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NEWSLETTERVol. 26 No. 3

Aug 2015

This newsletter is publishedfour times a year

OSALLP.O. Box 783779Sandton, 2146

http://www.osall.org.za

OSALL Committee members

Lydia Craemer(Chair)

Tel: (011) 292 6917Email: [email protected]

Charmaine Bertram(Vice-chair)

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Marina Rubidge(Secretary)

Tel : (087) 311 [email protected]

Karabo Moleya(PR & Liaison)


Hesma van Tonder(Treasurer)


Mary Bruce(Listserv administrator)

Tel: (033) 345-1304Email: [email protected]

Danielle Botha(Website administrator)

Tel: (011) 535-8000Email: [email protected]

Amanda Franken(co-opted)


For all newsletter contributions:

Tanya Hubbard(Newsletter Editor)

Tel: (021) 405 1222Email:

[email protected]

As winter draws to an end for most of the country (albeit Cape Town, shetends to always be late to that particular party) I am sure we are all lookingforward to sunny days and putting away our winter wardrobes.

This edition of the newsletter each year provides a summary of the reportsgiven at the AGM; namely the Chairman’s; Treasurer; Listserv; Website andNewsletter, for those of you who weren’t fortunate enough to attend.

That’s not all though folks, for your reading pleasure this bumper editionincludes:

Gail Dendy’s grappling to come to terms with the Selfie Stick (OSALL’s gift tothe members at the AGM). Although having attended the meeting it wasn’tjust Gail who was having problems coming to terms with this fun technology check out a few candid shots I’ve included towards the end of thisnewsletter.

Shirley Gilmore advocates for what I am sure is a wish we all have,Governments making free access to law for everyone.

Our very own Chairman, Lydia Craemer, gives an incredibly detailed accountof her trip to BIALL hosted in Brighton from 11 – 13 June 2015, with somelovely photographs to really make us feel like we were there with her.

Sue Beard shows off Fluxmans’ beautiful library complete with a spiralstaircase; I have true library envy.

Rounding everything off is Pieter du Plessis & Samuel Simango’spublications noted column.

Until the next one; enjoy the read.

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AGM CHAIRMAN REPORT: 2014-2015By Lydia Craemer

2014-2016 COMMITTEE MEMBERSChair: Lydia CraemerVice Chair: Charmaine BertramSecretary: Marina RubidgeTreasurer: Hesma van TonderNewsletter Editor: Tanya HubbardPR & Liaison: Karabo MoleyaWebsite Administrator: Danielle BothaListserv Administrator: Mary Bruce

MEMBERSHIP/FINANCESOSALL is financially stable due to membership renewalsand advertising on both the listserv and website. Hesmavan Tonder will give a full financial report in this regard.OSALL had 154 paid-up members for the period 1 July2014 until 30 June 2015. The membership figures are asfollows:

Corporate:

16, with 81 members in total

Institutional:

16, with 31 members in total

Honorary:

2 members

Personal:

20, with 1 person being an overseas member

International:

1 member, with the Institute of Advanced Legal

Studies having 5 staff on institutional

membership

Retired:

2 members

Student:1 member

MEETINGS AND ACTIVITIES2014 AGMThe 2014 AGM was held at Bowman Gilfillan on 15August 2014 and was sponsored by LexisNexis. Ourguest speaker was Mzoxolo Gulwa who spoke aboutCompetitive Intelligence.

YEAR-END FUNCTIONJuta sponsored our year-end function, which was held atthe National Botanical Gardens in Pretoria on 31 October2014.

BIALL CONFERENCE 2015This year BIALL’s 46

thAnnual Study conference and

exhibition was held in Brighton from 10-13th June. Thetheme was “Charting the C’s: collaboration, co-operationand connectivity”. I presented a session at theconference called “Twittermore: the magical realm of

professional twitchats’’. Academic Marketing Serviceskindly sponsored travel costs. The 2016 conference willbe held in Dublin from 9-11 June 2016.

OSALL MEETINGSA meeting was held on 11 March 2015 at Norton RoseFulbrights’ offices in Cape Town, where Mzoxolo Gulwaspoke on Competitive Intelligence. The presentation waswell received. In May 2015, Sabinet sponsored andhosted a meeting at their offices in Centurion. NicholasHall, from Michalson’s Attorneys, addressed attendeeson PoPI (Protection of Personal Information Act).

WEBSITE AND LISTSERVBoth OSALL’s website and listserv are functioning well.MACC Computer Consulting has continued to host thewebsite. Danielle Botha and Mary Bruce will both givereports on their respective portfolios.

I wish to thank Academic Marketing Services, Juta,LexisNexis and Sabinet for their ongoing support ofOSALL and for their generous sponsorships. We hopethese working relationships will continue for our mutualbenefit in the coming year.

THE OSALL LISTSERV REPORT 2014/2015By Mary Bruce

We currently have 405 members registered on thelistserv, an increase of 30 over the last twelve months. Anumber of individuals have left and been replaced sothere has been a significant amount of admin behind thescenes that has not affected the overall numbers.Welcome to all those who have joined the listserv in thelast year.

Transactions have passed through the listserv with fewproblems.

Publishers are showing increasing interest in publicisingnew titles and products in this forum and we hopemembers will find these occasional notifications useful.

