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Chicago Unbound : institutional repository

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Chicago Unbound Collections Chicago Unbound contains the scholarship of the University of Chicago Law School community and is a joint project of the D’Angelo Law Library and the Law School Communications Department. It includes over 5,000 full-text law journal articles, and links to and information about books and book chapters.   http://chicagounbound.uchicago.edu/
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Digital Commons Network

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The Digital Commons Network brings together free, full-text scholarly articles from hundreds of universities and colleges worldwide. Curated by university librarians and their supporting institutions, the Network includes a growing collection of peer-reviewed journal articles, book chapters, dissertations, working papers, conference proceedings, and other original scholarly work. http://network.bepress.com/law/
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Library volunteers

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By way of explanation, Ed Vaizey is the UK Minister for Culture, Communications and Creative Industries.  He formerly practised as a barrister. Be sure to read the comments after Catherine Bennett's piece, but not if you're feeling insecure in your chosen profession! http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/jan/11/library-volunteers-ed-vaizey
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Christmas decorations

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Here where I work we've had a Christmas Decorations competition. I won a special mention for my Christmas Jawa and my rotating selection of Christmas themed Mad Magazine covers.
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Update : Law Library, Supreme Court of WA

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12 December 2013 Law Library, Supreme Court of WA Since the distribution of Tom Percy’s memo under the banner of the Australian Lawyers Alliance there have been further enquiries regarding the future of the Law Library. At this stage, there are no decisions to report. The Department of the Attorney General is working through the implications of the amalgamation and is in discussion with the Legal Practice Board and the Law Society as well as the Bar. There are issues of service agreements, space and finance to be sorted before any definite decision can be made. Meanwhile, we are here to provide the service we always have and we see no immediate end to that. Regards, Catherine Macgill Law Librarian
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Called to the bar : La la means something in Spanish

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It all started with a wobbly table, that Wednesday night on September 25. I sauntered down to Lalla Rookh to find C, from the nearby Supreme Court Library, already seated at a table in the small sunken courtyard at the bottom of the stairway, which takes you to this underground bar and restaurant.  Don't be scared to go downstairs   There's a whole other world below I joined C at her table. I was glad she could make it, while she was glad for the opportunity to finally visit this venue and to do something in Perth, other than come to work. I started to peruse the menu for drinks and nibbles. I was shocked to find that there was no olives on offer.    A menu with no olives on offer   This was not looking good. Just to make matters worse, the table wobbled. C and I decided to relocate, ostensibly to find a non-wobbly table but also to see what Lalla Rookh had to offer inside. As we walked in, a waitress asked C if she had changed her ...
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