointment of Jules Winterton to the post of Director of the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies. Jules is Librarian and Associate Director of IALS and has been Acting Director of the Institute since mid-2012. He is Convenor of the Libraries Sub-Committee of the Society of Legal Scholars, a member of the Board of Trustees of the British and Irish Legal Information Institute, a visiting Associate Professor at the Kwame Nkrumah University in Ghana, a Board member of the Ghana Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, and a former member of the Board of LLMC Digital (the online platform of the non-profit Law Library Microform Consortium).

IALS Global Law Library completes successful series of UK road shows
The Institute of Advanced Legal Studies Global Law Library is very pleased to announce the successful completion of its series of road shows for the current academic year. During the road show series, librarians from the Institute travelled to universities across the country to talk to law researchers and academics about the national role of the Institute and to highlight the wide range of library resources, collections, expertise and training available to them.

How to get a PhD in Law: Preparing yourself for the vivas. Getting yourself known - presenting skills, publishing your work, and networking.
MPhil/PhD law students from across the UK are warmly invited to attend this specially tailored day of presentations and networking opportunities at the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies. A copy of the programme can be found at: http://ials.sas.ac.uk/events/docs/Programme%20for%20IALS%20Training%20Day%20on%20How%20to%20get%20a%20PhD%20in%20Law_May%202013.pdf.

Early May Public Holiday 6th May 2013
The Library will be closed on Monday 6th May 2013 for the Early May Public Holiday.

Legal Biography: A national socio-legal training day
This workshop is being jointly organised by the British Library, the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies and the Socio-Legal Studies Association. Drawing on the expertise of archivists and academics working in the field the focus of the day will be on the methodological considerations and problems involved in doing archival research for legal biographies. Further information can be found at: http://events.sas.ac.uk/support-research/events/view/13848

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