The one area we could still improve on is the way inwhich we report back on queries. Google Groups is setup to make conversation threads but in order to make themost of this we need to respond with the same subjectline, even when acknowledging assistance; that will‘stack’ all responses relating to the particular query andany future searches will pull up the entirecorrespondence.

A recent reminder not to generally ‘reply to all’ seems tohave diminished some of the traffic through the listserv.

Once again, a big thank you to all members of the listservfor their kindness and generosity in assisting others.Good vibes make the world go round and we have plentyof those.


OSALL NEWSLETTER REPORT 2014/2015By Tanya Hubbard

As a child I had a dream of one day being a magazineeditor, I rather fancied myself taking over from JaneRaphaely and hobnobbing with the rich and famous atluxurious cocktail parties with a glass of incrediblyexpensive French Champagne in my hand. Admittedlyediting the OSALL newsletter isn’t quite on the scale ofCosmopolitan but I’m getting to hobnob with experts inmy field and subject you to my sense of humour on aregular basis. Now that doesn’t sound bad to me at all,however if anyone wishes to sponsor a glass of incrediblyexpensive French Champagne during my term, you’llmake my dream complete.

My first year has had many highlights but sadly a low onetoo. We had to say goodbye to a very dear colleagueand friend to many of you, Lara van Rooyen. Antoinettede Beer wrote a moving tribute in November’s newsletterand her final words were “Lara’s place is quiet and sheleaves behind a very BIG pair of shoes to fill. Her legacywill continue to inspire us to deliver a service that goesbeyond the now!! Rest in peace my dear friend!”

In the course of the year we’ve tagged along withcolleagues as they’ve reported back on conferences andfellowships. Our very own vice-chairperson CharmaineBertram attended the American Association of LawLibraries 107th Annual Meeting & Conference in SanAntonio; Texas, Maropene Ramabina told of his time atthe Cornell University Law Library in Ithaca, New Yorkwhere he’d been awarded the Bitner ResearchFellowship, Ruth Ward attended the BIALL conference inHarrogate; England and finally Mariya Badeva-Brightreported back on the Law via the Internet – AfricaConference held at UCT in Cape Town.

We had a changing of the guard with Nico Ferreiraretiring to a life of leisure, and in doing so he left a ratherlarge gap in our newsletter where his Publications Notedcolumn used to be. It was with great pleasure (and just alittle hint of relief) that I got to introduce you to the twonew contributors to this popular column in May’snewsletter, Pieter du Plessis and Samuel Simango fromStellenbosch University. We hope to have a very longand wonderful relationship together.

We have shared a few giggles along the way, aside frommy witty repartee in the editorial, Gail Dendy’s swimsuitprotest in May’s issue has to be right up there as one ofmy favourite submissions and I’d like to take thisopportunity to thank all of you who have submittedarticles, ranging from light-hearted to more serious likeSamuel Simango’s article on SAFLII and the right toaccess of information and Margaret Fish’s description ofthe important work being performed at ProBono.org,

Without your submissions there literally would be nonewsletter.

All that is left for me to say is I have enjoyed my first yearand I look forward to sharing the next with you all.

OSALL TREASURERS’ REPORT 2014/2015By Hesma van Tonder

OSALL Books were audited by Vincent Laubscher andAssociates.

OSALL HAS A BALANCE OF R99 958.14Notice account: R60 271.10Cheque account: R39 687.04

The Income of R47 205.80 was received from:

Advertising Fees:R15 600.00Listserv R 1 500.00Newsletter R 6 100.00OSALL Web R 8 000.00

Interest capitalised (Notice account):R2 205.80

Membership Fees:R14 400.00Corporate R 8 250.00Individual R 2 250.00Institutional R 3 100.00International R 50.00Personal R 600.00

Sponsorship (Academic Marketing Service):R15 000.00

HOW DID OSALL SPEND THEIR MONEY?Accounting Fees:R4 261.94.00

Bank Charges:R1 376.75

Cash/Cheque deposit fees R 39.53STD Bank’s Monthly Management fee R 570.00STD Bank’s Service Fee R 622.52Payment Confirmation fee R 4.70Forex R 140.00

Conferences: R20 000.00BIALL Conference (Lydia Craemer): R15 000.00AALL (Charmaine Betram): R 5 000.00

Gifts (AGM, speakers, flowers):R3 053.74


Office Expense (upgrading of QuickBooks):R2 105.26

Post Box Renewal:R383.00

Travel expenses:R12 276.53

Meryl Federl: R 351.00Hesma van Tonder: R 6 779.57M Gulwa: R 2 752.98Lydia Craemer: R 2 392.98

OSALL’s profit for 2014/2015 was only R6 799.08. Thislesser amount to 2013/2014 was mainly due to lessincome from membership fees.

WEBSITE ADMINISTRATOR'S REPORT 2014/2105By Danielle Botha

After years of running smoothly, the OSALL website wasunfortunately hacked in October 2014 which caused theentire site to crash. The site then had to be rebuilt fromscratch. This took at least 4 days as the malicious codehad to be removed. Michael Botha from MA ComputerConsulting rebuilt it for OSALL free of charge.

