CORNELL LAW LIBRARIANS GAVE PRESENTATIONS IN CHINA
Claire M. Germain, the Edward Cornell Law Librarian and Professor of Law, spoke at the China-U.S. Conference on Legal Information and Law Libraries held in Beijing, China, on May 28-30, 2009. Her topic was "Digitizing the World's Laws," and she discussed collaborative projects on worldwide access to law through the Internet, such as the world legal information institutes, the Global Legal Information Network, and digitization of print materials at Cornell. She also covered digital law issues, such as long term access and preservation and authenticity of official sources. [See the whole article.]
Pat Court, Associate Law Librarian and Lecturer in Law, spoke at the forum on University Law Library and Legal Education Reform in the Age of Globalization in Shanghai, China, on June 3, 2009. Her topics were "Teaching Legal Research in U.S. Law Schools" and "Traditional Services and Challenges in the Digital Age." She addressed authentication of legal sources on the web and the wide array of courses and workshops taught by Cornell law librarians. The forum was held at Jiao Tong University, KoGuan Law School, hosted by Law School Dean Ji Weidong and coordinated by Law Librarian Xu Xiaobing, Director of the Law Library and Lecturer of Law. Deans and librarians from the top thirteen law schools in China came together to discuss legal education reform. An important outcome of the meetings was the signing of an agreement to institute sharing of legal materials between their law libraries for the enhanced scholarship and study of their law faculty and law students.
The Shanghai forum presented an opportunity for top Chinese law schools to share ideas on how legal information could move forward the missions of each of the law schools. Pat Court serves as consultant to the Law Library at Jiao Tong University.
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