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
CIAO database online
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
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
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
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
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 
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
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
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
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
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!.
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catalogue down
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
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
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
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.
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