The existing firewall was removed as it was no longersufficient and a new firewall (WordFence) was installed.

Since the end of 2014 hacking attacks (with the aim ofcreating phishing sites) have increased dramatically.There are still chronic daily hacking attacks and manualblocking of extreme attacks is done by Michael Botha ona daily basis. This means that the robots which attackmore than a certain amount a day are blocked.Sometimes an entire IP range needs to be blocked.

As a result of the destruction of the website, a dailyonsite backup is now made, and the daily backups aredownloaded on a monthly basis to an external drive. Abackup by the service provider is also made on a dailybasis.

Summary of security related activity for the period July13, 2015 to July 27, 2015.

Top 10 IP's Blocked

IP Country Block Count

207.46.13.1 US 125

207.46.13.11 US 61

207.46.13.89 US 51

IP Country Block Count

207.46.13.66 US 50

207.46.13.54 US 37

207.46.13.122 US 34

207.46.13.9 US 27

207.46.13.111 US 24

207.46.13.2 US 23

207.46.13.61 US 20

Top 10 Countries Blocked

Country Total IPs Blocked Block Count

US 82 676

RU 18 18

UA 13 13

FR 7 12

KR 8 8

GB 8 8

CA 8 8

RO 6 6

BR 5 5

AR 4 4

A decision was also taken to remove the email addressesof the committee and to replace them with generic emailaddresses, which will then forward to the actual emailaddresses, for example [email protected]. This willprevent spammers from knowing the actual emailaddresses. Fewer changes are now needed when thereis a change of committee members.

The OSALL website newsletter has been upgraded andlooks more attractive when sending out any websiteupdates to members. The logo has now been included.

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We are also exploring the possibility of an eventscalendar that can be used for creating an environmentwhich allows for automated RSVPs.

I would like to thank Michael Botha for his dedicated dailyassistance with the security of the OSALL website.

As always, if anyone has any suggestions for thewebsite, feel free to contact me about it.

It was the best of times,it was the worst of times … the Selfie Stick?

by Gail Dendy

There we were at the 2015 OSALL AGM, eagerlyanticipating our Corporate Gifts. Voila! The goody bagwas handed to each participant as we registered.Instinctively, I felt the contents of the bag before lookinginto it. Hmmmm … something felt odd. It definitely wasn’ta book. It wasn’t an oblong block of very heavy post-its. Itwas …. what was it? I pulled out the box with sometrepidation and opened it.

A gadget revealed itself to me. I must say it looked ratherelegant with its black, rubberised handle and extendablesilver aluminium shaft. But what was that peculiar whiteplasticised ‘string thing’ with the silver attachment on theend? Was it supposed to be dangling like that? Had Igone and broken something by merely taking it out of thebox? The gadget also looked extremely frightening. Wasit to enable some form of DIY-dentistry? Was it a prop forStar Wars? Or was it something with which to deal withrecalcitrant library users, much like a cow prod?

My confusion was eventually cleared up – it was a selfiestick! Now I must admit that, technologically speaking, Ispend quite a bit of time evading the 21

stcentury. Not

that I’m against the century, per se. After all, I live in it.

But I jealously and zealously guard my privacy, especiallyon Facebook, to the extent that I never use my cellphoneor Kindle for accessing this site, I prevent my locationfrom being ascertained, and I never, ever, offerinformation on who I was with, what movies or TVprogrammes I prefer, what products I like, or even whatorganisation I work for. After all, if a stranger approachedme in the street and asked me these questions, I’d takegreat umbrage at the intrusion!

Back to the selfie stick. After enlightenment by Wandile ofLexisNexis, I managed to set up my stick.

(photo by Tanya Hubbard)

All good and fine. But how to take a photo? Well, the firststep is to have a cellphone that’s capable of takingselfies. I don’t. Mine is an entry-level pocket phone,probably created before selfies were even dreamed of.What to do? As all good librarians do, I came up with ananswer: Use hubby’s phone. With a bit of fumbling andbumbling, I set it up, plugged in the cord, clicked thebutton and … nothing! Aaaargh! I felt as though I washurled back into the early 19

thcentury, with that

concomitant feeling of being on a Snakes & Laddersboard and landing on the snake that takes you from 97 allthe way down to 3.

But perhaps the selfie stick was telling me somethingelse. Should I be trying to take selfies at all? In this ageof ceaseless and often wanton self-promotion, was theselfie stick urging me to go against the trend? After all, Iwas brought up in an era when it was regarded as badmanners to push oneself forward in any way. Girls weremeant neither to be seen nor heard. Any achievementswere to be downplayed, dismissed as ‘luck’ or ‘fluke’. Andnow here I was being invited to be the centre ofsomething, to place myself foremost not only in my ownlife, but in a photo which could be entered into acompetition. Was this hubris? Or was this an exercise instanding up for myself, for self-acceptance and … dare Ieven think it? … of testing the waters of peer andpersonal acknowledgement?

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‘Dear reader’ (a nod to Nabokov, here): I leave you toponder the philosophy. All I know is that I finally managedto work the selfie stick, to take some selfies and, believeit or not, discover that I could easily become a selfieaddict! If it wasn’t for the fact that hubby needs hisphone, I might have plastered the internet by now withthousands of selfies, some good, some bad, but all ofthem reminding me of what fun it can be to finally castcaution to the winds.

