Betty Moys Explained

Betty Moys
Birth Date:26 June 1928
Birth Place:Wickford, Essex
Death Date:1 February 2002
Nationality:England.
Occupation:Librarian

Elizabeth Moys (26 June 1928 – 1 February 2002)[1] was born in Wickford, Essex, England. She grew up in Kent, attended Sidcup County School for Girls and graduated from Queen Mary College in London (1949). One of her first jobs was at the Crayford Branch of the Kent County Library Service.[2] Shortly thereafter, she attended the Northwestern Polytechnic School of Librarianship and helped found the School of Librarianship Students’ Association. Following graduation in 1951, she worked as a reference librarian at the Royal Institute of International Affairs (1951) and as an Assistant Librarian at the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies (1952).[3]

Betty was involved with many professional organisations over the course of her career including the British and Irish Association of Law Librarians (BIALL), the Society of Indexers, the International Association of Law Libraries (IALL), the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals (CILIP), the American Society of Indexers, and the Cataloguing and Indexing Group (CIG).

Moys Classification Scheme

See main article: Moys Classification Scheme.

The Moys Classification Scheme for Law Books was published in 1968. Subsequent editions have been published since then, with a fifth edition published in 2012.[4] It is used primarily in legal libraries in Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom.[5]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 10 Australian Law Librarian 2002 In Memoriam Betty Moys Comment . Heinonline.org . 5 September 2013.
  2. Web site: Tearle. Barbara. In Memoriam: Elizabeth Mary Moys 1928 to 2002. Legal Information Management. 5 June 2015. 4–7. March 2002.
  3. Web site: Memorial: Elizabeth Mary Moys. aallnet.org. Law Library Journal. 5 June 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150128114932/http://www.aallnet.org/mm/Publications/llj/LLJ-Archives/Vol-94/pub_llj_v94n03/2002-34.pdf. 28 January 2015. dead.
  4. Book: Moys, Elizabeth M.. Moys Classification and Thesaurus for Legal Materials, 5th ed.. 2012. De Gruyter Saur. Berlin ; Boston. 978-3110254532 . Diana Morris . Helen Garner . Sara Wheeler.
  5. Web site: IALS Library. Institute of Advanced Legal Studies. 5 June 2015. 4 March 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304053537/http://ials.sas.ac.uk/library/archives/moys.htm. dead.