Legal Information Group
The role of the Legal Information Group is to:
- Report on policy issues affecting provision of legal information
- Review and promote information provision for law librarians in any format
- Review and promote improvements in information technology affecting provision of legal information
- Facilitate good working relationships between the Association and suppliers of legal information
- Provide a forum for problems encountered by individual members and information providers
Legal Information Group News
In March LIG ran a survey in which we asked BIALL members about their attitudes towards suppliers of legal information. We received 144 responses, with members rating their suppliers on their advertising and marketing techniques, their pricing and negotiation, their after-sales service, and the quality of their products and services. All of these results, along with the comments that were submitted, have been passed on to the relevant suppliers. The most important part of the survey, and the one used to decide the recipient of the BIALL Supplier of the Year Award, was the overall rating that BIALL members gave to each supplier. On this measure, the suppliers rated as follows:
Good: Justis, Wildys
Satisfactory: Bloomsbury/Tottel, BRILL, Cambridge University Press, Estates Gazette Group, Financial Times, Hammicks, Hart, ICSA, ICLR, Jordans, Kluwer Law International, LexisNexis, Oxford University Press, PLC, Prenax/Brand/LLS, Sweet & Maxwell, TSO
Poor: Ark Group/Waterlow, Incisive Media, Informa
At the BIALL conference in Brighton, LIG ran a Q&A session in which we asked representatives from LexisNexis, PLC and Sweet & Maxwell to comment on issues of importance to BIALL members. While minutes were taken of the session, the supplier representatives prepared answers to more questions that were asked on the day. LIG hope that a full record of the session will soon be available in the members area of this page, including the answers that were not made public in Brighton.
An up-to-date list of committee members, with their roles and contact details, is provided at the bottom of this page. You are welcome to talk to us about any aspect of your dealings with publishers, and we will do our best to advise and assist. You are also welcome to contact us if you would like to find out more about the work of the committee, with a view to deciding whether to join.
Next Meeting
Friday 6th August 2010
Members:
David Percik, Chair and general contact for LIG matters
Kirsty Milton, Vice Chair and publisher contact for Informa Law
Lynne Jones, Publisher contact for Sweet & Maxwell
Michael Normile, Publisher contact for PLC
Martin Reid, Publisher contact for CUP, Kluwer Law International, OUP
Sarah Brittan, Publisher contact for LexisNexis
Sue House, Publisher contact for Hammicks, Prenax, Wildys
John Franssen, Council Liaison
Scott Vine, BWEB Liaison