It is perhaps Dickens who articulates the dilemma best:“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it wasthe age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it wasthe epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it wasthe season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it wasthe spring of hope, it was the winter of despair, we hadeverything before us, we had nothing before us, we wereall going direct to Heaven, we were all going direct theother way …”. (Tale of Two Cities). Oh, and do enjoyyour selfies.

(Selfie by Gail Dendy)

Why free access to Law?By Shirley Gilmore

In South Africa SAFLII is known for its free access tocase law (amongst other things) and Laws of SouthAfrica for free access to national legislation.

On their website http://www.falm.info/ the Free Accessto Law Movement declares the following:

“Declaration on Free Access to LawLegal information institutes of the world, meeting inMontreal, declare that:

Public legal information from all countries and

international institutions is part of the common

heritage of humanity. Maximising access to this

information promotes justice and the rule of law;

Public legal information is digital common

property and should be accessible to all on a

non-profit basis and free of charge;

Organisations such as legal information institutes

have the right to publish public legal information

and the government bodies that create or control

that information should provide access to it so

that it can be published by other parties.

Public legal information means legal informationproduced by public bodies that have a duty to producelaw and make it public. It includes primary sources of law,such as legislation, case law and treaties, as well asvarious secondary (interpretative) public sources, suchas reports on preparatory work and law reform, andresulting from boards of inquiry. It also includes legaldocuments created as a result of public funding.”(It would be nice, wouldn’t it?)

One may argue that it should be the duty of theGovernment (of any country) to ensure that the laws itmakes are freely and easily available to the public ingeneral. It should be seen as a logical extension of thecompiling of the laws. If a new piece of legislation comesinto force, the drafters should make sure the public canfind and use these laws. However, traditionally thisresponsibility has been given to commercial publishersand logically they cannot be expected to do this withoutcharging for their work. Hence, the laws from Parliamenthave not until recently been freely and easily available.One may also argue that Governments would/should bestriving to make their laws freely and easily available sothat people wanting to do business or invest in a countrycould easily ascertain what laws would apply in suchsituations. One could thus argue that Governmentsshould see the making of laws freely available as anexcellent opportunity to encourage business andinvestment.

Legal research is increasingly published as open accessdocuments in institutional repositories. For example, theUniversity of Pretoria (many other Universities havesimilar repositories) has many law publications at:http://repository.up.ac.za/handle/2263/925Please read Denise Nicholson’s views on the website:https://theconversation.com/open-access-is-a-development-issue-the-status-quo-needs-to-be-challenged-46105

http://www.falm.info/

http://repository.up.ac.za/handle/2263/925

https://theconversation.com/open-access-is-a-development-issue-the-status-quo-needs-to-be-challenged-46105




Charting the C’s: Collaboration,Co-operation, Connectivity

46th Annual BIALL Study Conference, HiltonBrighton Metropole Hotel, Brighton

11th to 13th June 2015By Lydia Craemer

A highlight of each year for OSALL, is the BIALLConference, which is attended either by the Chair ofOSALL or a nominated representative of OSALL. Thisyear I had the privilege, as Chair, of attending the 2015conference in Brighton. Academic Marketing Services’generous sponsorship made this possible, and I thankthem for their ongoing support.

After getting over all the administrative hurdles that comewith attending a conference in the UK, I leftJohannesburg on 7 June, flying via Istanbul to London. Iarrived in London, and then commuted to Oxford tospend one of many evenings in that part of the countrywhile busy with my trip. I think I’ll write a travel blog tohelp future BIALL attendees with travel tips and tricks.

Although the conference in Brighton started onWednesday 10 June with the Pre-Conference seminar, Iarrived early in the UK to spend time in London on the 9

th

of June visiting the Inner Temple Library and Lincolns InnLibrary. I was keen to learn about the ways in whichthese libraries are run and bring this information home tothe Johannesburg Bar Library. The JohannesburgSociety of Advocates gave me additional funding, withthe proviso that I write an article for Advocate about thisventure, so I won’t say much other than stating that I losta part of my heart that day to the Inns of Court! The twolibraries are magnificent.

On the 10th

of June I commuted to Brighton during theafternoon, and as a result missed attending the Pre-Conference Seminar “Communicating and Presentingwith Impact” facilitated by Paul Jamieson.

From what I saw on the BIALL Twitter feed, attendeeswere engaged in “…thigh-slapping, reading Henry V,humming and practising the Alexander technique…”(Fiona Fogden @1librarian) Paul Jamieson had a careerin the performing arts, TV and radio and uses thisexperience to create workshops that are interactive,giving attendees practical skills in presenting withconfidence. (I’m sure OSALL could arrange somethingsimilar ; the Chair has contacts in the right places !) Thatevening, the dinner for overseas delegates was hostedby the BIALL Committee. I met Keith Ann Stiverson, thecurrent President of AALL ; Sara Roberts from theUniversity of Canterbury in New Zealand and IsabelleBrenneur-Garel from JustisConnexion in Paris. It was apleasure to meet Marianne Barber, the BIALL President,and the rest of the Committee members and wonderful to

https://twitter.com/1librarian


re-connect with Angela Donaldson (outgoing HonorarySecretary of BIALL) whom I’d met when I attended the2005 BIALL Conference in Harrogate.

