Your library, your people

David Bratchford
Supreme Court Librarian

www.sclqld.org.au

Our vision is to be a leader in legal information service provision for Queensland.  

In order to achieve that we rely on a group of dedicated and expert staff members possessing a unique mix of professional and technical expertise.  Much of our work takes place behind the scenes, but this month I would like to introduce two key librarians who drive the delivery of information services for BAQ members—Carlo Iacono and Brendon Copley.  

Both are talented information professionals with a strong commitment to engaging with you, our customers, to provide relevant and responsive information services.

Carlo Iacono
Principal Librarian Collections & Services

Carlo joined the Supreme Court Library in July this year in the newly created senior position of Principal Librarian Collections & Services.  In this role he oversees the core library functional areas of Information Services, Collection Management and Judgments Services.  

Carlo brings with him over 16 years’ experience in information service provision, mostly in the legal sector.  Four years ago he moved to Australia from the UK to manage the Sydney library of global law firm Allens Linklaters. Last year he moved to Brisbane to take on a much broader management role at Griffith University. In previous roles he has worked (indirectly) for the Duke of Westminster at a boutique London law firm and managed the information function for a leading UK legal knowledge provider (Practical Law Company).
 
Most importantly, he has a keen awareness of and involvement in new directions in librarianship and has a strong commitment to providing a high quality, proactive and responsive service for library users. He is also highly experienced in using Australian, UK and global law and business information sources.

We are excited to be working with Carlo to build our range of information services and particularly our training programs, all of which will be of direct benefit to our BAQ members. 

Brendon Copley
Information Services Librarian

Brendon is a familiar face for many of you who have used our Brisbane library in recent years.  He has over 14 years experience in law libraries, including roles at the Supreme Court of Western Australia Law Library and a top-tier Brisbane law firm. 

Since 2008 Brendon has led our Information Services team, ensuring a high level of responsiveness to research requests, as well as managing document delivery and reference services for our customers.

Brendon has developed a high level of expertise in Queensland, federal and international sources of law and has a keen interest in assisting users with historical research, both legal and non-legal.
He also has a strong commitment to user education, especially one-on-one training in the use of databases and search methodologies.

As we strive for continuous improvement across all service areas of the library, we welcome feedback and suggestions from you, our customers.  Your frank comments will help us to further develop and customize our services to meet your existing and emerging information needs.  Please send us an email or, if you are in Brisbane, drop in to see us.

For more information about our Information Services, email reference@sclqld.org.au or telephone us on (07) 3247 4373.