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!