Thursday morning dawned and the Conference started.Marianne opened the conference and her importantquestion was “what will be your individual “take-away”from this conference ?”.

The first session was the Annual Will Steiner Memoriallecture. It was delivered by Professor Stephen Maysonand was entitled “Commercial and regulatory evolution oflegal services: implications for the informationprofessionals” He spoke about the evolutionary andregulatory forces on legal services. Commercialisationhas turned law into a business and has resulted inpolarisation: large/global legal firms competing with smallfirms/individual practitioners. ICT has also played a partin bringing about commercialisation and polarisation ofthe provision of legal services. The Legal Services Act of2007 resulted in a major shift in the UK with regard to theseparation of regulation from professional representationin the legal sphere. Its effect has been felt frominstitutions such as Bar Associations, through globalfirms, large firms, small and medium firms and individualpractitioners. It has blurred the boundaries between lawand other areas of business as well as between legaljurisdictions. Under the conditions of the Act, 20% ofpractitioners in a law firm are subject to regulatedactivities as stipulated by the Act. 80% of activitiescarried out by law firms are not regulated and are carriedout by people with little/no legal qualification. This begsthe question: how much education will be needed byfuture lawyers and when will this take place ? The impactwill be felt by information professionals because they willassist law firms and educational institutions in adapting tothe pressures and expectations of their users. Some ofthe shifts information professionals will be exposedto/already be dealing with are: print v digital solutions ;moving from the use of physical collections to the use ofremote resources ; from purchasing material to usinglicensed material, and the shift to access to informationand its manipulation with IT - ”just-in-case” collectionbuilding will shift to just-in-time” access. The role of theinformation professional will become one of front-of-house help and guidance, not the “back-room” curator ofphysical resources. Professor Mayson highlighted fourareas in which information professionals can play animportant role:

1) Knowledge management (KM) has become awidely used tool by information professionals inthis time of flux, but it separates information fromknowledge. Lawyers may be wary of KM: what ifsomething crucial has been overlooked in themanagement process ? Who bears theresponsibility of guiding lawyers to relevant andappropriate information ? Professor Maysonsuggested that a new way of approaching this

would be to call it “knowing management” wheremore focus is placed on connections betweenhuman beings and what they know, rather thanrelying on documentation. This would encouragecommunities of practice, which arecontextualised, and encourage the support andrelevance of learning especially when boundariesare blurred and value of information is sought.

2) Legal education and training are not aboutgetting technical legal information. Informationprofessionals can assist with doing legalresearch effectively, and manipulating the resultsso that concepts are easily articulated eitherverbally or in writing. Information professionalsare skilled at doing this and can assist legalpractitioners in this way.

3) As the regulatory framework becomes lessprescriptive, information professionals can assistlegal practitioners to address the complexity ofregulation.

4) The 21st

century is not about technical legalknowledge. Contextualised application ofpractical skills is becoming more common.Competitive intelligence is becoming moreprominent because it adds value to, and helpsbuild, the lawyer-client relationship. Collation ofcompetitive intelligence is time-intensive andtime-sensitive. Skills in research and thepresentation of information speak to thecompetencies of information professionals. Thisrequires information professionals to go beyondusing traditional information sources, and tobecome imaginative and innovative in theprovision of library and information services.

Professor Mayson concluded his lecture by stating thatthere are many opportunities awaiting legal informationprofessionals with regard to collaboration, co-operationand connectivity, and these opportunities will shape andreform the world of library and information services in the21

stcentury. My “take-away’’ from this session was that

our Legal Practice Act and the UK Legal Services Acthave some commonalities, so perhaps we in South Africacan anticipate similar challenges.

The next session called ‘’Information gatherer-KnowledgeConnector’’ intrigued me. We were introduced to Sam.Sam mans the enquiry desk and receives requests forbooks, case law, etc. He collects all the material togetherand makes sure the enquirer receives it. Sam’s anInformation Gatherer. His colleague Jamie, on the otherhand, loves interacting with the people that the libraryserves. He chats to them while getting coffee, whilemeeting them in corridors and knows what kind ofresearch they’re doing. While doing his work, Jamiecomes across an article on a topic or a notification of a


landmark case. He remembers Lesley is working on asimilar topic so sends Lesley the information he’s justdiscovered. Lesley is delighted ! Jamie is a KnowledgeConnector because he is proactive in sending informationto people that may be of use to them, and that may proveto be a turning point in their research. Informationprofessionals can be both an Information Gatherer and aKnowledge Connector, or more an Information Gatherer,or more a Knowledge Connector. The environment inwhich one works, and the people with whom oneinteracts, dictates which role an information professionalfulfils at any given time. The outcome that is mostimportant is that information professionals engage withtheir stakeholders (library users) and make it theirbusiness to go the extra mile in delivering informationthat has value. The best value is when a piece ofinformation containing value is delivered at exactly theright time to the person who needs it and may not evenbe aware that it exists and can be useful to them ! It maylead the person to information that is relevant that theyhadn’t thought of. Institutional knowledge context is avery useful tool: ask colleagues if they’ve had thesame/similar query before, what was found and where tolocate it. Sometimes it may be a person who is your bestinformation source. It’s also important to be proactive andeducate users about how to locate information ; itempowers the users when the information professionalsare not there to help. Sometimes Informationprofessionals can, in themselves, be obstacles to usersgetting appropriate information: they decide whatinformation is needed instead of letting the user decide.The key concept is “how we help” users – we shouldn’tdifferentiate between the tools we use e.g. books, onlineinformation or personal knowledge. We have the skills topresent information differently. We can build on pastexperiences to develop knowledge for the future and inthe process “upskill” ourselves and our users. Knowledgeis always an experiment – there’s no “one size fits all”approach. This collaboration and co-operation helps toembed library and information services in anorganisation. So, who are you: a Knowledge Connector?Information Gatherer? Both ?

