Peace Palace Library at the Crossroads (AjBD Conference 7-8 November 2019) - Raymond Ridderhof - PEACE PALACE LIBRARY: THE Mission statement INTERNATIONAL LAW LIBRARY ‘Peace through Law' Since 1913 Serving the international legal community ‘A LIBRARY OUTRANKS ANY OTHER ONE THING Essential role in functioning of international law A COMMUNITY CAN DO TO BENEFIT ITS PEOPLE. IT IS A NEVER-FAILING SPRING IN THE DESERT’ Extensive collection on international public, - ANDREW CARNEGIE - private and comparative law, war and peace The Hague, international city of Peace and Justice Customer groups Collection profile Selection Major Supply >> Demand changes in Just in case >> Just in time transition PPL Automatisation workflow (WMS) Digital library (CDM) Website Who is interested in our services? Customer groups Our collection now: mainly supply oriented Leading Differentiation in demands questions How do we manage to get the relevant content? Selection What is the actual product? How do we deliver? Customer groups • Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) : 1913 • Hague Academy of International Law : 1923 • International Court of Justice (ICJ) : 1945 • Courts and organizations in The Hague • Corps diplomatique • International courts institutions organizations • Academia, Law firms, (legal) research centers PCA Permanent Court of Arbitration Main topics Selection / Collection Public Customary Law of Territorial international international Law of the Sea Treaties questions law law International International International Environmental Human rights economic law organizations criminal law protection International Settlement of International Private Comparative peace and international humanitarian international Law security disputes law law Digital library • Databases : Dalloz, Kluwer Arbitration online • E-book platforms : Oxford Scholarly Authorities • Online books and journals : Springer, Brill, Oxford, Cambridge • Content Digital Management (CDM): • Retro digitalization (scan): Grotius, Scheldt River • Online (free) content: working papers, NGO publications Differentiation in demands “Get access to full text of recently available content a.s.a.p” Universities: Databases with instructions on information litteracy PCA : Arctic Sunrise, South China Sea dispute Hague Academy of International Law : summer courses, Centre ICJ : Chagos, Belize/Guatemala How to get to the relevant content? • Acquisition : online + print (monographs), series, packages • Evidence Based or Patron Driven Acquisition • Selection : book-items and (online) journal articles • Copying metadata (WMS) • Computer assisted selection / Central Index / Marc21 • Cataloguing • Keywords / Systematic codes / Queries • Social media / content curation How to deliver the actual product • Library card (access to e-resources) • Catalogue on new website: MyPPL + alerts • Research guides (including query) • PCA: South China Sea – blog + research guide + bibliography • ICJ: search result on keyword Chagos or Belize • Hague Academy: e-learning + Centre bibliography Transition Peace Palace Library Status quo Near future • Supply • Demand • Just in case • Just in time • Print (+ online) • (Print +) online • Selection • Computer assisted / WMS • Catalogue • Catalogue + CDM • Website • Website ++.