Peace Palace Library news

Library closing days in December

2010-12-02T00:28:00.000-08:00

The library will be closed on the following days in December and January for the Christmas holidays: Friday December 24, Monday December 27 and Friday December 31. We will be open between Christmas and New Year's on December 28, 29 and 30. In the new year, the library will open on Monday, January 3 at 1 PM. Happy holidays!

Library acquires rare first edition of Hugo Grotius

2010-12-02T00:22:00.000-08:00

The Peace Palace Library has acquired a unique first print of the first edition of “De iure belli ac pacis libri tres” by Hugo Grotius (TMD 565.1, i.e. the number in the TerMeulenDiermanse Grotius Bibliography) at an auction in Hamburg yesterday evening. It is a very valuable addition to the famous Grotius-Collection of the Library.

Grotius wrote this book in 1625 during his exile in Paris. In this work, based on natural law, he investigated and explained his theory of “just war” (when war is justified, what are the causes of war and what are the rules of war). It is widely regarded as the “Foundation of Modern International Law”. The book was finished in great haste to be in time for the Frankfurt Bookfair. As a result there had not been enough time to correct all pages and page numbering. This print also lacks indices and a table of content. For specialists it will be most interesting to compare this print with later corrected versions.

The only other known copy of this print is in the Bodleian Library in Oxford.

After 385 years Grotius’ masterpiece has come to The Hague, the “Legal Capital of the World”. The acquisition of this book by the Library will stimulate further Grotius-research and the study of modern international law.

The acquisition of this great work has been made possible with the support of:
Dorus Rijkers Fonds; Samenwerkende Maritieme Fondsen; Dr. Hendrik Muller’s Vaderlandsch Fonds; M.A.O.C. Gravin van Bylandt Stichting; BRILL Publishers; Studiefonds Rechtsgeschiedenis Mr Joseph Winkel; Van der Mandele Stichting and the Carnegie-Foundation.

Carnegie-stichting is hiring

2010-08-19T07:30:00.002-07:00

De Carnegie-Stichting zoekt voor de Bibliotheek van het Vredespaleis een:

Juridisch-Wetenschappelijk Bibliotheekmedewerker = Coördinator Publieksdienstverlening, Hoofd Leeszaal (m/v, 0.8 fte)

De bibliotheek bezit een van de grootste collecties ter wereld op het gebied van het internationaal recht. De collectie bevat ongeveer 1.000.000 banden, ± 750 lopende tijdschriftabonnementen en een veelheid aan elektronische informatiebronnen. De bibliotheek is onontbeerlijk voor de literatuurvoorziening van internationaal-rechtelijke instellingen in en buiten Den Haag (het Internationaal Gerechtshof, het Permanente Hof van Arbitrage, de Haagse Conferentie voor Internationaal Privaatrecht e.d.) en van wetenschappelijk onderzoekers uit het buitenland, uit Nederland en van de Haagse Academie voor Internationaal Recht.

De vacature betreft een combinatie-functie. Enerzijds dient de beoogde kandidaat zich bezig te houden met onderwerpsontsluiting en anderzijds treedt de nieuwe bibliotheekmedewerker op als coördinator van de aangelegenheden die zich afspelen in de leeszaal, waarbij het gaat om beheer van de relaties met de bezoekers die onderzoek doen in de bibliotheek en om de organisatie van de dienstverlening van de bibliotheek aan die eindgebruikers van de informatiediensten. Derhalve wordt van de sollicitant juridische informatie-analyse verwacht (en verwerking daarvan in geautomatiseerde bibliotheeksystemen) en een visie op informatie-behoeften bij het publiek.

Taken:

- onderwerpsontsluiting van boeken, tijdschriftartikelen en elektronische informatie, door middel van het toekennen van classificatiecodes en trefwoorden
- samenstellen van vakspecifieke bibliografieën, verrichten van literatuuronderzoek, publiceren op de website van berichten die het gebruik van de bibliotheek stimuleren
- verzorgen van juridische ondersteuning aan het publiek, ten behoeve van de leeszaal, waarbij onder meer onderzoek in de juridische informatiebronnen van de digitale bibliotheek gedaan wordt
- coördinatie van de werkzaamheden in de leeszaal (beleid rondom het modern, efficiënt en gebruikersvriendelijk beschikbaar stellen en toegankelijk maken van juridische informatie; personeels- en administratief beheer, inroostering, (interbibliothecair) leenverkeer)
- relatiebeheer (individuele bezoekers of gebruikersgroepen, interbibliothecaire contacten), externe vertegenwoordiging van de bibliotheek

