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BIALL/SLS Academic Law Library Survey 2022/23

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 June 2025

Claire Mazer
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Abstract

In this article BIALL President Claire Mazer reviews the findings of the BIALL/SLS Academic Law Library Survey, which was conducted in 2024 and covered the academic year 2022/23. Claire’s article provides some analysis of the responses, while it also outlines some key themes and trends. The author would like to thank Laura Griffiths and Marilyn Clarke at IALS for their work in conducting the survey on behalf of BIALL and SLS (Society of Legal Scholars).

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surveysSociety of Legal ScholarsBIALLacademic law librariesuniversities
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Main Features
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Legal Information Management , Volume 25 , Issue 1 , March 2025 , pp. 8 - 11
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© The Author(s), 2025. Published by British and Irish Association of Law Librarians

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Endnotes

1 Marilyn Clarke and Laura Griffiths (SLS), ‘BIALL/SLS Academic Law Library Survey 2022/23’ (BIALL, 20 January 2025) <https://biall.org.uk/membership-resources/> (NB: member log in required) Accessed 30 January 2025.

2 BIALL, ‘Annual Academic Law Library Survey’ (BIALL, 20 January 2025) <https://biall.org.uk/membership-resources/academic-law-library-survey/> (NB: member log in required) Accessed 31 January 2025.

3 Readers should note there are repeated references to BIALL web pages and the survey itself as referenced at n1 and n2 throughout this article.

4 Contact hours were defined as direct timetabled teaching or tutorial guidance.

5 See: Hayley Clarke, ‘My university course made me who I am - now it’s being cut’ (BBC News, 8 February 2025) <www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cz9e2xw9p8po> Accessed 8 February 2025.