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Celebrating AALL’s Working Groups
Emily Carr Timothy L. Coggins
Emily FeldmanJuly 23, 2011
Thanks to your contributions, volunteers created the first-ever inventory of legal materials at the state, county and municipal levels
Volunteers added more than 7,000 titles The Federal Inventory launched in
December 2010, and we are working with AALL members, the Law Library of Congress and NCAI on how to proceed on a Tribal Inventory
The National Inventory
Recognizing Our Volunteers
More than 350 volunteers in all 50 states and DC contributed to the state inventories
This groundbreaking project would not have been possible without your contributions! Thank you!
Adjusted the template and form to fit your needs◦ Alaska◦ Indiana
Created websites to attract volunteers, centralize inventories◦ Connecticut◦ Florida
Successful Strategies
Recruited volunteers from local universities, research assistants, government document librarians◦ Kentucky◦ North Carolina
Held “parties” ◦ Florida◦ Virginia
Set “mini deadlines”◦ Maryland ◦ Washington
Successful Strategies
REVIEWING THE DATA
Preliminary Findings
Authentication: No state reported new resources that have been
authenticated since the 2009-2010 DALIC Survey
Official status◦Since 2009-2010 DALIC Survey:
Arizona Florida Maine Missouri Ohio Wyoming
Preliminary Findings
Copyright assertions in digital version◦ 25 states, including:
Oklahoma Pennsylvania Rhode Island
Costs to access official version◦ 10 states, including:
Kansas Vermont Wyoming
Preservation and Permanent Public Access◦ 18 states, including:
Tennessee Virginia Washington
Preliminary Findings
More states making digital materials “official” Several states reported restrictions on privacy
and commercial use New law in Oklahoma (as reported by Lisa
Bowles and Jennifer Gerrish):◦ All Oklahoma public bodies are to make available on
their website, by January 1, 2011, the administrative rules that the public body uses to operate, any proposed rules submitted by the public body, any statutes “effecting the public body and its operations”, and any other useful statutes. Agencies and other public bodies are slowly complying.
Trends and Interesting Findings
THE FEDERAL INVENTORY
In December 2010, AALL kicked off the Federal Inventory of Legal Materials at the Law Library of Congress
Emily Carr is coordinating Volunteers from all three branches of
government are contributing – but we still need more help!
Federal Inventory
When complete, the Federal Inventory will include: • Legal research materials• Information authored or created by agencies• Resources that are publicly accessible
Federal Inventory
Executive• Decisions• Reports• Digests
Judicial• Court Opinions• Court Rules• Supreme Court briefs
Legislative• Bills and Resolutions• Constitution• Statutes at Large
Types of Legal Resources
Tools and Resources Interested in volunteering? Contact Emily
Carr, ecarr@loc.gov Refer to the GRO Resources page on
AALLNET for presentations, FAQs and a list of titles to help you get started
Join the Federal Working Group Google Group to ask questions and exchange information
NEXT STEPS
AALL’s Digital Access to Legal Information Committee will use the data to update AALL’s reports on authentication and permanent public access
We will share the data with interested parties
How the Data Will Be Used
The inventories will remain living documents, and we hope you’ll review them periodically – e.g. for link rot
State Working Groups, AALL members and chapters will help promote the “Uniform Electronic Legal Material Act”
Please volunteer to contribute to the Federal Inventory
We Still Need Your Help!
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