The Cornell Law Library, in cooperation with the New York University School of Law Library under a Starr Foundation Grant, is proud to present the Fifth Starr Foundation Workshop. This year’s topic is “Tapping into the World of Electronic Legal Knowledge.”
This workshop continues a prestigious series of similar events organized under the Starr banner in:
- New York, 2000
- Melbourne, 2000
- Beijing, 2002
- Cape Town, 2003
The principal aim of this year’s workshop is to help establish and further develop the framework and research strategy of a legal information electronic infrastructure in participating law libraries from:
- Brazil
- Botswana
- China
- Nigeria
- Tanzania
- Zambia
Milestones
- In 1999, the New York University School of Law Library received a $600,000 grant from the Starr Foundation to build an electronic Law Library partnership, through workshops, electronic subscriptions, and internships.
- Partner institutions include
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- NYU Law Library,
- University of London Institute for Advanced Legal Studies in the United Kingdom,
- University of Cape Town Law Library in South Africa,
- Melbourne Law School Legal Resource Center in Australia
- all very advanced libraries in the field of technology and electronic legal research.
- NYU Law Library,
- Some other partners, such as
- Yerevan State University School of Law Library, in Armenia, and Tsinghua University Law Library in China largely benefited from the permanent contact and expertise of their colleagues. They now have a basic infrastructure supporting electronic legal research and subscription to major databases paid for by the Starr Foundation through the NYU School of Law Library.
- In time, the internship program facilitated the training of seven librarians:
from
- Africa
- China
- Armenia
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