RLIN users who are not from RLG member institutions may not know that the RLG law library members meet during the annual conference. Since the OBS RLIN Committee was on sabbatical this year and did not meet during the 2000 annual meeting, this report covers the RLG Law Roundtable meeting that took place in Philadelphia. Robin Dale, RLG program officer for law, facilitated the meeting.

News from RLG:

• RLG’s work over 2000 to 2003 is focused in initiatives with a significant impact for three areas: resource sharing, long-term retention of digital resources, and access to cultural materials. More information about these initiatives is available from RLG at .
• RLG is also working with OCLC on two joint projects on attributes of digital archives and metadata.
• ILL manager is now a full-blown system available for purchase and installation.
• RLG is getting some funding support for digitization as well as to support the human intervention necessary to adequately describe what is in digital resource files.
• RLG Law community has a web presence on the RLG site

Report on Foreign Law Materials Project (FLAG):
This is a cooperative effort of 5 UK libraries (including the British Library, the Bodleian at Oxford, and Squire Law Library, Cambridge) to describe the holdings of primary legal materials in the UK. Currently in the data collection stage, FLAG will not be a union list but a description of collections and will be used as a resource for research and for collection development. The resulting database, which will be limited strictly to print resources, will be available on the Web.

Updates on Local Initiatives:
Libraries reported on local issues ranging from plans for new buildings or renovations, digitization projects, and progress on reclassing portions of their collections.