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1 July 2022
In 2020, the Law Library adopted a strategy developed by the profession, for the profession: a truly digital library service.
The Library strategy prioritises:
1. Comprehensive and authoritative...
25 March 2022
To the courts, tribunals, legal associations and regulatory bodies, publishers, law librarians, and legal professionals across Australia, I say thank you for your support in 2022. Law Library Victoria is pleased to be your authoritative, independent and accessible legal information resource. In...
27 July 2021
Collaboration and innovation are two key Law Library values.
The Director was pleased to attend a recent meeting of the Victorian Bar Library Committee and looks forward to ongoing collaboration and provision of innovative library services to the Bar.
The Director also met with...
16 June 2021
The Law Library of Victoria is committed to quality law reporting. The Director, as Librarian of the Supreme Court, sits ex officio on the Council of Law Reporting in Victoria.
The Library is involved with the production of the Victorian Reports, and purchases all Australian authorised law...
4 June 2021
Everyone can play a role in our national reconciliation. The Library is committed to improving our role, and to building relationships and communities that value Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, histories, cultures, and futures.
We have respected National Reconciliation Week...
4 June 2021
The Victorian Bar has secured ongoing access to a full digital collection of resources at the Richard Griffith Library by renewing a service agreement with the Library. Members continue to have 24/7 access from terminals in the Richard Griffith Library to the same digital research databases...
21 May 2021
The Library Committee held its quarterly meeting and noted the continued increase in use of the library. Library activity and operations are guided by and aligned with the Committee’s strategy for the Library.
In...
20 April 2021
The Supreme Court Library will be closed from 4pm on Thursday 22 April 2021. Reference services will still be available virtually, and you can visit our website to search the catalogue, view latest judgments, legislation and more.
8 April 2021
The Law Library of Victoria is pleased to announce that a new range of LexisNexis titles have been made available for Law Library of Victoria registered users, funded in part by the Victorian Legal Services Board.
The following e-book titles are available for practitioners on Lexis...
25 March 2021
The Law Library Victoria respectfully acknowledges the Traditional Owners of Country, and we pay our respects to First Peoples across Victoria and Australia. The Supreme Court Library stands on the lands of the Wurundjeri and Boonwurrung of the Kulin Nation.
Aboriginal and Torres Strait...
25 February 2021
Last week the Director met with the President of the Law Institute of Victoria, Ms Tania Wolff, and the CEO, Mr Adam Awty, to discuss the Law Library strategy and the LIV’s role with the Library.
The Director was pleased to attend the first Victorian Bar Library Committee meeting for 2021 at...
The Director was pleased to attend the first Victorian Bar Library Committee meeting for 2021 at...
18 December 2020
We would like to say thank you for being with us in 2020.
Our commitment to providing access to legal information and enhancing research capabilities remains stronger than ever. 2020 saw the judiciary, practitioners and our entire community face unprecedented challenges. In response, we...