We produce a Newsletter to keep Inner Temple members and tenants up to date with developments in the Library. Each issue includes details of forthcoming training sessions and information on new resources and changes to services.
A new issue of the Library Newsletter is now available. This issue contains information for new Students and Pupils, a reminder of services available to established barristers and a feature on new acquisitions.
A new issue of the Library Newsletter is now available. This issue includes news of summer opening and our initiative to improve accessibility and user experience (a Library of Things); an introduction to our new member of staff; a report on the History Society Lecture ‘Snapshots of the Inner Temple Library’; and features on new acquisitions – and on two of our colleagues’ running exploits in foreign parts.
Inner Temple Library Newsletter Issue 73 – May 2024 (PDF or website)
A new issue of the Library Newsletter is now available. This issue begins with news of our latest (and very keenly awaited) facility for users: a phone booth. Sally takes us through some key features of the new and much-improved catalogue interface; Tracey writes about the Commonwealth law collection, with particular emphasis on online resources; James, inspired by the Ridley Scott biopic, digs out some contemporary accounts of Napoleon’s defeat and exile (all from the Library’s own collections). We also reflect on nearly two years back in the permanent Library building, and feature some of the latest publications added to the collection.
Inner Temple Library Newsletter Issue 72 – December 2023 (website or PDF)
This issue includes news about Saturday opening this coming legal term, and about numerous forthcoming induction/training events (as well as reports on some that have taken place already), and features entitled ‘How the Library Helps Members at Key Points in Their Career’ and ‘New Acquisitions’.
Inner Temple Library Newsletter Issue 71 – September 2023 (PDF)
This is an expanded issue, in celebration of the first anniversary of our return to the Temple and reopening, and begins with a run-down of what has changed and what remains the same – not least our revised policy on the loan of books. Other content includes a survey of our activity on social media in recent months, a behind-the-scenes look at the mysterious “Basements”, and a round-up of recent acquisitions.
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
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.
This issue inevitably focuses on the reopening of the Library in its permanent home in the Temple, following the completion of Project Pegasus. The Librarian reflects on the reoccupation process, and other staff update you on what is (and what is not) new about the reconfigured Library. There is also news about upcoming tours and legal research opportunities for practitioners, students and clerks, and new developments regarding online database subscriptions; also reports on a visit to the Supreme Court and its library, and on new acquisitions.
The October issue includes a round-up of our recent activities for the benefit of students; an appreciation of the Commonwealth law collection by a Library user; announcements regarding upcoming training opportunities for students, pupils and clerks; news of developments on the major online legal information services; reviews of recent criminal law-themed TV dramas; and features on new acquisitions and on the phased return of the non-law collections as Project Pegasus nears completion.
Inner Temple Library Newsletter Issue 66 – October 2021 (PDF)
The July issue includes announcements regarding summer opening and changes to services in the light of the latest guidance on COVID-19; news of upcoming student induction sessions and legal research training; an update on Project Pegasus; reports from the recent BIALL Conference; an opportunity to ‘Meet the Team’; a retrospective by our Deputy Librarian on her fifteen years in post; and a feature on new acquisitions.
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