Kwalificatie-eisen:

- jurist (bijv. specialisatie internationaal publiekrecht, internationaal privaatrecht of rechtsvergelijking)
- ruime ervaring in een wetenschappelijke bibliotheek (aan de publieks- of bedrijfskant), praktische kennis van onderwerpsontsluiting
- vaardig met ICT, oog voor de digitale bibliotheek, vermogen om nieuwe ontwikkelingen te signaleren en vorm te geven
- vaardigheden: leidinggeven, coachen, instrueren; prestatiebewust, klantgericht en servicebereid; goede contactuele eigenschappen
- kennis van Engels en Frans is vereist, kennis van overige talen is dringend gewenst; Nederlands is de voertaal in de bibliotheek

Aanstelling vindt, afhankelijk van opleiding en ervaring, plaats in schaal 10 of 11, in tijdelijke dienst voor één jaar, met uitzicht op vast dienstverband. Voor uw reactie of voor nadere informatie: Jeroen Vervliet, 070 – 3024122 of jeroen.vervliet@ppl.nl, Bibliotheek van het Vredespaleis, Carnegieplein 2, 2517 KJ Den Haag. Sluitingsdatum sollicitatieperiode: 15 september 2010.

Access to Dalloz

2010-08-19T07:30:00.001-07:00

Good news for our francophone readers: we subscribed to the Dalloz database, DALLOZ.FR! Dalloz database contains fulltext legislation (46 codes), case law including EU material, the Official Journal, 17 legal journals, 12 “Répertoires”, including the important “Répertoire International”. Searches by keyword are interconnected throughout the database. Results can be printed, sent by email and downloaded. “Actualités juridiques” keeps the researcher up to date. The Dalloz' list of journals includes: AJDA, AJDI, AJ Famille, AJFP, AJ Pénal, Constitutions, Recueil Dalloz, Recueil Lebon, Revue critique de droit international privé, Revue de droit immobilier, Revue de droit sanitaire et social, Revue de droit du travail, Revue de science criminelle, Revue des sociétés, Revue trimestrielle de droit européen, RFDA, RTD Civ., RTD Com.. The list of Répertoires includes: Encyclopédies des collectivités locales, Répertoire de contentieux administratif, Répertoire de droit civil, Répertoire de droit commercial, Répertoire de droit communautaire, Répertoire de droit immobilier, Répertoire de droit international, Répertoire de droit pénal et de procédure pénale, Répertoire de droit des sociétés, Répertoire de droit du travail, Répertoire de procédure civile, Répertoire de la responsabilité de la puissance publique.

library closing days in April and May

2010-03-02T02:01:00.000-08:00

The library will be closed on the following days in April and May: Friday, April 2, Monday, April 5, and Friday, April 30. In May, the library will be closed on Wednesday May 5, Thursday May 13 and Monday May 24. Wishing you a happy spring - you are most welcome on the other days in the library!

change in alerting system

2010-01-14T03:08:00.000-08:00

One of our successful services is our 'email alerting service'. Everyone can subscribe to this service by simply choosing a subject of interest and providing an email address to which the alerts should be sent. There are some 55 different subjects, ranging from “The State as Subject of International Law” to the “Grotius collection”.

When this service started in January 2003, we thought that just about 300 to 400 people would subscribe, each for 2 to 3 subjects of their choice. However, our total number of subscribers make up 850 people, and this number is slowly growing: we expect the number of subscribers to reach 900 somewhere in the first half of 2010. Each subscriber receives, on average, 2.5 emails a week.

All this leads to a rather heavy workload for our servers every Friday morning. Not only do thousands of emails have to be sent, each email also features all relevant bibliographic descriptions. So, depending on the subject, quite a few lengthy emails are sent out. All in all we are talking about a lot of emails, of which 10% are lengthy ones, and we figured we should improve on this emailing system.

We decided to rewrite the code which creates the email alerts. The script now takes all known subscriber data (subject(s) and email address) to create one simple email for all a subscriber's subscriptions. At this moment we are down to only 850 emails, a huge downfall in number, but an improvement in service. One simple email provides links to your subjects, with the number of new titles for every subject. Clicking the links to a subject in your email creates a PDF file , which will popup on your screen.

