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IALS Library News Headlines - Autumn 2011

  • Extension of IALS Library Opening Hours 2012
    IALS Global Law Library is very pleased to announce that we will be extending our normal opening hours in the period from Monday 9th January to Friday 15th June 2012. We will open longer on weekdays and additionally on Sundays:

    Monday to Friday:  9.00am to 11.00pm
    (current IALS Library card or SAScard holders only after 7.45pm )
    Saturday:                  10.00am to 5.30pm
    Sunday:                    12.30pm to 6.30pm
    (current IALS Library card or SAScard holders only )

    At Easter the Library will be open to readers from 10.00am to 5.30pm on Thursday 5th April, and then close for Good Friday, Easter Saturday, Easter Sunday and Easter Monday. The Library will re-open from 10.00am to 5.30pm on Tuesday 10th April 2012.

    We will be closed on the Bank Holiday on Monday 7th May, but will open from 12.30pm to 6.30pm on the two Bank Holidays on Monday 4th June and Tuesday 5th June 2012.

    At other times, IALS Library generally operates the same opening hours during academic vacations as during term:

    Monday to Friday:    9.00am to 8.00pm
    Saturday:                   10.00am to 5.30pm

  • Flare Index to Treaties extended
    The Flare Index to Treaties , freely available on the IALS website, has recently been extended to include key multilateral treaties from 1353 onwards and, in addition, key bilateral treaties from 1353 to 1815.

    The Flare Index to Treaties is a a searchable database of basic information on over 2,000 of the most significant multilateral treaties and some bilateral treaties concluded between 1353 and the present, with details of where the full text of each treaty may be obtained in paper and, if available, electronic form on the Internet.

    For further information about the Flare Index to Treaties see http://ials.sas.ac.uk/library/flag/introtreaties.htm

    Details of the extension project and the content, technical construction and operation of the database have been fully described in an article in the IALS section of SAS-Space and published on LLRX.

    Your reactions to and comments on the Index and suggestions for multilateral treaties which should be included are welcomed and should be sent to Steven Whittle at Steven.Whittle@sas.ac.uk

  • Flare Official Govenment Gazettes database
    IALS has developed a web database version of the Flare Union List of Foreign Official Government gazettes which provides bibliographic and source information (including details of print holdings in UK libraries and links to online versions) for foreign official government gazettes publishing primary and secondary legislation - offering guidance to pinpoint the relevant portions and sources of gazettes which can be voluminous and complex publications.

    The initiative continues collaborative efforts by FLARE, the Foreign Law Research group of libraries, to establish a national distributed collection of government gazettes. Development of the database has been supported by a modest grant from the School of Advanced Study.

    The database takes account of elements such as bibliographic record, holdings records, web record, and library location and access details. In particular, as well as providing ready access via country, the database complements established browsing lists by enabling researches to locate holdings by library and trace previous and continuing titles. Entries for online gazettes containing legislation from other jurisdictions beyond Europe are also being included in the database to assist in extending the scope of the original Union list.

    For further information see the FLARE website at http://ials.sas.ac.uk/flare/flare_fog_unionlist_europe.htm

    FLARE is a collaboration between the major libraries collecting law in the United kingdom: Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, University of London (Chair); Bodleian Law Library, University of Oxford; British Library, Squire Law Library, University of Cambridge; School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London.

  • Find IALS on Facebook
    The Institute and its Library have a Facebook page to provide a further means of keeping in touch with our users, locally, nationally and internationally and to establish new fans and friends. The page carries news and comment on IALS events, services and resources and welcomes suggestions on additional features to further legal research facilitation.

    http://www.facebook.com/pages/London-United-Kingdom/Institute-of-Advanced-Legal-Studies-University-of-London/163748273259?v=wall

    http://www.facebook.com/pages/London-United-Kingdom/Institute-of-Advanced-Legal-Studies-University-of-London/163748273259?v=wall

    See also our contacts page on the IALS website for details.