Annual Conference
2013
World Library and Information Congress: 79th IFLA General Conference and Assembly
17-23 August, Singapore
Theme: Open Access to official and authenticated legal information in Asia
Law Libraries, Government Libraries and Library and Research Services for Parliaments
20 August 2013 09:30 - 12:45 | Room: Summit 1
Congress track 1: Open access and digital resources.
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Indian initiative to provide free access to authentic legal information
UMA NARAYAN (High Court of Judicature at Bombay, Mumbai, India) -
Free access to law in Malaysia
RAJESH C. MUTTATH (MKMS, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia) -
Hong Kong moves towards open access to authenticated legal information
IRENE SHIEH (Lui Che Woo Law Library, University of Hong Kong Libraries, Hong Kong, China) and JOHN BAHRIJ (Lee Quo Wei Law Library The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China) -
Open access to official and authenticated legal information in Vietnam
LÊ THỊ HẠNH (The Library and Information Center, Hanoi Law University, Hanoi, Vietnam) -
Researching Australian, New Zealand and Papua New Guinean law
CAROLE HINCHCLIFF (Melbourne Law School, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia) -
Researching Singapore law
CHARLOTTE GILL (Singapore Management University Libraries, Singapore)
2012
World Library and Information Congress: 78th IFLA General Conference and Assembly
11-17 August, Helsinki, Finland
PowerPoints for the three presentations:
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The source of law – doctrine and reasoning in Finland [PPT] | [PDF]
Juha Raitio -
E-law and free access to legislation in Finland and Europe [PPT] | [PDF]
Ali Hietanen -
Worldwide access to foreign law: international & national developments toward digital authentication [PPT] | [PDF]
Claire M. Germain
2011
World Library and Information Congress: 77th IFLA General Conference and Assembly
13-18 August, San Juan, Puerto Rico
Theme: Political and constitutional status of Puerto Rico: a continuing challenge
2010
World Library and Information Congress: 76th IFLA General Conference and Assembly
10-15 August, Gothenburg, Sweden
Themes:
- Creating an international legal information policy agenda: issues and challenges
- Librarians in action: Information policy and human rights
2009
World Library and Information Congress: 75th IFLA General Conference and Assembly
23-27 August 2009, Milan, Italy
Theme: The Italian legal system, basics and new trends
2008
World Library and Information Congress: 74th IFLA General Conference and Assembly
August 2008, Québec, Canada
Themes:
- The seal of approval: official and authentic law in digital form
- Digital objects on physical carriers
- Québec law and digital libraries
Last update: 30 June 2013