The PDF file will automatically start your PDF reader (like Acrobat Reader), so you can read all about the new titles, and click our link resolver to get more information. Creating these PDF files is also rather straining to our servers. However, at the moment we send out these email alerts, our American subscribers are still sleeping while the Japanese and Australian subscribers are going to bed. This means that the whole process of alerting (from creating emails to making PDF files) is much more balanced out.

The other advantage to you is that these PDF files with new titles on a particular subject can be stored on your computer, creating a list of files, which all contain relevant information about a certain subject. All with clickable links!

In the near future we will try to create still more advanced files - meaning more clickable links will be put in the PDF. This way, our subscribers will need only one extra mouseclick to take them to the fulltext (when available), a Google search, or relevant (secondary) databases on our servers. Check our website regularly to see where our services are taking you!

New features on our home page

2009-09-22T06:46:00.000-07:00

Our website has several new features. One is a new 'international law news' feature right in the centre of our home page, collected and brought to you by our law librarians. The second is the use of QR codes – the weird looking black and white dotted cube at the left hand side underneath the latest library blog. This is more of an experiment than a real feature.

Our library staff is immersed in international law news in many forms on a daily basis. We read websites, newspapers, blogs, news of international organizations and many other things. We decided to bring this international law news as a kind of extra alerting service in a new blog on international law news; of which the two latest items appear on the home page. Read it on the site or use RSS to stay up to date.

QR codes, or Quick Reponse codes, are two-dimensional bar codes containing information like phone numbers, text, URLs, or other things. These codes can be scanned by camera smartphones, like the iPhone or Android phone. Using a special scanning application, like Google’s free Barcode Scanner, you can scan the QR code to read the information hidden inside it. Your phone will automatically take you to a website or get you the library’s contact information for example, right on your phone. The QR on the left hand side of the home page will take you to a phone friendly version of our library blog, and we are exploring new ways of using these codes to take you to bibliographic information./p>

Summer time library

2009-08-05T04:20:00.000-07:00

The courses of the Hague Academy of International law are in full swing until September 4, which means students from all over the world are using the library for their summer courses. Regular visitors are most welcome in the library, too - you have normal access in the summer months.
Only lending books is somewhat restricted: you can check out two books overnight and return them the next morning before 12 noon. Thanks for your understanding and see you in the reading room!

Access to CAIRN

2009-08-05T04:19:00.000-07:00

From now on, our library has a subscription to CAIRN: a collection of French language periodicals in the social sciences and the humanities.

CAIRN holds over 203 titles from more than 40 publishers (like Belin, De Boeck, La Découverte and Erès), teaching institutions and learned societies. The primary subject areas covered by the collection are law, history, psychology, economics, political science and sociology.

Journals are fulltext from 2001 to the present, gathering more than 60,000 articles. Journals include Droit et société, Guerres mondiales et conflits contemporains, Politique étrangère, Politique européenne, Pouvoirs: Revue francaise d études constitutionnelles et politiques, Relations internationales, Revue européenne des migrations internationales, Revue francaise de droit constitutionnel, Revue internationale de droit économique, Revue internationale de droit pénal, Revue internationale et stratégique and Revue sur le droit et la politique de la concurrence.

It is possible to use one single subject or keyword to search through all journals simultaneously, which makes the CAIRN database very powerful. Inhouse use only, from July 1, 2009

COUTTS ebook library online

2009-07-13T01:27:00.000-07:00

The Peace Palace Library is providing trial access to the large COUTTS ebook collection until August 6. The COUTTS ebook platform ‘Myilibrary’ has over 175.000 titles in the field of law, political science, history, and a range of other subjects. Their law collection alone comprises over 4200 titles, from leading publishers like Cambridge University Press, Oxford University Press, Kluwer, Springer, Elsevier, Wiley and Brill. Also, there is exclusive access to intergovernmental publications from groups such as the International Atomic Energy Agency, the WHO and the International Labour Organization.

