Upcoming Law Library Conferences

Just wanted to mention a couple of upcoming law library conferences:

• The Private Law Libraries Summit during the AALL annual meeting in Boston later this month, at which Jordan Furlong will be delivering the keynote, “Law Firms and Legal Knowledge Professionals in a Changing Marketplace”
• Held in a different country every year, the International Association of Law Libraries conference will be in Toronto this fall - see Connie Crosby's post about it at Slaw

Not attending? Follow the IALL action with the hashtag #IALL2012, and the Private Law Libraries section on Twitter: @privatelawlibs.

New Website for UBC Law Library

It was revealed yesterday that the UBC Law Library website has had a makeover!

The redesigned site has a couple of big improvements, including a calendar on the homepage, highlighting the library's current hours; social media buttons that make the library's facebook and Twitter accounts more apparent; and recent news in a slideshow that adds some nice visual interest to the site.

Take a look:

I think online resources such as research guides, indices, and course outlines are much more prominent in the new design. And I like that they've kept the bright orange "Ask Us" button as is. Nicely done, UBC Law Library!

Quickscribe Manual Updates for June 2012

Two Quickscribe manuals were updated in June:

• BC Local Government Legislation Manual
• BC Strata Property Legislation Manual

Find daily updates to BC statutes and regulations at www.bclegislation.ca.