The last plenary session on Thursday was Emily Albon’ssession ‘’Infiltrate and conquer ? Showing the world whatlibrarians can do”. Emily’s session centred around herrole of a law librarian, and how she swopped roles,becoming a lecturer and tutor to law students. Shediscovered that many attributes that librarians have, andskills that they use daily, have enriched her role inacademia. Librarians collaborate, which is a good thingbecause it enables us to gain knowledge from theexperiences of our colleagues , and when we collaboratewith people outside the library we create mutuallybeneficial relationships. Some of these relationships arewith the people with whom we interact and to whom wesupply information. Some relationships may be built withpublishers and suppliers, or with people involved in ICT

that affects the way information is transmitted to ourclients. The positive attributes we bring to the tableinclude: strong needs analysis ; the ability to organise(almost anything) ; tenacity ; an understanding of the useof technology ; the ability to educate ; being strong withregard to networking and being the hub of anorganisation because we connect people (to others, toinformation, to technology). Enthusiasm, commitment,individuals who can bring something different and uniqueto the process, and a willingness to compromise allenable collaboration. Barriers to collaboration includeexisting attitudes, different cultures(organisational/personal), communication barriers andautonomy. How to get people involved in collaboration ?Talk about the benefits, show people how something hasbeen done somewhere else. Her parting message was“Get out there and collaborate like crazy !”

The afternoon was set aside for the parallel sessions:‘’Collaborating and co-operating to make the connection’’(how law librarians and academics can co-operate todevelop communities of legal practice) by AngelaDonaldson and Graham Ferris ; ‘’RDA, FRBR and lawlibraries’’ (an opportunity to solve the knowledgemanagement problem) by Helen Doyle ; ‘’Challengesfaced and practical techniques for managing dispersedteams’’ by Rona Blair, and my session “Twittermore : themagical realm of professional twitchats”. I would’veattended the session ‘’Collaborating and co-operating tomake the connection’’ because there is a need forOSALL to develop communities of practice to helplibrarians new to the profession. I decided to visit theexhibition instead to steady my nerves for my sessionwhich was to take place after the New and OverseasDelegates Welcome Event. I was up against stiffcompetition: ‘’Law v learning styles’’ by Dr Chris Walkerand Karen Crouch and “Compliance matters: how canyou help ?’’ by Allison Wooddisse and Emma Dickson.The last session on the first day of a conference isprobably one conference presenters dread the most ;delegates are tired, and in the case of BIALL, theirthoughts are most likely straying to the evening eventhosted by one of the publishers (in this case, “A Night atthe Museum” hosted by ICLR).

My session was geared towards librarians already usingTwitter as a networking tool, and librarians who wouldlike to start using Twitter for the purpose of networking.“Twitchats” are topical conversations amongst Twitterusers, regarding subjects relating to professional growthand relating to best practices. They are assigned aspecific hashtag (#) so that the thread of the conversationcan be followed. These are scheduled on a regular basisby formal or informal organisations or groups. Examplesof such organisations/groups are the Special LibrariesAssociation and UKlibchat. The twitchats are heldweekly, sometimes monthly, and sometimes as adiscussion forum leading up to an annual conference.


Twitchats vary in topic from session to session, andparticipants from all over the globe are welcome toparticipate. Often the content is summarised usingStorify, or as a blog post. Content can also be retrievedby searching for the hashtag assigned to a particulartwitchat and saving the search during the conversation.Once a hashtag search is saved, further twitchats fromthe ongoing conversations can be retrieved at a laterstage. I hoped to give delegates three key learningoutcomes: how to interact with librarians worldwide ; howto apply information gleaned from twitchats to improveLIS services both professional and personal, and to learnabout bench-marking in different spheres of LIS, all ofwhich tied into the conference theme. I managed to run alive twitchat while presenting, which posed its ownchallenges ! I was relieved after the session to haveattendees approach me and tell me that they’d found thesession, informative, useful and entertaining.

Thursday evening ended with the ICLR function, whichsent delegates on a treasure hunt through the BrightonMuseum and Art Gallery.

It was interesting and great fun, while we poked aroundin Egyptology, Mods v Rockers, the history of Brighton,ceramics and marvelled at a sofa designed by SalvadorDali called “Mae West’s Lips”.

I nearly spent a Night at the Museum ; I was the lastdelegate to leave because the museum fascinated me somuch !

