BURSARY for BIALL Conference
It has been agreed that ALLICE will again offer a bursary to facilitate attendance at the BIALL Conference in 2010.
Eligibility criteria will be similar to those applicable to BIALL bursaries:
1) Applicants must be current members of ALLICE
2) Preference will be given to applicants who have worked in law libraries for less than 5 years, who have not attended a BIALL Conference before and who would not otherwise be able to attend due to lack of funding from their employers.
3) The bursary will cover the cost of the Conference Package - it does NOT include travel or accommodation costs.
Applications forms can be requested from Phil Uttley, Hammonds LLP, Rutland House, 148 Edmund Street, Birmingham, B3 2JR DX 708610 Birmingham 17
phil.uttley@hammonds.com
Final date for applications – 31st March 2010
Applicants will be informed of the outcome as soon as possible after this date
Wednesday, 17 March 2010
Minutes of March 2010 meeting
Association of Law Librarians in Central England
Wednesday 17th March 2010 at No 5 Chambers
Attendees:
Adele Champken, Caroline Mosley, Caroline Covington, Alison Parker, Helen Dunn, Jasmin Hollingum, Matthew Cadden, Phil Uttley, Stephen Wheeler, Tricia Wyspianska, David Houston and Aine Astbury
Simon Watson and Jo Davies from Justis Publishing
Apologies
Sally Hassall, Hazel Hewison, Chris Newlove, Barry Vickery, Carol Wilson, Jackie Sellars, Chris Lambert, Erica Foster, Mike Troon, Jon Beaumont, Pat Pritchard, Aileen Johnston, Mandy Hulme, Sue Kendall and Diane Harris
Treasurer’s report
A copy of the report had been sent out prior to the meeting with notes. There were no matters arising
ALLICE Bursary for the BIALL conference
A bursary, to cover conference fees only, will be available to ALLICE members for this year’s conference in June in Brighton.
ALLICE Union List
The membership agreed to produce a new Union list for 2010. A volunteer is required to collect contributions and publish the list. Please let Phil Uttley know if you can help with this
Next meeting
The next meeting will be held at Hammonds on Wednesday 23rd June. It will be a networking meeting, discussing a range of issues including:
cost recovery, training, Lexis v Westlaw, free v fee resources, outsourcing in the library world, measuring library usage, hardcopy v on-line, library staff:attorney ratios and Web 2.0
If you would particularly like the meeting to focus on any of these topics, or have additional topics you would like to add, please let Phil Uttley know by the end of May
A.O.B.
Aine Astbury informed the meeting that Hilary Boucher was retiring and leaving No 5 Chambers at the end of March. Diane Harris, from Martineau, will replace her.
Simon Watson and Jo Davies from Justis Publishing gave a presentation and demonstration of JustCite & Justis. A discussion followed which included the offer by Justis to discuss, with a possible "ALLICE consortium", group subscription to Justcite. If any ALLICE member is interested in exploring this opportunity further, please contact Caroline Mosley.
Attendees:
Adele Champken, Caroline Mosley, Caroline Covington, Alison Parker, Helen Dunn, Jasmin Hollingum, Matthew Cadden, Phil Uttley, Stephen Wheeler, Tricia Wyspianska, David Houston and Aine Astbury
Simon Watson and Jo Davies from Justis Publishing
Apologies
Sally Hassall, Hazel Hewison, Chris Newlove, Barry Vickery, Carol Wilson, Jackie Sellars, Chris Lambert, Erica Foster, Mike Troon, Jon Beaumont, Pat Pritchard, Aileen Johnston, Mandy Hulme, Sue Kendall and Diane Harris
Treasurer’s report
A copy of the report had been sent out prior to the meeting with notes. There were no matters arising
ALLICE Bursary for the BIALL conference
A bursary, to cover conference fees only, will be available to ALLICE members for this year’s conference in June in Brighton.
