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P.O. Box 8017, Dallas, Texas, U.S.A. 75205.
A certified transcript of grades received
at an institution of higher learning (college
or university), or a copy of the letter re
questing that it be sent, and a recent photo
graph should be enclosed with the letter.
Also enclosed should be letters of recom
mendation from
two of
the following: a
former instructor, a practising lawyer, and
an employer. Applications should be filed as
early as possible but not later than April 1,
1968.
LEARGAS
Leargas is a review of public and current
affairs published by the Institute of Public
Administration whose
address
is
57/61,
Lansdowne Road, Dublin 4. Publication is
bi-monthly but it is hoped eventually to
make it a monthly publication.
The magazine covers a wide range of
topics of public and current interest—econ
omics, politics,
education,
administration,
local government, health,
law,
etc. The
magazine should be of interest to professional
and business people who are interested in an
intelligent and informed comment on public
affairs. Solicitors would be particularly in
terested in the review of Professor R. J.
O'Hanlon, S.C., on Professor Beth's
'The
Development of Judicial Review in Ireland,
1937-1966', which appeared in the November
1967 issue.
The
Institute of Public Administration
provide six issues post free for the sum of
14/-.
MEDICO-LEGAL SOCIETY
The meeting of the above Society will be
held on Thursday, February 29th. The meet
ing will
take
the form of a
lecture on
"Medico-Legal aspects of Coronary Heart
Disease". The
speaker will be Risteard
Mulcahy, M.D., M.R.C.P., Director, Cardiac
Department, St. Vincent's Hospital.
PROFESSIONAL STATIONERY
It has come to the attention of the Society
that a number of solicitors are using sta
tionery which contains the name of persons
who are no longer solicitors or who do not
hold practising certificates. The stationery
used by a solicitor should contain only the
names
of
solicitors who hold practising
certificates for the current year.
THE
IRISH ASSOCIATION FOR DOCU
MENTATION AND INFORMATION
SERVICES (IADIS)
The Irish Association for Documentation
(IAD) was established in 1947 to promote in
Ireland
the
recording,
organisation
and
dissemination of specialised knowledge. Most
of the chief libraries and scientific institu
tions became members, and committees were
set up to deal with a number of projects,
some of which were brought to a conclusion,
while others are still in progress. For example
the Association produced the Union List of
Current Periodicals and Serials in Dublin
Libraries, 1954, with new editions in 1959
and 1965 (being continued); a List of Irish
Publications received annually by the Na
tional Library under the Irish Copyright Act
(published annually
in An Leabharlann).
From
the material supplied by
the
co
operating institutions there was eventually
published Manuscript Sources for the History
of Irish Civilisation. Edited by R. J. Hayes,
Vols. I-XI. Boston, G. K. Hall & Co., 1965.
The Association also
issued a
leaflet on
Documentary Reproduction, and organised
the Irish contribution to the International
Survey of Musical Sources (ISMS).
In Summer, 1967, following meetings with
representatives of Information Officers and
Librarians, the title of the Association was
altered to The Irish Association for Documen
tation and Information Services
(IADIS),
and at a subsequent meeting of the Council
the following Information Officers were co-
opted: Mr. T. Cox (Institute of Irish Manage
ment), Mr. G. Sweeney (Institute for Indus
trial Research and Standards), and Mr. H.
Walsh
(Irish National Productivity Com
mittee). The other members of the Council
are Professor F. E. Hackett, Chairman; Mr.
P. Henchy
(National Library), Honorary
Secretary; Miss E. Power (U.C.D.), Honorary
Treasurer; Miss K. Bonfield (R.I.A.), Miss M.
O'Byrne (City of Dublin Public Libraries),
Mr. H. Heaney (Magee University), Dr. D.
Roberts
(T.C.D.), Mr. D. Clarke
(R.D.S.)
and Mr. P. Havard-Williams (Queen's Univer
sity, Belfast).
A programme of activities for the im
mediate future was adopted, and working
panels were appointed to deal with:
(a)
Education and Training;
(b) Union List of Current Periodicals
and Serials;
(c) Directory of Special Libraries.
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