Law Libraries Section

This Section aims at bringing together representatives of different types of law libraries: court libraries, corporate law libraries, law school libraries etc. 

Mission statement

As an international policy forum for all law librarians, the Section on Law Libraries:

  • promotes understanding and cooperation among law libraries, and increases awareness of the value and importance of law libraries to the world;
  • encourages growth in the development of new law libraries, with a particular focus on emerging nations;
  • fosters the profession of law librarianship and legal research competencies worldwide;
  • develops professional standards and practices;
  • and provides leadership in the field of legal information policy, recognizing that equitable and permanent public access to authentic legal information is a necessary requirement for a just and democratic society worldwide.

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Law Libraries, Sections, Access to knowledge

Last update: 21 September 2012

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Promoting global access to law, powerpoints

IFLA 2012, Helsinki, Finland 14 August, Conference session 129

Continued… | 16 August 2012

Promoting global access to law: developing an open access index for official authenticated legal information. Part 2: Europe

Law Libraries with Government Libraries, Library and Research Services for Parliaments, Government and Official Publications Congress track 2: Policy, strategy and advocacy.

Continued… | 2 August 2012

Call for proposals: Promoting global access to law

The IFLA Law Libraries Section, in cooperation with the Libraries & Research Services for Parliaments, Government Information & Official Publications and Government Libraries Sections, is seeking proposals for papers to be presented at a two-hour program to be held at the IFLA World Library and Information Congress in Helsinki, Finland in August 2012.

Continued… | 2 February 2012