ALLICE Union List
The membership agreed to produce a new Union list for 2010. A volunteer is required to collect contributions and publish the list. Please let Phil Uttley know if you can help with this
Next meeting
The next meeting will be held at Hammonds on Wednesday 23rd June. It will be a networking meeting, discussing a range of issues including:
cost recovery, training, Lexis v Westlaw, free v fee resources, outsourcing in the library world, measuring library usage, hardcopy v on-line, library staff:attorney ratios and Web 2.0
If you would particularly like the meeting to focus on any of these topics, or have additional topics you would like to add, please let Phil Uttley know by the end of May
A.O.B.
Aine Astbury informed the meeting that Hilary Boucher was retiring and leaving No 5 Chambers at the end of March. Diane Harris, from Martineau, will replace her.
Simon Watson and Jo Davies from Justis Publishing gave a presentation and demonstration of JustCite & Justis. A discussion followed which included the offer by Justis to discuss, with a possible "ALLICE consortium", group subscription to Justcite. If any ALLICE member is interested in exploring this opportunity further, please contact Caroline Mosley.
Monday, 8 March 2010
March meeting - Agenda
12.30 pm Wednesday 17th March 2010
Meeting to be held at
No 5 Chambers
Fountain Court
Steelhouse Lane
BIRMINGHAM
B4 6 DR
http://no5.schmakk.com/media/43609/birmingham%20office%20map%202009.pdf
Agenda
1. Apologies
2. Treasurer’s Report
3. The ALLICE Union list
– any volunteers for this now that Bev Preece has left us?
4. Next meeting – 23rd June 2010 at Hammonds - a discussion forum
possible topics are
cost recovery, training, Lexis v Westlaw, free v fee resources, outsourcing in the library world, metrics on library usage, desksets, library staff : attorney ratios and Web 2.0
5. A.O.B.
Simon Watson, International Sales Manager from Justis will be joining us and, following a short presentation, will be staying for a networking session
Meeting to be held at
No 5 Chambers
Fountain Court
Steelhouse Lane
BIRMINGHAM
B4 6 DR
http://no5.schmakk.com/media/43609/birmingham%20office%20map%202009.pdf
Agenda
1. Apologies
2. Treasurer’s Report
3. The ALLICE Union list
– any volunteers for this now that Bev Preece has left us?
4. Next meeting – 23rd June 2010 at Hammonds - a discussion forum
possible topics are
cost recovery, training, Lexis v Westlaw, free v fee resources, outsourcing in the library world, metrics on library usage, desksets, library staff : attorney ratios and Web 2.0
5. A.O.B.
Simon Watson, International Sales Manager from Justis will be joining us and, following a short presentation, will be staying for a networking session
Thursday, 18 February 2010
Meeting - March
Here is advance notice of our next meeting for your diaries
The meeting will be held on the meeting will be at 12:30 at No5 Chambers on Wednesday 17th March.
The visiting speaker will be Simon Watson from Justis . He will be updating us on their new products and services and taking any questions we might have afterwards
Trust that's whetted your appetite - more details, with the agenda, will follow nearer the day
Regards
Phil
The meeting will be held on the meeting will be at 12:30 at No5 Chambers on Wednesday 17th March.
The visiting speaker will be Simon Watson from Justis . He will be updating us on their new products and services and taking any questions we might have afterwards
Trust that's whetted your appetite - more details, with the agenda, will follow nearer the day
Regards
Phil
7Side seminar
Hi
We've been very fortunate in getting our friends at 7Side to agree to run a seminar for us on "The Companies Act 2006 and the effects on Companies House"
This is a seminar they have run for both CLIG and BIALL recently where, in both cases, it was very well received
This is taken from CLIG's site:
CLIG's Companies Act Seminar
Last night Chris Sollars, HR & Training Director from 7Side, led 30 CLIG members through the implications of the recent changes to the UK company filing regime. Around 30 people heard how the apparently subtle changes will have consequences: directors' service addresses, permissible names, reduced shareholder information. On an operational level Chris also provided a list of the known issues with Companies House information (like random insertion of middle names into officers details... the mind boggles!). And I can see myself becoming familiar with IN01s before long. I'd like to say thanks again to Chris for accepting our invitation to speak.
