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 website; National Aeronautics and Space Administration provides satellite technology assistance to GLIN partner countries
1998
Groundbreaking digitization project, “A Century of Lawmaking for a New Nation: U.S. Congressional Documents and Debates, 1774-1873,” released on website
2007
Law Library celebrates 175th anniversary; collection grows to 2.6 million items
Last Updated: 04/04/2011