Myilibrary’s interface is easy to use and provides fast access to the fulltext of the ebooks. Searching can not only be done in title and keyword fields, but also by publisher or by disciplines. Users can create their own accounts to save searches, make notes and add bookmarks. Access this large ebook collection through COUTTS [inhouse only until August 6]

Library is hiring

2009-06-15T01:31:00.000-07:00

Do you like the things we do and would you like to join our staff? We'd love to have you work here! There will be a position as jurist/ informatieprofessional (reference librarian) from September, 2009. Read more here: jurist / informatieprofessional needed

Peace collection online

2009-06-04T05:19:00.000-07:00

The Peace Palace Library has been long in the possession of a unique and important collection on peace movements from the period 1899-1940. This 'Peace Collection', with about 1500 items, consists of all kinds of materials like brochures, pamphlets, letters and photographs from pacifist organizations and people striving for world peace.

The library has started to put a selection of 100 items from this collection online by uploading the digitized images, made with help of the Metamorfoze project of the National Library of the Netherlands, to Flickr.

We’d love to have your input here! Look at it, read it, tag it, help to add comments… You can even request for further uploading of records of your interest by telling us what you’d like to see online first. You tell us and yes… we scan! Go to the Peace Collection

Closing days in April & May

2009-04-09T04:53:00.000-07:00

The library will be closed on the following days in April and May: Friday April 10, Monday April 13 (Easter weekend) and Thursday April 30 (Queen's Day). In May, the library will be closed on Tuesday May 5 (Dutch liberation day) and Thursday May 21 (Ascension). You are most welcome on the other days in our library.

Library to courtroom: Telders Moot Court

2009-04-09T04:43:00.000-07:00

On Thursday, April 16, and Friday April 17, the Telders Moot Court Competition will use the library's mezzanine (triangular reading room) upstairs as a court room to hear their cases. Participants of the Moot Court, welcome to the library! Of course other visitors are most welcome in our reading room, but you might hear some voices from upstairs. On both days, cases are scheduled from 10.00 - 11.15.

Conference on Afghanistan affects traffic

2009-03-30T02:39:00.000-07:00

Tomorrow, March 31, the Afghanistan Conference 2009 will be held in the World Forum Convention Center in the Hague. The city of the Hague will either close off or restrict roads surrounding the convention center, making it hard for traffic to get through. Although the area around the Peace Palace is not affected, traveling to the library might be difficult: please use public transport. Tram 10, however, will stop running at Den Haag CS, not getting to Peace Palace library all day. Tram 1 will run the tram 17 route after the city center, which means you have to get off at the stop “Van Speijkstraat” and walk 5 to 10 minutes to the library. More information here

Courses portal Dokeos

2009-03-16T06:17:00.000-07:00

As we are preparing for the summer courses which are still a long way ahead, the library has started exploring DOKEOS, an open source 'electronic learning environment'. Together with the Hague Academy of International Law, we are setting up all course materials for the summer students inside this elearning portal. It is not yet possible to register for one of the courses – we are still exploring – however, you can have a quick peek at an overview of Hague Academy courses in private and public international law 2009 at elearning.ppl.nl.

Poken in the library

2009-01-26T02:04:00.000-08:00

From today, the peacepalacelibrary has its own POKEN! A poken is a little gadget which works like a digital name card. All the information you want to share is on the Poken: a little USB stick with a funny face. When you meet others, and want to exchange your contact information on, for example, Facebook, LinkedIn, MSN, Flickr, Hyves, and give others your telephone number, website and visiting address, all you have to do is shake hands and you exchange everything! The peacepalacelibrary’s 'busy bee' poken is on the reference desk, so you are most welcome to come to the library to shake hands with us, and add us to your network!

CIAO database online

2009-01-15T07:52:00.000-08:00

We are extremely happy to announce our new subscription to the CIAO Columbia International Affairs Online database. For anyone interested in international relations and international law this is a Fundgrube or a mine of information. Online since 1991, it is monthly updated. CIAO covers working papers from a very long list of think tanks and research institutions from all over the world, with federative search possibilities. The same applies for the journals, books and policy briefs. Students can find original case studies, written by leading scholars and course packs. Every month, CIAO features a Focus study with links to CIAO and outside sources, even radio programs. January 2009 focuses on Israel's incursion into Gaza. The interactive atlas is very useful, and the very friendly user guide doesn't seem to be needed!

Library closed in the morning of December 10

2008-12-09T00:35:00.000-08:00

The library will be closed on Wednesday morning, December 10, for maintenance reasons. You are most welcome from 1.00 PM. Sorry for the inconvenience.

library closing days

2008-11-25T07:45:00.000-08:00

The library will be closed on the following days in December for the holidays: Wednesday December 24, Thursday December 25 and Friday December 26. Also, the library will be closed on Thursday January 1 and Friday January 2. We will let you know, as soon as we can, if we are open on December 29, 30 and 31. Happy holidays!

