Legal Information Professionals work across a broad range of organisations. The term includes law librarians,knowledge managers and any other managers of legal information.
Legal Information Professionals work in a wide variety of organisations. They may work in large legal firms, government and academic libraries, industry, professional bodies or the Inns of Court.
The term Legal Information Professional includes law librarians, knowledge managers and any other managers of legal information. Staff in these professions need a good understanding of current legal material.
Legal information professionals
· undertake legal research across a wide range of legal sources
· manage hard copy and electronic resources
· train library users in the exploitation of legal materials
· manage projects
Like their colleagues in other sectors legal information professionals need good ICT skills to effectively interrogate electronic databases. Deadlines for enquiries can be short so legal information professionals must be able to rise to the challenge of delivering accurate information as quickly as possible.
For further information see www.biall.org.uk
Updated: 01 April 2005