The 1 hour seminar, which will commence at 12.30 pm in the Boardroom at Cobbetts in Birmingham on Monday 22nd February, is free to attend.
Please let me know if you intend to be there to assist with the provision of drinks
Regards
Phil
We've been very fortunate in getting our friends at 7Side to agree to run a seminar for us on "The Companies Act 2006 and the effects on Companies House"
This is a seminar they have run for both CLIG and BIALL recently where, in both cases, it was very well received
This is taken from CLIG's site:
CLIG's Companies Act Seminar
Last night Chris Sollars, HR & Training Director from 7Side, led 30 CLIG members through the implications of the recent changes to the UK company filing regime. Around 30 people heard how the apparently subtle changes will have consequences: directors' service addresses, permissible names, reduced shareholder information. On an operational level Chris also provided a list of the known issues with Companies House information (like random insertion of middle names into officers details... the mind boggles!). And I can see myself becoming familiar with IN01s before long. I'd like to say thanks again to Chris for accepting our invitation to speak.
The 1 hour seminar, which will commence at 12.30 pm in the Boardroom at Cobbetts in Birmingham on Monday 22nd February, is free to attend.
Please let me know if you intend to be there to assist with the provision of drinks
Regards
Phil
Tuesday, 15 December 2009
Minutes of December meeting
Wednesday 9th December 2009
Attendees:
Caroline Mosley, Caroline Covington, Caroline Janukowicz, Diane Harris, Hilary Boucher, Keri Husband, Pat Pritchard, Jasmin Hollingum, Jon Beaumont, Matthew Cadden, Sally Hassall, Stephen Wheeler, Mandy Hulme, Sue Kendall, Helen Dunn, Adele Champken, Natasha Skeen, Paula Biddlestone and Tricia Wyspianska
Steve Wood, Head of Service – Information Services, Central Library
Apologies
Jackie Sellars, Phil Uttley, Christine Newlove, Erica Foster, Hazel Hewison, Alison Parker, Bev Preece, Denise Watkins, Carol Wilson, Rachel Relves and Susanne Homer.
Please note that Phil Uttley is off work following surgery on his knee. If you have any matters to raise from these minutes please contact the remaining committee members, Caroline Mosley, Diane Harris or Caroline Covington.
New Members
Caroline Mosley welcomed Paula Biddlestone who is working at Citadel Chambers and Adele Champken who is now working at Aston University after a 6 month career break.
Seminars
The Company Information seminar on 4th November was fully subscribed and was very successful with all the delegates finding it useful.
7side in Cardiff have held some one hour seminars for various groups on the effect of the Companies Act 2006 on Companies House and are willing to present it to ALLICE members. Those members present agreed that this would be useful to them so the ALLICE Committee will try to arrange for this to take place in January/February 2010.
Is there any interest in ALLICE trying to arrange the next training session on the topic of Web 2.0? If this is something of interest to you, please email Caroline Covington on ccovington@st-philips.com before Christmas.
Subscriptions and Members List
Caroline Covington as Treasurer thanked everyone for their prompt payment of their ALLICE subscriptions. A new members list accompanies these minutes. Please make sure you amend any saved contacts as there have been several changes to the list.
LIM Book Reviews
Caroline Mosley has been approached by the Editorial Board of Legal Information Management as they are looking for book reviewers. In particular, they are looking for someone to review Legal Skills 2nd edition by Finch and Fafinski for the March issue of LIM. Please contact Caroline on caroline.mosley@cobbetts.com by Wednesday 16th December if this interests you.
Social
The committee are planning to organise a social event for late January/February. If you are interested in attending or have a suggestion for a venue, please let one of the committee know. Further details will be sent out in the new year.
Next meeting
The next meeting will be held at No5 Chambers in March (date to be confirmed). Justis will be in attendance to demonstrate their online services, in particular recent developments to JustCite.
A.O.B.
Natasha Skeen is due to finish her maternity cover at the College of Law at the end of January 2010 when Jackie Hanes returns. She is looking for a few months work after her contract ends. If anyone knows of any vacancies or needs a temporary librarian please contact Natasha on natasha.skeen@lawcol.co.uk and she will be happy to provide you with her CV or discuss this further.
