Category Archives: Open Access

American Bar Association (ABA) House of Delegates Supports Uniform Electronic Legal Material Act (UELMA)

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The American Bar Association (ABA) House of Delegates has approved a resolution — Resolution 102B — in support of the Uniform Electronic Legal Material Act (UELMA) of the Uniform Law Commission (ULC) of the National Conference of Commissioners of Uniform State Laws as to the authentication and preservation of laws, court decisions and other legal materials that are published online.

See:

ABA Supports Uniform Law for Online Publication of Court Decisions and Laws

Cross-posted on Law Library Blog.

LexisNexis Launches “Social Media Visibility”

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Online provider of legal research, news and other content LexisNexis, has launched a new service: LexisNexis Social Media Visibility.

According to the press release here, the new service enables solo practitioners and lawyers at smaller law firms to establish a solid, comprehensive, and manageable social media presence.

LexisNexis Social Media Visibility includes creation of an exclusive blog page as well as guidance and assistance in crafting profiles and in generating and posting appropriate content on major social media websites, including Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn.

Cross-posted on Law Library Blog.

Nonpartisan research organization MapLight reveals money’s influence on politics

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The non-profit organization MapLight has posted webpages as to the U.S. Congress and certain state legislatures (California and Wisconsin) regarding money’s influence on politics:

MapLight’s Newly Launched Company Pages Profile Contributions From Organizations And The Bills They Seek To Influence

See also here.

Hat tip to Resource Shelf.

LexisNexis Updates Free Caselaw and Forms from lexisONE Community to LexisNexis Community

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LexisNexis has recently updated its free caselaw and forms access from lexisONE Community to:

LexisNexis Community

For links to some other free legal research resources (for caselaw, statutes, regulations, etc) online, take a look too at:

Brief Guide to Low/No Cost Online American Legal Research

Cross-posted at Law Library Blog.

Revised (5th Edition) of “Locating the Law”

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The Public Access to Legal Information (PALI) Committee of the Southern California Association of Law Libraries (SOCALL) has posted online its handy and valuable:

Locating the Law: A Handbook for Non-Law Librarians
Fifth Edition, Revised (2011)

Cross-posted at Law Library Blog.

ICALIRDA Conference 2012 – Legal Information in India

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International Conference on Access to Legal Information & Research in the Digital Age (ICALIRDA 2012)
February 29 – March 2, 2012

Organizers:
National Law University, Delhi
SAARC Law
Mohan Law House

Location:
Auditorium, National Law University, Delhi
Sector-14, Dwarka, New Delhi-110078 India

Main Theme:
International Conference on Access to Legal Information & Research in the Digital Age
(29 Feb-02 March 2012)

Sub Themes:
*   Legal Education and Research: Current Development in Digital Age
*   Role of ICT in Development of Comparative Jurisprudence
*   International Law and Globalization in Digital Age
*   Current Trends in Legal Publishing :IPR Issues & Challenges
*   Licensing for Digital Resources
*   Best Practices of Information & Knowledge Management in Libraries
*   Open Access Initiatives and Scholarly Publishing
*   Free Access to Law Movement: National & International Perspective
*   Access, Authorization and Authentication of Digital Web Information
*   Role, Relevancy and Research: Online Legal Databases

For additional information contact the Conference Convener, Priya Rai:
Ms. Priya Rai
Deputy Librarian,
Justice T.P.S.Chawla Library,
National Law University Delhi,
Sec-14 Dwarka, New Delhi-110078
Tel: 011-24533441,09811260504
icalirda2012@gmail.com

http://www.nludelhi.ac.in

hat tip to Aru Satkalmi.

Institutional Repository (IR) and ETD (Electronic Theses & Dissertations) Bibliography 2011

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The Institutional Repository and ETD Bibliography 2011 presents over 600 English-language articles, books, technical reports, and other works that are useful in understanding institutional repositories and ETDs. This selective bibliography covers IR country and regional surveys, multiple-institution repositories, specific IRs, IR digital preservation issues, IR library issues, IR metadata strategies, institutional open access mandates and policies, IR R&D projects, IR research studies, IR open source software (OSS) and electronic theses and dissertations.

Hat tip to: ResourceShelf.com.

Cross-posted at: Law Library Blog.

The Mobile Phone: A Near-Ubiquitous Tool for Information-Seeking and Communication in the U.S.

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According to a Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project national survey, “Americans and Their Cell Phones” (August 15, 2011), mobile telephones have become a near-ubiquitous tool for information seeking and communicating in the United States.

The survey shows that 83% of American adults own some kind of cell phone and that these devices have an impact on many aspects of their owners’ daily lives.

Hat tip to DocuTicker.com.

Cross-posted at Law Library Blog.

American Automobile Association (AAA) Digest of Motor Laws

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The American Automobile Association (AAA or “Triple A”) has released its latest edition of the venerable and valuable Digest of Motor Laws.

The digest is “an online compendium of laws and rules related to driving and owning a motor vehicle in the United States and Canada.”

It is possible browse each state’s traffic laws, driver’s license, vehicle titling and registration requirements, and fees and taxes.

It is also possible to compare specific laws or requirements across multiple jurisdictions — see here.

Hat tip to DocuTicker.com.

Cross-posted on Law Library Blog.