Copyright (c) 2009 University of Georgia School of Law All rights reserved. http://digitalcommons.law.uga.edu/law_lib_artchop Recent documents in Articles, Chapters and Online Publications en-us Sat, 10 Oct 2009 23:33:24 PDT 3600 http://digitalcommons.law.uga.edu/law_lib_artchop/17 http://digitalcommons.law.uga.edu/law_lib_artchop/17 Fri, 09 Oct 2009 12:31:33 PDT An interview with Anne Burnett, foreign and international law librarian at the Alexander Campbell King Law Library, reveals a unique library collection from a former world scholar. Thomson Reuters http://digitalcommons.law.uga.edu/law_lib_artchop/16 http://digitalcommons.law.uga.edu/law_lib_artchop/16 Tue, 05 Aug 2008 10:48:38 PDT The Internet is a constantly evolving source of information for the busy lawyer, and current awareness services can collect all the information you want to routinely see and present it to you in a convenient format. James M. Donovan http://digitalcommons.law.uga.edu/law_lib_artchop/15 http://digitalcommons.law.uga.edu/law_lib_artchop/15 Mon, 18 Feb 2008 10:01:52 PST An institutional repository [IR] is a means to collect the intellectual digital output of an organization. This white paper discusses creating a business case for the IR, obtaining content for the repository, managing intellectual property issues and extending the IR beyond a single institution. James M. Donovan http://digitalcommons.law.uga.edu/law_lib_artchop/14 http://digitalcommons.law.uga.edu/law_lib_artchop/14 Mon, 07 Jan 2008 10:57:24 PST A law firm associate has prepared a continuing legal education PowerPoint presentation that resides on the hard drive of the associate's laptop. Another associate has served as an expert witness at a U.S. congressional hearing and the testimony is available on the GPO's website. The law firm's annual report from last year is stored on the intranet on the firm's web server. The firm's librarian has delivered an educational presentation at a professional meeting that is available on the web as a podcast.How can all of these diverse items be captured, archived, organized and readily accessible on the web in one location for public access? An institutional repository can provide the perfect solution. In our current technological age, most communications and scholarship are born digital and are often scattered across various servers and hard drives. Most of these virtual items are not as carefully archived or preserved as are traditional print publications. Librarians have a unique opportunity to fill a void by taking a leadership role in organizing and preserving digital information. In today's computer dependent environment, our extensive archival expertise is timely and germane. One particularly effective means for filling the void and seizing the opportunity is to establish an institutional repository to collect the intellectual output of your institution. Carol A. Watson http://digitalcommons.law.uga.edu/law_lib_artchop/13 http://digitalcommons.law.uga.edu/law_lib_artchop/13 Thu, 05 Jul 2007 06:51:14 PDT Book review of SOURCES OF STATE PRACTICE IN INTERNATIONAL LAW, by Ralph Gaebler and Maria Smolka-Day, eds. (Ardsley, NY: Transnational, 2002). Anne E. Burnett International Law Legal Research and Bibliography http://digitalcommons.law.uga.edu/law_lib_artchop/12 http://digitalcommons.law.uga.edu/law_lib_artchop/12 Tue, 03 Jul 2007 13:20:22 PDT Book review of GUIDE TO INTERNATIONAL LEGAL RESEARCH, by the George Washington Journal of International Law and Economics (Salem, NH: Butterworth, 1990). Carol A. Watson International Law Legal Research and Bibliography http://digitalcommons.law.uga.edu/law_lib_artchop/11 http://digitalcommons.law.uga.edu/law_lib_artchop/11 Tue, 03 Jul 2007 13:15:40 PDT Book review of CRITICAL DOCUMENTS SOURCEBOOK ANNOTATED: INTERNATIONAL COMMERCIAL LAW AND ARBITRATION, by Houston Putnam Lowry (Boston, Mass.: Little, Brown & Co., 1991). Carol A. Watson Commercial Law http://digitalcommons.law.uga.edu/law_lib_artchop/10 http://digitalcommons.law.uga.edu/law_lib_artchop/10 Thu, 05 Apr 2007 13:28:56 PDT This chapter of the ASIL ERG provides: a brief introduction to the concepts of "intergovernmental organizations" and "non-governmental organizations"; discussion of electronic resources helpful in researching international organizations; and links to the Websites of representative intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations providing electronic access to their documents and other publications. Anne E. Burnett International Law Legal Research and Bibliography http://digitalcommons.law.uga.edu/law_lib_artchop/9 http://digitalcommons.law.uga.edu/law_lib_artchop/9 Thu, 05 Apr 2007 13:11:46 PDT This chapter of the ASIL Guide to Electronic Resources for International Law discusses electronic resources of international environmental law. The types of resources covered emphasize the Internet but also include CD-ROMs, library catalogs, and on-line subscription/commercial services. The emphasis here is on English-language sources. Although a number of primary and secondary sources are discussed below, the rapidly expanding list of electronic resources in this field precludes any claim to this being an inclusive guide. With that in mind, search strategies for conducting research in this area are included in Section III. Anne E. Burnett Environmental Law International Law Legal Research and Bibliography http://digitalcommons.law.uga.edu/law_lib_artchop/8 http://digitalcommons.law.uga.edu/law_lib_artchop/8 Wed, 04 Apr 2007 13:38:21 PDT The purpose of this study was to research what, if anything, state governments are doing to meet the enormous challenges of ensuring permanent public access to state electronic government information. A comprehensive survey was created and distributed to AALL authors in each of the fifty states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico. State authors completed the survey by December 2002 and, in addition, submitted a short executive summary based on their survey results.The survey reveals that only one state--Colorado--has enacted legislation that explicitly addresses permanent public access (effective August 15, 2003). No state, including Colorado, comprehensively addresses the challenges of permanent public access to and preservation of electronic government information. State records boards, state archives and state libraries are often aware of permanent public access issues and have often taken steps to preserve electronic information. They have sometimes taken steps to provide continuous public access or have developed guidelines for state agencies to provide such access. These efforts of state records boards, state archives and state libraries are often ineffective, however, because they lack a solid statutory foundation. Without comprehensive statutes supporting a system to coordinate and centralize permanent public access, state agencies thwart the positive efforts of state records boards, state archives and state libraries. The agencies fail to appreciate the need to ensure the full lifecycle of electronic government information, particularly Web-based publications and records. And any guidelines for permanent public access that target them do not solve the problem of agencies' lack the expertise, personnel and funding.We envisioned that this project would be the first step in the advocacy process necessary to enact state laws that will prevent the loss of important state government information in electronic format. Toward this end, we sought to create a document that could be provided to legislators and other policymakers to educate them about the responsibility of state governments to ensure permanent public access to electronic information. An additional objective was to strengthen the GRC and WAO's ties to AALL members at the local level, thereby forming a base of activists who could advocate for improved laws mandating permanent public access to state government information. Because AALL and other library organizations lack the manpower to tackle the problem of disappearing electronic government information in all states simultaneously, the Grant Team has identified key states to target for legislative activity. Richard J. Matthews State and Local Government