Steve Wood, Service Manager, Information Services at Birmingham Central Library gave a very interesting talk about the range of legal and official publications that are available to the general public and businesses. He also gave a progress report on the plans for the new Library of Birmingham which is due to open in June 2013.
Steve has offered to give ALLICE members a tour of the legal and official materials collections at the Central Library. If you would be interested, please contact one of the committee.
Steve also provided the following contact details:
General email: information.services@birmingham.gov.uk
Tel: 0121 303 4545
Steve.wood@birmingham.gov.uk
The committee would like to wish everyone a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
Attendees:
Caroline Mosley, Caroline Covington, Caroline Janukowicz, Diane Harris, Hilary Boucher, Keri Husband, Pat Pritchard, Jasmin Hollingum, Jon Beaumont, Matthew Cadden, Sally Hassall, Stephen Wheeler, Mandy Hulme, Sue Kendall, Helen Dunn, Adele Champken, Natasha Skeen, Paula Biddlestone and Tricia Wyspianska
Steve Wood, Head of Service – Information Services, Central Library
Apologies
Jackie Sellars, Phil Uttley, Christine Newlove, Erica Foster, Hazel Hewison, Alison Parker, Bev Preece, Denise Watkins, Carol Wilson, Rachel Relves and Susanne Homer.
Please note that Phil Uttley is off work following surgery on his knee. If you have any matters to raise from these minutes please contact the remaining committee members, Caroline Mosley, Diane Harris or Caroline Covington.
New Members
Caroline Mosley welcomed Paula Biddlestone who is working at Citadel Chambers and Adele Champken who is now working at Aston University after a 6 month career break.
Seminars
The Company Information seminar on 4th November was fully subscribed and was very successful with all the delegates finding it useful.
7side in Cardiff have held some one hour seminars for various groups on the effect of the Companies Act 2006 on Companies House and are willing to present it to ALLICE members. Those members present agreed that this would be useful to them so the ALLICE Committee will try to arrange for this to take place in January/February 2010.
Is there any interest in ALLICE trying to arrange the next training session on the topic of Web 2.0? If this is something of interest to you, please email Caroline Covington on ccovington@st-philips.com before Christmas.
Subscriptions and Members List
Caroline Covington as Treasurer thanked everyone for their prompt payment of their ALLICE subscriptions. A new members list accompanies these minutes. Please make sure you amend any saved contacts as there have been several changes to the list.
LIM Book Reviews
Caroline Mosley has been approached by the Editorial Board of Legal Information Management as they are looking for book reviewers. In particular, they are looking for someone to review Legal Skills 2nd edition by Finch and Fafinski for the March issue of LIM. Please contact Caroline on caroline.mosley@cobbetts.com by Wednesday 16th December if this interests you.
Social
The committee are planning to organise a social event for late January/February. If you are interested in attending or have a suggestion for a venue, please let one of the committee know. Further details will be sent out in the new year.
Next meeting
The next meeting will be held at No5 Chambers in March (date to be confirmed). Justis will be in attendance to demonstrate their online services, in particular recent developments to JustCite.
A.O.B.
Natasha Skeen is due to finish her maternity cover at the College of Law at the end of January 2010 when Jackie Hanes returns. She is looking for a few months work after her contract ends. If anyone knows of any vacancies or needs a temporary librarian please contact Natasha on natasha.skeen@lawcol.co.uk and she will be happy to provide you with her CV or discuss this further.
Steve Wood, Service Manager, Information Services at Birmingham Central Library gave a very interesting talk about the range of legal and official publications that are available to the general public and businesses. He also gave a progress report on the plans for the new Library of Birmingham which is due to open in June 2013.
Steve has offered to give ALLICE members a tour of the legal and official materials collections at the Central Library. If you would be interested, please contact one of the committee.
