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 This is the introduction screen for the GLIN briefing for the Advances I Digital Libraries 1999 Conference in Baltimore, May 19 & 20. Global Legal Information Network
Aspects of GLIN What GLIN is Guiding principles Membership Non-Commercial (Non-profit) Global. This slide describes the main features and guidelines of the GLIN system. Global Legal Information Network
Content of GLIN Full texts Primary sources Secondary sources Original official languages Metadata in at least two languages. This slide describes the main features and guidelines of the GLIN system. Global Legal Information Network
Reliable From official texts only Original official language(s) Current Complete. This slide describes the main features and guidelines of the GLIN system. 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. This slide describes the main features and guidelines of the GLIN system. Global Legal Information Network
New Functionality ( January 2005) Four modules completed Cross-module searching Modules linked User account administration Statistics and reports. This slide describes the main features and guidelines of the GLIN system. Global Legal Information Network
New User Interface Contemporary appearance Intuitive & user friendly Web pages in multiple languages. This slide describes the main features and guidelines of the GLIN system. Global Legal Information Network
New Thesaurus Fully integrated Input from members Multilingual. This slide describes the main features and guidelines of the GLIN system. Global Legal Information Network
New Multilingual Capabilities Multilingual web pages Multilingual input Multilingual search. This slide describes the main features and guidelines of the GLIN system. 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