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Emily Allbon Law Librarian and Head of Information Literacy City University London What’s it like being an Academic Law Librarian?
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6. Develop/update  www.lawbore.net
So why do I love my job?
Free rein!
Lots of surprises!
Freedom and financial support to develop Lawbore
Helping students keeps me young
Interesting subject Always changing
Opportunities for research, giving papers at conferences etc
Get to use lots of new technologies
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