was, and how easy it was to make information available, new organizations gradually joined through special efforts of the Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice Branch. Membership grew, levelling off at 60 by the end of the second year. UNCJIN was further aided by funding from the Bureau of Justice Statistics of the United States of America, which has provided the bulk of the funding for the last two years, and continues to fund it in the current year. Among the many services provided by uncJin during the initial period were assistance in the preparation of a number of meetings, and the preparation of newsletters that could not have been done previously without expensive travel to and from the site of publication Such, for example, was the case with the first special issue of the UNCJIN Crime and Justice Letter dealing with the cost of criminal justice. Other services included making available United Nations crime trends data a calendar of events and legislative updates, and producing news or o on-line, providing directories of criminal justice institutes, listi general interest to members World Criminal Justice Library Network In collaboration with, and with funding from, the NCCD/Criminal Justice Library at rutgers, State University of New Jersey, United States, UNCJIN cooperated in the convening of the first meeting of the World Criminal Justice Library Network in April 1990. The meeting was a resounding success,with all leading global criminal justice libraries represented. UNCJIN now provides important additional services related to library needs in criminal justice, such as circulation of the tables of contents of leading criminal justice journals ahead of publication dates, reports from various research institutes around the world. and information from the World Criminal Justice Library Network, such as accession lists of leading criminal justice libraries. Also available are the many report and updates of the United States Bureau of Justice Statistics. A special attempt will be made in the near future to concentrate on the identification of"grey literature and other projects that o undertaken by the cooperative venture of the World Criminal Justice Library Network. UNCJIN on INTERNET In November 1992 UNCJIN was first made available on INTERNET, possibly the most crucial event in the development of UNCJIN. Before that time, UNCJIN was available to some 60 users worldwide only through thewas, and how easy it was to make information available, new organizations gradually joined through special efforts of the Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice Branch. Membership grew, levelling off at 60 by the end of the second year. UNCJIN was further aided by funding from the Bureau of Justice Statistics of the United States of America, which has provided the bulk of the funding for the last two years, and continues to fund it in the current year. Among the many services provided by UNCJIN during the initial period were assistance in the preparation of a number of meetings, and the preparation of newsletters that could not have been done previously without expensive travel to and from the site of publication. Such, for example, was the case with the first special issue of the UNCJIN Crime and Justice Letter dealing with the cost of criminal justice. Other services included making available United Nations crime trends data on-line, providing directories of criminal justice institutes, listing a calendar of events and legislative updates, and producing news of general interest to members. World Criminal Justice Library Network In collaboration with, and with funding from, the NCCD/Criminal Justice Library at Rutgers, State University of New Jersey, United States, UNCJIN cooperated in the convening of the first meeting of the World Criminal Justice Library Network in April 1990. The meeting was a resounding success, with all leading global criminal justice libraries represented. UNCJIN now provides important additional services related to library needs in criminal justice, such as circulation of the tables of contents of leading criminal justice journals ahead of publication dates, reports from various research institutes around the world, and information from the World Criminal Justice Library Network, such as accession lists of leading criminal justice libraries. Also available are the many reports and updates of the United States Bureau of Justice Statistics. A special attempt will be made in the near future to concentrate on the identification of "grey literature" and other projects that may be undertaken by the cooperative venture of the World Criminal Justice Library Network. UNCJIN on INTERNET In November 1992 UNCJIN was first made available on INTERNET, possibly the most crucial event in the development of UNCJIN. Before that time, UNCJIN was available to some 60 users worldwide only through the