Hague Justice Prize announcement

2008-11-24T03:51:00.000-08:00

Students and recent graduate students: publish your work in the Hague Justice Journal and win the 2009 Hague Justice Prize! Theme of the 2009 prize is Victims and International Law: Remedies in the courtroom?. For more information on submission of your paper's abstract [deadline December 31] go to the site of Hague Justice Portal. Good luck!

New RSS keyword feeds available

2008-11-04T06:46:00.000-08:00

The library has made new RSS feeds available! We created feeds for all keywords on our website, so if you want to keep up to date with new books or articles with a specific keyword, just look for that word in our keyword list and use the orange RSS button to subscribe.
If the window you see is empty, this means there were no new titles in our catalogue with this keyword for the last 3 months. However, if you subscribe, you will be the first one to know!
Please note we are still having some problems with the longer keywords, so the feed might not work there. Let us know if you need assistance (chat or email), we are trying to fix it as soon as we can.

60 Years Genocide Convention

2008-09-05T04:27:00.000-07:00

The Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies (CHGS), the Amsterdam Center for International Law (ACIL) and the Peace Palace Library will hold a two-day conference in The Hague to mark the 60th anniversary of the Genocide Convention, on December 7 and 8, 2008.

At this interdisciplinary "60 Years Genocide Convention", historians and lawyers will examine how to achieve a proper balance between the popular perception of genocide and its legal definition, based on the 1948 Convention. For registration and information, please go to www.chgs.nl or www.jur.uva.nl/acil.

online access working again

2008-09-05T04:26:00.000-07:00

We have enabled all remote access accounts again, so you can get back to use all online services of the library, All remote access accounts will stay valid for an extra period of time, until September 15. This does not include the summer courses participants who excessively downloaded articles from our services: their accounts were suspended. Thanks for you understanding.

library closed for reception

2008-07-08T05:12:00.000-07:00

Since all students of the summer courses are kindly invited by the mayor of the Hague to the reception in the City Hall, Wednesday July 9 evening between 7 8:30PM, the library will close from 7PM onwards. Have a good time and see you again on Thursday morning!

blogging in the library

2008-07-01T03:20:00.000-07:00

Recently, six of our library staff started a blog about international law in recent news events, related to books and articles we have in our library catalogue. The blog covers a broad range of events, for example: the recent US Supreme Court decision on habeas corpus and Guantanamo Bay; the new Benelux Treaty; transboundary hooliganism in sports; land claims between countries; Amsterdam canals and cultural heritage; and the international food crisis.

Although international law in recent news events covers a broad area of subjects, all blog posts have links to more materials in our library catalogue through related keywords. This way, the library provides more background materials for further reading in the areas covered in the post.

Read this library blog directly at http://peacepalacelibrary-weekly.blogspot.com/, or choose 'blogs' from the main menu. Here you can read an overview of the first few lines of the blog post, and click through to read the full post. Leave your comments if you like!.

You can be alerted on new content by subscribing through RSS.

Questions about what RSS is and how to use it? Visit our RSS center.

catalogue down

2008-06-27T06:06:00.000-07:00

we just heard from OCLC Pica that our Peace Palace library catalogue will be down for maintenance work, from Friday June 27, 4PM until Monday June 30, 11 AM for reindexing. Our website will be online of course, but all clicks to the catalogue will not work... We hope to be back after testing as soon as we can on Monday morning.

please return books

2008-06-03T04:31:00.000-07:00

As the library is preparing for the summer courses of the Hague Academy, starting July 7, we kindly request to return all books from the library before July 1. In the summer period, July 1 - September 1, though we have normal opening hours, we will only lend out books overnight. Thank you for your cooperation. Questions? email the library at peacelib @ ppl.nl

library closed this afternoon

2008-05-15T01:13:00.000-07:00

due to a demonstration in front of the Peace Palace on Thursday, 15 May in the afternoon, the library will not be accessible during the period 2:00 -4:30 PM. It is, however, possible to leave the building during this time. We are very sorry for this inconvenience and welcome you again tomorrow.

congratulations

2008-04-10T01:50:00.000-07:00

the Peace Palace Library wishes to congratulate professor Antônio Augusto Cançado Trindade with the W. Friedmann Memorial Award 2008 for his Hague Academy general course in Public International Law (2005): "International law for Humankind: towards a new jus gentium" Read the full press report here.

