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Timeline: 1962-2007

1960s

KF cataloging schedule for American law developed

1967

Library begins assigning Class KF call numbers to American law publications

1973

Law Librarian Carleton W. Kenyon establishes publication series to make research for Congress available to public

1981

Law Library moves into Madison Building

1989

World Law Bulletin launched to provide Congress overview of foreign law developments

1991

Global Legal Information Network (GLIN) established to share laws of member nations

1993

Law Library begins providing foreign legal research to Immigration and Naturalization Service

1994

Rubens Medina appointed Law Librarian of Congress

1995

GLIN goes online

1996

GLIN debuts on Library of Congress Web site; National Aeronautics and Space Administration provides satellite technology assistance to GLIN partner counties

1998

Groundbreaking digitization project, “A Century of Lawmaking for a New Nation: U.S. Congressional Documents and Debates, 1774-1873,” released on Web site

2007

Law Library celebrates 175th anniversary; collection grows to 2.6 million items

Last Updated: 05/22/2008