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This issue includes an announcement concerning a new user-responsive acquisitions process; reports on recent training events and other member-facing activities; a clarification regarding the loan of books from the Library; the latest news about the Inner Temple Book Prize; and features on the libraries of the University of Oxford, and on new acquisitions.
Inner Temple Library Newsletter Issue 69 – October 2022 (PDF) or online
The Library will close at 4.00pm on Wednesday 2 November for Grand Day. We apologise for any inconvenience caused.
The Inner Temple Book Prize, inaugurated in 2008 to mark the Inn’s long-standing commitment to legal scholarship and the education of law students and of lawyers in practice, is pleased to announce the shortlist for 2022.
This Patron-Driven Acquisition Scheme is intended to be responsive to the needs of Inner Temple Library users if they discover a book that they need is not available in the Library collection.
All requests meeting the criteria below will be automatically purchased whilst funds remain available.
Items that do not meet the criteria will be considered by the Librarian and the Books Sub-Committee but without a guarantee of purchase.
The Library is running a Whodunnit style induction on Tuesday 4 October from 5.00pm. A reception will be held afterwards where you can meet members of the Library Committee. Please contact library@innertemple.org.uk to book your place.
The Library is closed from Monday 8 – Friday 12 August. We will reopen at 9.00am on Monday 15 August. Summer hours are 9.00am to 5.30pm. Late night opening begins on Monday 12 September. This timetable has the opening hours of all four Inn Libraries.
This issue includes details of summer opening hours; an introduction to our newest member of staff; an announcement about our latest training-related initiative (tours for clerks); features on binding procedures and on new acquisitions; and news of the longlisted entries for the Inner Temple Book Prize.
A list of New Titles and New Editions received by the Library between April and June 2022 has just been published.
The Inner Temple Library is offering the following legal research training for new Pupils:
A one-hour session that will cover some of the basics of legal research as well as a few more advanced topics. This will take place on Wednesday 6 July at 6pm and will be via Zoom. This session is based around the results of a survey of new practitioners carried out in 2019. This identified the specific research difficulties new barristers have such as ensuring comprehensiveness, relevancy, currency and finding a starting point. This session aims to make all these issues easier to deal with. To book please email tdennis@innertemple.org.uk.
Because of the train and tube strikes today the Library is closed. Staff are working from home and will fulfil document supply requests where possible. We are hoping to be open 9.00am to 5.00pm the rest of this week.
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