Sage encyclopedias trial

2008-04-04T01:41:00.001-07:00

The library has free trial access to Sage eReference encyclopedias until April 30. There is, for example, access to the Encyclopedia of Terrorism and the Encyclopedia of Crime and Punishment, but there are many more reference works.
Inhouse only, go to service desk for username/ password. For the full list of trials click here.

library closing times in March, April and May

2008-03-10T07:52:00.000-07:00

the library will be closed on Friday, March 21, for 'Good Friday', and on Monday, March 24 for Easter. In April, we will be closed on Wednesday, 30 April for Queen's Day, followed by Thursday May 1 and 2 for Ascension Day. We will open again on May 5. Sorry for the inconvenience.

several new trials

2008-02-25T05:17:00.000-08:00

The library has trial versions until the end of March for the following databases : SwissLex; CIAO : Columbia International Affairs Online; and Keesing's Record of World Events. For the full list of trials click here.

website | catalogue down

2008-02-14T04:41:00.000-08:00

to upgrade to a faster service, we have to down our servers from Friday February 15, 5pm, until we finish maintenance. Our website and catalogue will be offline for the whole period. The website will probably be back online on Saturday February 16 (late afternoon/evening); our catalogue will be back online on Monday, February 18, 9am. We are sorry for the inconvenience, but hope to finish this as soon as we can, and to be back with a better service!

new database: Kluwer IEL Labour Law Online

2008-02-08T06:55:00.000-08:00

The library has now access to Kluwer's IEL Labour Law Online. Fulltext documents on International and National Monographs, European Works Councils, Legislation, Case Law and Codex.

access to Human Rights Documents database

2008-02-01T03:00:00.000-08:00

The library now has access to Human Rights Documents 1980+, released by Brill/IDC. A fulltext searchable online publication containing the documents filmed during the past 25 years.

free trial YIOO

2008-01-29T03:23:00.001-08:00

Yearbook of International Organizations Online (YIOO): the library has a free trial to Yearbook of International Organizations Online until February 22. Inhouse use only.

the library is hiring

2008-01-24T02:21:00.000-08:00

De Bibliotheek van het Vredespaleis zoekt een jurist-informatieprofessional, die met zijn/haar juridisch wetenschappelijke inbreng de digitale bibliotheek komt versterken (1). Ook zijn wij voor de dienstverlening aan het publiek op zoek naar een medewerker magazijn/ leeszaal (2).
Lees verder over de vacatures juridisch-wetenschappelijk projectmedewerker digitale bibliotheek internationaal recht en medewerker combinatiefunctie boekenmagazijn/ leenverkeer

access to rechtsorde.nl

2008-01-21T06:21:00.000-08:00

The library is very pleased to have access to www.rechtsorde.nl. One interface to search through Dutch law sources, EU law, international law and many official publications; direct access to the fulltext of the publications. Library inhouse only.
[22-01-2008]

launch of Recueil des cours

2008-01-11T05:04:00.000-08:00

Mr. Boutros Boutros Ghali, former secretary general of the UN and President of the Curatorium of the Hague Academy of International Law, has launched the electronic version of the renowned Recueil des cours, now available through Nijhoff Online.
Of course inhouse you can also find the majority of articles from the Recueil des cours fulltext.
[11-01-2008]

catalogue up and running

2008-01-07T03:34:00.000-08:00

we are back online with our catalogue after a couple of hours for service maintenance, but now you can browse again and lend books to your heart's content. Thanks for your patience! [07-01-2008]

closing times during December holidays

2007-11-26T04:38:00.000-08:00

The Peace Palace Library will be closed from Friday, December 21, 17:00 hrs for the full last week of December. We will open again on Wednesday, January 2, 2008 at 9:00 for all visitors. Happy holidays!

reading room map

2007-11-23T06:15:00.000-08:00

to make it easier for you to find books in our new reading room map, you can now view our new map of the reading room stacks. Click on any shelf to view what subject is there, and click on the subject to see the list of books on that shelf. You can turn it upside down as well. This map is also accessible from plinklet when a book is inside the reading room. Happy browsing!

catalogue down

2007-11-23T04:42:00.000-08:00

Please note the Peace Palace Library catalogue will be down (again!) on Monday November 26, from 9:00-11:00 CET for software patches. Sorry for the inconvenience, hope to be back online as soon as we can.

catalogue down

2007-11-16T05:38:00.000-08:00

Please note the Peace Palace Library catalogue will be down on Monday November 19, from 8:30-12:00 CET for a system upgrade. Sorry for the inconvenience & hope to be back as soon as possible with better services!

