ABSTRACT
Many law librarians are experts in international law and legal research, each knowledgeable regarding the substance of international law, as well as its primary sources, its literature, its finding tools, and approaches to research. They specialise in international law in the same ways that other subject librarians do in other legal disciplines, as well as in the health sciences, business and many other fields. The concept of ‘international law librarianship’, however, encompasses something more than a field of study in which a group of experts practise their profession. In the broader sense expressed in the title of this book the idea of international law librarianship suggests a common calling, similar interests, and goals shared by librarians with a range of specialties beyond international law, working in all types of law libraries.2 What things are shared by law librarians who involve themselves internationally and may be active in professional organisations such as the International Association of Law Libraries (IALL) and the Law Libraries Section of the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA)?