Friday’s first plenary session was presented by EmilyGoodhand from Reading University and was entitled “Themonkey and the camera: a copyright snapshot”.

I’m sure you’re wondering, as I did, what on earth do amonkey and a camera have in common with copyright ?Well, it boils down to who owns copyright. In 2014 thenature photographer David Slater was photographingmacaque monkeys. He left the camera unattended and afemale macaque took a selfie ! The question that arose,and on which Emily quizzed delegates, was who ownedthe copyright ? Some said the photographer, some saidthe monkey. Emily then gave us the answer which issummarised by Wikipedia: “…Slater's claim of copyrighton the images was disputed by several scholars andorganizations, based on an understanding that copyrightwas held by the creator, and that a non-human creator(not being a legal person) could not hold copyright. InDecember 2014, the United States CopyrightOffice stated that works created by a non-human are notsubject to U.S. copyright…”(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monkey_selfie) Themonkey selfie resulted in furious debate around copyrightissues on both sides of the Atlantic. Being unfamiliar withUK copyright law, I sat and absorbed as much as I couldabout the copyright laws in the UK. One thing becamevery clear: copyright is jurisdiction dependent. Fairdealing has its origins in US law and links into the BerneConvention for the Protection of Literary and ArtisticWorks. An area of concern for librarians or those involvedin the administration of copyright and intellectual propertylaws in the UK, is that the EU is now drawing upintellectual property laws which would affect the UK andstrip it of some of its legislative autonomy. Emilysuggested that delegates consult the websitehttp://copyrightuser.org which is geared to assistingpeople with elements of copyright use if they hit a snag.She can also be followed on Twitter: @copyrightgirl.

Emily’s session was followed by Sara Roberts’presentation “The Library without walls”. Sara is a lawlibrarian at the University of Canterbury in Christchurch.The devastating earthquakes of 2010 and 2011, shookup the manner in which library services were, and are

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now, offered both literally and figuratively. In 2010, thelaw library had 7 staff members, an after-hours service,the book collection was actively being developed andthere was time and resources for many projects, one ofwhich was Project STAR (Supporting Teaching AndResearch). The University library had 5 libraries andthere was a lot of duplication of effort as a result, soProject STAR was being introduced to centralise servicesand management of the libraries. On 4 September 2010the first major earthquake struck. It was a 7.1 magnitudeearthquake that occurred 40 km away from Christchurch,10 km below ground and lasted 40 seconds. Somebuildings in Christchurch were damaged and there wereno fatalities. The University and its 4 branch librariessuffered though ; the tremor caused books stacks totopple over like dominoes,

books were shaken off the shelves, offices andinfrastructure were damaged and the campus wasclosed. The law library became the centralised library forthe University due to the damage caused, so thisnecessitated a shift in how academics and users wereserved by staff across all libraries. Little did they realisethat worse was yet to come. On 22 February 2011, thesecond earthquake struck. It was a 6.3 magnitudeearthquake that was centred in Christchurch, 5 km belowground and the surface of the earth shook with anintensity of 2.2 g, which is equivalent to the G-force withwhich gravity pushes down. It resulted in catastrophicbuilding collapse, 185 people lost their lives, and basicinfrastructure like water, sanitation and electricity wasdestroyed. It took weeks and weeks before somesemblance of “normality” was achieved. The buildinghousing the law faculty and library was severelydamaged ; one wing was completely flattened. TheUniversity was closed for three weeks and no one wasallowed to enter the university buildings because theywere so badly damaged and posed a serious safetyhazard. Teaching and library services couldn’t cease, sotents were erected in the parking lots to house lecturerooms. The library staff had to move to electronicsolutions for information provision because there was noaccess to print material for 6 months. They worked fromhome or “hot-desked” around the campus to meet the

needs of academics and students. The law libraryreopened in July 2011 and became part of the library ofthe College of Business and Law in 2013.

All the events post-22/2/11 forced the law library to offeran altered service: teaching materials were madeavailable online, they became reliant on electronicresources and became more embedded in the lawschool. There was a shift from the library being a specialcharacter-filled space, a dedicated study space and acollection, to being becoming an area where the librarystaff are physically removed from academics andstudents and the print collection. The print collectiondiminished as a result of the library being situated on 2floors and sharing space with other collections. The lawlibrary staff now concentrate on building relationshipswith academics and students to remain visible andaccessible, are working towards building a “just in time”service and achieving a balance between primary printand electronic resources. The change in library serviceswas greatly accelerated and has been exceptionallychallenging.

We broke for lunch, and I then sat in on the BIALL AGMto get a feel of how they run their AGM’s and how theyaddress members’ concerns during the “Have your say”segment. BIALL’s Committee actively encouragesSenior Managers to encourage participation of their staffin BIALL meetings, conferences and being on the BIALLCommittee, because it encourages the professionaldevelopment of staff and benefits BIALL if its membersvolunteer to serve on the Committee. I agree 110 % withthis view ! BIALL also contributes financially to BAILII andhas been doing so for three years – another mutuallybeneficial partnership. During the “Have your say”segment, a member asked if the Committee wouldconsider having regional conferences, in addition to themain conference. The Committee explained that due tologistics it isn’t feasible and the main conference isalways a drawcard for overseas delegates. This Q&A hada distinctly familiar ring to it, because it is an issue withwhich OSALL grapples.