Steve also provided the following contact details:
General email: information.services@birmingham.gov.uk
Tel: 0121 303 4545
Steve.wood@birmingham.gov.uk
The committee would like to wish everyone a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
Web 2.0 event in Birmingham
Back by popular demand, new location, the Commercial, Legal and Scientific Information Group invites you to:
Web 2.0 - the truth behind the hype
Monday 18 January 2010, Hammonds, Rutland House, 148 Edmund Street, Birmingham B3 2JR.
Doors open 6pm, 6.30-8pm
What is web 2.0 and what isn't it?
[Web 2.0] is an "architecture of participation" -- a constellation made up of links between web applications that rival desktop applications, the blog publishing revolution and self-service advertising. This architecture is based on social software where users generate content, rather than simply consume it, and on open programming interfaces that let developers add to a web service or get at data. It is an arena where the web rather than the desktop is the dominant platform, and organization appears spontaneously through the actions of the group, for example, in the creation of folksonomies created through tagging." Wired magazine, 2005
"The promoters of Web 2.0 venerate the amateur and distrust the professional. We see it in their unalloyed praise of Wikipedia, and we see it in their worship of open-source software and myriad other examples of democratic creativity. Perhaps nowhere, though, is their love of amateurism so apparent as in their promotion of blogging as an alternative to what they call 'the mainstream media.'" Nicholas Carr on his blog Rough Type 2005
So who is right? In this seminar Karen Blakeman, Independent Information Trainer and Consultant at RBA Information Services, and Phil Duffy, Information Services Manager at Hammonds LLP will debate the pros and cons of using web 2.0 tools and technologies. This event was sold out and highly rated by attendees in London earlier this year.
There will be a networking reception after the event.
BOOKING DETAILS
All seminars are £10 for CLSIG (and ALLICE) members, £15 for non-members and half-price for the unemployed. To book or for more information please email events@clsig.org.uk.
Cheques should be made payable to CLSIG and sent to Irena Valouchova, Denton Wilde Sapte LLP, One Fleet Place, London, EC4M 7WS or DX242 City. Please note that refunds are only available up to a week before the event.
Travelling details:http://www.hammonds.com/Default.aspx?sID=259&cID=952&ctID=11
CLSIG website: www.clsig.org.uk
Web 2.0 - the truth behind the hype
Monday 18 January 2010, Hammonds, Rutland House, 148 Edmund Street, Birmingham B3 2JR.
Doors open 6pm, 6.30-8pm
What is web 2.0 and what isn't it?
[Web 2.0] is an "architecture of participation" -- a constellation made up of links between web applications that rival desktop applications, the blog publishing revolution and self-service advertising. This architecture is based on social software where users generate content, rather than simply consume it, and on open programming interfaces that let developers add to a web service or get at data. It is an arena where the web rather than the desktop is the dominant platform, and organization appears spontaneously through the actions of the group, for example, in the creation of folksonomies created through tagging." Wired magazine, 2005
"The promoters of Web 2.0 venerate the amateur and distrust the professional. We see it in their unalloyed praise of Wikipedia, and we see it in their worship of open-source software and myriad other examples of democratic creativity. Perhaps nowhere, though, is their love of amateurism so apparent as in their promotion of blogging as an alternative to what they call 'the mainstream media.'" Nicholas Carr on his blog Rough Type 2005
So who is right? In this seminar Karen Blakeman, Independent Information Trainer and Consultant at RBA Information Services, and Phil Duffy, Information Services Manager at Hammonds LLP will debate the pros and cons of using web 2.0 tools and technologies. This event was sold out and highly rated by attendees in London earlier this year.
There will be a networking reception after the event.
BOOKING DETAILS
All seminars are £10 for CLSIG (and ALLICE) members, £15 for non-members and half-price for the unemployed. To book or for more information please email events@clsig.org.uk.
Cheques should be made payable to CLSIG and sent to Irena Valouchova, Denton Wilde Sapte LLP, One Fleet Place, London, EC4M 7WS or DX242 City. Please note that refunds are only available up to a week before the event.
Travelling details:http://www.hammonds.com/Default.aspx?sID=259&cID=952&ctID=11
CLSIG website: www.clsig.org.uk
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