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LIBRARY INFO - Library Highlights: 1996-1999

CORNELL L AW L IBRARY:

ACCOMPLISHMENTS1996-1999

International Connections

The library established partnerships and launched Internet-based mirror sites with twointernational organizations, the International Labor Organization , and the InternationalCourt of Justice, for the dissemination of legal information over the Internet. Mirror sitesmean that the databases of information are loaded on Cornell local servers, and updatedautomatically, so that researchers in the Americas get a much faster connection than if theyhad to go to the European site. These partnerships can benefit the law school and universityin many different ways, including curriculum enhancement, faculty exchanges and studentinternships.

Law Library Web Site Awards

The library received the coveted AALL 1998 Best Law Library Publication Award(Non-Print), in recognition of the Cornell Law Library web site. Other web awards includedthe Legal.Online Award, a Five-Star Rating for Foreign and International Law Resourceson the Internet web guide, the Scout Report selection awarded by the Internet Scout Projectfor the Law Library Research Guides series, described as "a powerful reference tool of theInternet." The StudyWeb selection was awarded to the Federal Impeachment Processresearch guide, as "one of the best educational resources on the Web."

Other web activities of particular note included InSITE, a biweekly publication on new law-related web sites, now sent via email to over 1,200 subscribers. The library started theDeath Penalty Web Site to support the law school activities. The library also startedparticipating with Cornell Information Technologies and the Hein publishing company in theHein Digital Journals Project.

Other Library Activities

The library further strengthened the level of personal liaison services to faculty, focusing ondesktop research. It increased instructional services to students, through formal

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coursesLegal Methods and Advanced Legal Research and informal teaching. Thereduction in the law library acquisitions funding led to cancellations and a reevaluation ofthe holdings. Major progress was accomplished in two areas: the reclassification andinventory of the foreign law collection; and the protection and promotion of rare books,including several exhibits. A important gift of General William Donovan’s personalNuremberg Trials transcripts archives was made by Henry Korn .

The 1996-99 Law Library Plan guided the efforts of the law library. The library receivedhigh marks in the report sent by the 1996 ABA-AALS inspection team. Three years in arow, the library received the CUL Fuerst Outstanding Library Student Award ,recognizing a law library student worker for exceptional performance.

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