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Position: Academic Support Librarian (Academic Support Services): Law, the European Documentation Centre, IGO collections
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Department: Library|
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Telephone: 020 7955 7242
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E-mail: m.bell@lse.ac.uk|
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About me
Maria is the Academic Support Librarian for the Department of Law and the European Institute. Maria joined LSE in 1997 as 'law librarian' having worked previously at a city law firm library. She took over responsibility for the European Documentation Centre in 2001 and more recently, the United Nations documentation and the other Inter-governmental organisations (IGO) materials. In addition to these responsibilities, her role in Information Services is varied and includes arranging visits and tours for external visitors, student inductions, and producing library guides.
Contact Maria with any questions on legal materials, EU, UN and IGO information and library-related matters; or to discuss and arrange information skills training required.
Teaching and research support
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Provide support for academic staff, keeping them informed of Library developments, discussing future courses and subsequent library requirements to support them
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Provide staff and students with support in making effective use of Library resources
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Provide specialist support for all Library users on legal and European Union related materials
Information Skills Training Sessions
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Legal research skills
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Using LexisNexis Butterworths and Westlaw
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Finding out about the European Union; European Union case law and legislation
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Google and Beyond: using the internet effectively for research
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Copyright for academic staff (with Dr Jane Secker of CLT)