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Building an Electronic Law Library in a Foreign Country

The Internet Solution

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 February 2019

Mirela Roznovschi
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One of the major weaknesses of libraries in developing countries is their scarcity of foreign and international legal collections. In desperate need for reliable and up-to-date foreign jurisdiction resources, these libraries try to fill the gap with ad-hoc solutions. New York University's experiences in offering assistance to some of them clearly show that obtaining out-of-date books from “generous donations”, importing short-term visiting “brains” or buying computers (which are used as furniture covered with elegant red velvet) doesn't solve the problem. On the contrary, these stop-gaps feed frustration.

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International Journal of Legal Information , Volume 24 , Issue 2 , Summer 1996 , pp. 161 - 195
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Copyright © 1996 by the International Association of Law Libraries 

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