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	text:  larger  smaller		Ruth Bird Bodleian Law Librarian  Ruth Bird Ruth's career started in secondary school teaching before undertaking postgraduate studies in Librarianship, and working for several years as a teacher librarian. In 1988 she moved into law libraries as the Manager of Information Services at Arthur Robinson & Hedderwicks, a leading Australian law firm. In 1994 she became their Practice Development Manager, responsible for marketing services in the firm, which is now part of Allens Arthur Robinson. In 1993, as the National Convenor of the Australian Law Librarians Group, she worked with colleagues in all state divisions to improve professional development for Australian law librarians. In 1996, and again in 1998, she worked with five colleagues to organise two successful Law Librarian Symposia held in Melbourne. In 1996 she moved to academia, joining the University of Melbourne Library, and Law Faculty, as the Law Librarian. During this time she worked closely with the Faculty in the planning of the Legal Resource Centre in the new Law School Building. n 2000 she became the Firm Legal Information Manager, responsible for precedents and libraries in the offices of law firm Phillips Fox. In 2004 Ruth (with her husband) relocated to England, to take up the post of Bodleian Law Librarian at Oxford University. Over the years she has computerised collections, helped design two new libraries, taught legal research, written articles, been responsible for precedents and knowledge management, and tried always to encourage positive, user focussed changes to services and practices in each workplace. Publications and papers: “Legislative resources for the United States” in : Legal Information Management, V. 6, No. 3, Autumn 2006, p.172 “A Moveable Feast – Law Librarianship in the noughties” paper presented at Southern Currents Conference, Melbourne, 28 September 2006 ‘Letter from Oxford' column in Australian Law Librarian, published quarterly; since 2004;. "A measured approach. Knowledge Management and Return on Investment" paper presented at Knowledge Management in Law Firms Symposium, Sydney, 8 Sept, 2003 "Information management step by step - a law firm case study" in Professional review, no. 2, June 2002 "Planning a Legal Resource Centre for the 21 st century" in Australian Law Librarian, no. 2, July 2000 "Asian Legal Research on the Internet" presented at International Association of Law Libraries Annual Course, Melbourne, September 16, 1999 Regular column entitled "Law Library News from Australia" in Legal Division Quarterly, journal of the Special Libraries Association Legal Division, from 1998 to 2001 “Legal Research and the Legal System in Australia" in International Journal of Legal Information, v.28, No. 1, Spring 2000 (paper originally presented at American Association of Law Libraries Conference, Washington DC, July 1999) Earlier publications: “Conference Report – JSI, BIALL, IALL” in Australian Law Librarian, no.4, December 1998 “The Law Library” in University of Melbourne Library Journal, v.3, no.2, December 1997 “Report of the Law Library Moys Reclassification Project” in Ex Libris, (University of Melbourne Library Magazine) issue 48, April 1997. “Breadth and Depth of Librarianship - Returning to the Fold” - paper presented at Inaugural Law Librarians Symposium, Melbourne, October 4, 1996, in Australian Law Librarian, December 1996 Chapter entitled “Strategic Planning in Law Libraries” in Charting the Future, edited by Helen Hayes and Angela Bridgland, 1996 “Targeting the Promotional Strategy” - paper presented at 6th Asian Pacific Specials and Law Librarians Conference, 1995 Regular Convenor's Notes - Australian Law Librarian, 1993 -1995 “Australian Law Libraries” in The Law Librarian, Feb 1995 (UK) “Creating and using databases” in Creating Our Future - proceedings of the 5th Asian Pacific Specials and Law Librarians Conference, 1993 BRS databases and report formats in a legal environment” - paper presented at BRS Users Group National Annual Meeting, Sydney, October 1992 “Evaluation, selection and implementation of computer systems” in Achieving Excellence - cited below “Beyond the computer catalogue: database applications in a law library” in Achieving Excellence. Proceedings of the 4th Asian Pacific Special & Law Librarians Conference, 1991 “Working within a structure: library databases alongside general computer applications...” in Australian Library Journal, No. 1, 1992 “Survey of Australian law libraries' computer use in 1992” in ALLG Newsletter, Dec. 1992 “Getting acquainted with the Indonesian legal system” in ALLG Newsletter, Dec. 1991 “Should online go offline” in ALLG Newsletter, Feb. 1991 Subject groups : Postgraduate Induction Correspondence address: Bodleian Law Library, St. Cross Building, Manor Road, Oxford. OXI 3UR Link to personal web site Link to Bodleian Law Library Link to University email/phone directory in new window