Easter 2010 - The Honourable Society of the Inner Temple
Easter 2010 - The Honourable Society of the Inner Temple
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14 INNERVIEW EASTER TERM<br />
LIBRARY<br />
NEWS<br />
CURRENT AWARENESS<br />
WEBLOG SURVEY<br />
WEBLOG<br />
FEATURES<br />
<strong>The</strong> Library’s current awareness weblog has<br />
now been running for three years.<br />
n<br />
n<br />
n<br />
<strong>The</strong>re are 14,000 posts on <strong>the</strong> website<br />
and 900 subject categories<br />
<strong>The</strong> average number <strong>of</strong> daily visits is<br />
900-1000<br />
<strong>The</strong>re are 843 subscribers via email<br />
or RSS feed<br />
A recent survey <strong>of</strong> users revealed a high level<br />
<strong>of</strong> satisfaction with <strong>the</strong> service and sources<br />
covered, and a wide range <strong>of</strong> subscribers<br />
including barristers, students, academics,<br />
solicitors, civil servants and librarians. <strong>The</strong><br />
majority <strong>of</strong> subscribers are UK-based but<br />
o<strong>the</strong>rs are fur<strong>the</strong>r afield, in Australia,<br />
Barbados, Canada, India and New Zealand.<br />
<strong>The</strong> blog is maintained by Library staff and <strong>the</strong><br />
survey results and comments reinforce our<br />
view that this is a worthwhile service to<br />
provide to our members and to <strong>the</strong> wider<br />
legal community.<br />
n It covers legal news, new case law and<br />
changes in legislation in England and Wales<br />
n It is a free service which is updated daily<br />
n Sources covered include national<br />
newspapers, BBC News, Weekly Law<br />
Reports daily summaries, cases from<br />
BAILII, new Acts and SIs from OPSI, and<br />
government department press releases<br />
n <strong>The</strong>re is an archive back to 2007<br />
n Each post has a subject heading attached to<br />
enable legal developments to be traced as<br />
<strong>the</strong>y happen<br />
n Users can subscribe via RSS or email; view<br />
<strong>the</strong> website; or follow <strong>the</strong> blog on Twitter<br />
<strong>The</strong> weblog can be used for keeping up to date<br />
with legal news, preparing for examinations or<br />
pupillage interviews or finding recent law<br />
reports and <strong>of</strong>ficial publications.<br />
To be one step ahead visit<br />
www.innertemplelibrary.wordpress.com<br />
‘It’s a great service and<br />
really saves me a<br />
lot <strong>of</strong> time in keeping up<br />
with legal news.’<br />
Law student<br />
www.innertemplelibrary.wordpress.com<br />
www.innertemplelibrary.org.uk
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