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In Memoriam: Elizabeth Mary Moys 1928 to 2002

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 July 2008

Barbara Tearle
Barbara Tearle
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Betty Moys, one of the great figures of law librarianship of the twentieth century, died suddenly on 1 February 2002 after a period of several months' ill-health. She will be remembered for the classification scheme which bears her name, but she contributed so much more throughout her life to the library and indexing professions.
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Elizabeth Mary Moys, known to all her colleagues as Betty, was born on 26 June 1928 at Wickford, Essex. She was brought up in Kent where she spent most of her life when in the UK. She attended Chislehurst County Grammar School then went on to Queen Mary College, London, to read English and took a BA (Hons) degree in 1949. Her first job was in Crayford Branch of Kent County Library Service from 1949–50. After library school in 1950–51 (Northwestern Polytechnic School of Librarianship, where she was one of the leading spirits in starting a School of Librarian-ship Students' Association), Betty became reference librarian at the Royal Institute of International Affairs in 1951.

Type
In Memorium
Information
Legal Information Management , Volume 2 , Issue 1 , Spring 2002 , pp. 4 - 7
Copyright
Copyright © The British and Irish Association of Law Librarians 2002

References

1. Preface to A classification scheme for law books, by Moys, Elizabeth M., London, Butterworths, 1968. p vii.Google Scholar

2. A History of the British and Irish Association of Law Librarians 1969–1999, by Blake, Mary, BIALL, ([1999])Google Scholar

3. Ibid p. 52