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Global Legal Information Network. Law via the Internet - 6 th Conference - Paris - 4 November 2004 Session 2: The Dissemination of Law: The Distribution and Convergence of Network Standards Dr. Rubens Medina Chair, Executive Council (GLIN)
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Global Legal Information Network Law via the Internet - 6th Conference - Paris - 4 November 2004 Session 2: The Dissemination of Law: The Distribution and Convergence of Network Standards Dr. Rubens Medina Chair, Executive Council (GLIN) The Law Librarian, Library of Congress, USA Global Legal Information Network
Aspects of GLIN • What GLIN is • Guiding principles • Membership • Non-Commercial (Non-profit) • Global. Global Legal Information Network
Content of GLIN • Full texts • Primary sources • Secondary sources • Original official languages • Metadata in at least two languages. Global Legal Information Network
Reliable • From official texts only • Original official language(s) • Current • Complete. Global Legal Information Network
Benefits of Membership • National / International oriented design • Avoid duplicate efforts & investment • Examples of legislation / regulations on subjects of interest • Reliability • Shared standards • Multilingual approach. Global Legal Information Network
New Functionality( January 2005) • Four modules completed • Cross-module searching • Modules linked • User account administration • Statistics and reports. Global Legal Information Network
New User Interface • Contemporary appearance • Intuitive & user friendly • Web pages in multiple languages. Global Legal Information Network
New Thesaurus • Fully integrated • Input from members • Multilingual. Global Legal Information Network
New Multilingual Capabilities • Multilingual web pages • Multilingual input • Multilingual search. Global Legal Information Network
GLIN Future Releases • Full-text searching in Arabic, • Chinese, Korean and Russian. • Legal thesauri in all supported languages. • Cross-searching in all supported languages. • Saved searches and alert service for members. Global Legal Information Network