Kodeks Law Database

2007-11-15T02:41:00.000-08:00

We have a trial until December 31 to Kodeks Law Databases. It is a major source for Russian legislation in Russian and English, comprising thousands of documents going back to 1991. Includes legislative acts issued by approximately 200 executive, legislative, and judicial branches of Russia. Username-password only, ask reference desk.

Twitter

2007-11-05T05:44:00.000-08:00

The Peace Palace has started with Twitter ! From now on, the webteam will use Twitter to keep you up to date with news from the library. This will include our 'normal' news as posted on the home page, but also real time messages on when the new titles email alerting service has been sent out, or when network services are down. Subscribe to us by going to twitter.com/peacepalace and clicking 'follow'. If you don't know Twitter, it is nice to check out: you can get alerts [peace palace library news] on your mobile for free!

RSS feeds

2007-10-24T05:06:00.000-07:00

our webteam has set up a wide range of RSS feeds to make it easier for you to keep up to date with all the new content on our website. You can now subscribe to our library news, to table of contents alerts of our toc journals, to new articles or books of a certain topic, to new electronic journals, and many more. Visit our RSS subscription center for all information and quick links to many RSS feeds!
[24-10-2007]

My iLibrary

2007-10-24T03:26:00.000-07:00

the Peace Palace Library now has a trial to MyiLibrary, a database with a large ebooks collection. Our trial runs until November 1, so feel free to browse and read their large collection of ebooks! Inhouse only.
[04-10-2007]

go wireless

2007-10-24T03:24:00.000-07:00

to go wireless in our reading room, ask the service desk for the access key, and view the instructional photos if you don't know how to connect to the network. Windows users click here, and Mac users click here. If you want to use a wire but forgot yours at home, as service desk for spare wires to use inside the reading room.
[22-01-2007]

UN International Day of Peace

2007-10-24T03:23:00.000-07:00

the Peace Palace was the starting point for the UN's Day of Peace, September 21, in the city of The Hague. A VIP breakfast meeting in the Great Hall of Justice kicked off this annual observance of global non-violence and ceasefire; 1000 schoolchildren set free 1000 balloons from the lawn of the Peace Palace, as part of the celebrations, before going on their march through the city, led by city mayor Mr. Deetman. View the clip at YouTube or photos on Flickr.
[21-09-2007]

Recueil des cours

2007-10-24T03:22:00.000-07:00

the majority of the articles from the Recueil des cours is now available as PDF inhouse only, for easy reference!
[01-08-2007]

MyPPL

2007-10-24T03:20:00.000-07:00

have you always wanted to put books and articles you like in one place? To make a useful list, or web shelf, for easy reference? To add tags or reviews on things you are reading? Now you can. The Peace Palace Library is introducing MyPPL, a new service. After a simple registration, you can add all materials of the library to your own shelves and share information with other users. View our video demo [shockwave file], or read more here ...
[02-07-2007]

photos

2007-10-24T03:17:00.000-07:00

we are putting new pictures of the Peace Palace and the library at the photo sharing site Flickr regularly. Check out peacepalacelibrary's photos at Flickr to see photos of the palace, of the garden, or interesting things in our collection. Leave your comments and tell your friends!
[01-11-2005]

library card

2007-10-24T03:12:00.000-07:00

Is this your first visit, or would you like to visit us? You are welcome to our reading room and use all our electronic resources, like fulltext journals, ebooks or our collection of databases, but you could also apply in advance for a library card. This way you can start to request for books online, and pick them up when you get here. Apply for a library card online...
[22-06-2006]

new ebooks

2007-10-24T02:45:00.000-07:00

we have access to many more ebooks from NetLibrary, now totalling a number of 75! Check out our eBooks page for details. Did you know you can read our electronic books at home? Just create an account when you are inside the library and enjoy the full content of the books from your own desk
[02-05-2007]