The afternoon sessions consisted of the SeniorManagers’ Stream and three other parallel sessions. Theparallel sessions were “Tunes, tubes and clouds” (gettingyour in-house talent out of the house and online) byDaniel Bates ; “Techno teach” ( sharing good practice inlegal information and teaching) by Jackie Haines, and“Destination Canada!” (finding and making sense ofCanadian law) by Catherine Cotter. The SeniorManagers Stream consisted of three sessions: “Thecontinuing evolution of Knowledge Management in thelegal profession: challenges and opportunities forknowledge and information professionals” by JaneBradbury ; “Staff retention” by Donald Lickley, and“Moving, relocating or renovation libraries: lessonslearned” by Ruth Bird. As has happened many a time, I


wished I could either clone myself or have a “Time-turner” so that I could attend Daniel, Catherine andRuth’s sessions which were running concurrently and allof which really grabbed my attention ! However, withthoughts of my colleagues at home, facing (and havingfaced) library moves and revamps, I chose to attendRuth’s session. This was to be my “up-sized take-away”from the conference. Ruth stressed that librarians MUSTbe involved in any library planning because architectsand space planners do not have a clue about theparticular needs of libraries, especially the fact that itmust be a functional space for the staff, collections andIT needs. She said librarians must familiarise themselveswith the jargon used by space planners and architects,and become familiar with how to read and interpretbuilding plans and Gantt charts (I don’t know what theseare either, but think they’re a project management tool).She divided the process into five steps:pre-planning (get involved with the architects and spaceplanners and visit as many libraries as you can forinspiration and sound advice from those who’ve “beenthere, done that”) ; people issues (consider the librarystaff and the people who’ll use the use the library) ; thecollections and their size (measure, measure andmeasure some more ; your tape measure is anindispensable tool) ; the actual move (make sure it’spublicised and have contingency plans in place so thatthe library service can continue with minimal disruption),and prepare for the unexpected ( communicate with yourstaff and users in appropriate ways, i.e. inform them earlyof changes but don’t alarm them or alert them unless youhave clarity on what is happening and when it’shappening). Once all the upheaval is over, find time tocelebrate because as Ruth put it, it’s “one of the bonusesof this profession and stretches you in ways you neveranticipated”. One theme I picked up from Ruth’s sessionis that librarians must be visible, vocal and present duringany planning involving a library. She certainly is a livingexample of this, having being involved in manyrenovations and relocations and wining her battles toachieve functional libraries.

The Friday ended with the President’s Dinner sponsoredby LexisNexis, during which the annual BIALL Awardswere handed out. After a delicious meal and having JohnSinkins from Wildy and Sons

as a fellow guest at my table resulting in greatconversation, the delegates then danced the remainderof the night away.

On Friday I decided that I would give “The SaturdayKitchen” on Saturday morning a miss and rather go sight-seeing in Brighton. The Saturday Kitchen is anopportunity for publishers and suppliers to showcasetheir products and services. Initially the weather was greyand chilly, but by the time I set of on my walkabout theweather had cleared up and warmed up.

Knowing that I probably wouldn’t see my fellow delegateson the Saturday I bid my farewells on the Friday or as Iencountered people in the hotel during the course ofSaturday. Armed with a heavy suitcase, a head stuffed tobursting with all I’d heard, and buzzing with theexperience of Brighton, I commuted back to Oxford. Onthe Sunday afternoon, I boarded my flight home fromLondon via Istanbul and bid farewell to the country that’sstaring to feel; like a second home to me. I’m alreadyenvious of the next OSALL delegate who will beattending the 2016 conference in Dublin between the 9

th

and 11th

June. I hope the privileged person will also comehome feeling professionally enriched, as I did from BIALL2015.

The library in the law firm next to the taxi rankBy Sue Beard

The title might make you think this is a stab at trying towrite an Alexander McCall Smith type novel but for those


of you who attended Mzoxolo Gulwa’s presentation onCompetitive Intelligence at last year’s OSALL AGM youwill recall his curiosity as to why a law firm wouldposition themselves next to a taxi rank.

Well Fluxmans obviously really likes being next to a taxirank, as, when the building they were in was going to bedemolished to make way for Rosebank’s growing numberof high rises they moved into a brand new building rightin front of the old building and just as close to the taxirank. With the new building came a new library. The newlibrary is situated alongside the reception area and is areal showpiece. It causes many admiring glances fromclients and the few children that come into the officescan’t resist trying out the ladder. It has been dubbed theHarry Potter Library and let the pictures do the talking.

A few lighthearted moments from the AGM(photo’s courtesy of Tanya Hubbard)

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Lee, C. G., Ostrom, B. J. & Kleiman, M. 2015. Themeasure of good lawyering: evaluating holistic defence inpractice. Albany Law Review. Vol. 78 Iss. 3: p1215-1238

Manyathi-Jele, N. 2015. Lack of Advancement of Blackand Female Lawyers in the Spotlight. De Rebus. Iss.554: p12-16

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Technology Disaster Response and Recovery Planning/Edited by Mary Mallery. 9781783300549

The Snowden Reader/ edited by David P. Fidler.9780253017314

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