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Supporting the Barrister Profession: The Law Library at The Bar of Ireland

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 November 2022

Nuala Byrne
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Abstract

This article by Nuala Byrne describes how the Library and Information Service of The Bar of Ireland, The Law Library, developed to support the profession of barrister from 2004 to the present day. It highlights key priorities addressed in the earlier years and how the service has developed since to deliver a modern, networked, knowledge-based library and information service, to barristers who are members of The Bar of Ireland.

Keywords

barristerslegal professionbar librarianshiplaw librariesIreland
Type
Supporting Barristers
Information
Legal Information Management , Volume 22 , Issue 3 , September 2022 , pp. 142 - 150
Copyright
Copyright © The Author(s), 2022. Published by British and Irish Association of Law Librarians

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Footnotes

1 The Bar of Ireland website: https://www.lawlibrary.ie/about/ accessed 4 July 2022.

2 History of The Law Library: https://www.lawlibrary.ie/about/history/ accessed 4 July 2022

3 Ibid.

4 Aston, Jennefer, ‘From Law Library Society to Law Library: the First 180 Years, 1816–1996’ (2011) 11(3) Legal Information Management 168CrossRefGoogle Scholar.

5 MacDougall, Alan, ‘Performance Assessment: Today's Confusion, Tomorrow's Solution’ (1991) 17(4) IFLA Journal 371CrossRefGoogle Scholar.

6 Duffy, John, ‘When Free and Easy Isn't an Option: Intranet 2.0 at The Bar Council of Ireland Law Library’, (2010) 10(4) Legal Information Management 265CrossRefGoogle Scholar.

7 Legal Services Regulatory Authority <www.lsra.ie> accessed 7 July 2022.