We don’t often see Attorney General’s championing the rights of Law Librarians.. so a hearty 3 cheers for..
Barbados’ Attorney-General (AG) Freundel Stuart who has said that law librarians are often taken for granted by their clients and they need to let their voices by heard more.
Speaking at the opening of 24th annual general meeting and seminar of the Caribbean Association of Law Libraries held at the Faculty of Law, University of the West Indies, Cave Hill Campus.
The Barbados Advocate writes…
The Deputy Prime Minister said many people did not know that a law librarian was someone who had a degree or some other professional qualification in librarianship as well as a law degree, with some of them also called to the Bar.
Some law librarians were also legal researchers in their own right, publishing and contributing to legal discussions in their countries, and most did not seek to draw attention to themselves, he added.
Here’s The Man Himself Doing A Law Book Peruse
“In other words, few librarians are into branding, and are happy merely to impart knowledge to others and to be thanked for a job well done. This is not enough, however, if the profession is to attract more young persons into its ranks. It must be seen as both dynamic and rewarding,” he asserted.
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