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
LIG's last meeting was on Thursday 27th August 2009. LIG continues to work on plans to revitalise the Code of Good Practice so that it involves more organisations than just publishers and encourages best practice. Representatives from both Council and the Awards and Bursaries Committee took part in discussions. The next stage is a further presentation to Council in October 2009.
A representative of LIG will give a talk at the Online exhibition's Global Business Information Forum on 1st December 2009. The subject will be hints and tips for dealing with vendors.
LIG is in discussions with LexisNexis, PLC and Sweet & Maxwell regarding plans for a LIG-sponsored session at the 2010 BIALL conference in Brighton. A proposal will be submitted to the Conference Committee for approval.
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
November 2009
Members:
David Percik, Chair and general contact for LIG matters
Marie McCrohan, Vice Chair and Publisher contact for ICSA, Tottel Publishing, Wolters Kluwer
Joe Donnelly, Publisher contact for Irish publishers
Mark Stanley, Publisher contact for Incorporated Council of Law Reporting and LexisNexis Butterworths
Lynne Jones, Publisher contact for Sweet & Maxwell
Kirsty Milton, Publisher contact for Informa Law
Jas Breslin, Council Liaison
Scott Vine, BWEB Liaison
