‘So you want to publish Legal Materials Online?’: Towards a Pacific LII Network

‘So you want to publish Legal Materials Online?’: Towards a Pacific LII Network Prof Eric Colvin Lenore Hamilton Kym Freriks Photo courtesy 2011 Graham Crumb - imagicity.com

PacLII: Starting from Scratch 1998, 1999 USP 1 Year Project funding USP School of Law Internet Law Reporting Project 1998 NZODA/NZAID funding, with assistance from USP, AusAID, QLD Law Society, Sasakawa Peace Foundation Pacific Islands Legal Information Institute Launched 2000 - 2004 2001 2003 – approx 14,000 documents NZAID and AusAID 3 year funding (600,000AUD per year), with some assistance from USP, Commonwealth Secretariat All Systems Go: new building, expanded staff, new projects 2005 - 2009 2005 - 2009 2013 – 141,746 documents

STARTING TOO BIG:RE-EVALUATION 2010-2013 • Ongoing secured funding • Understanding and support of core activities • Retaining and attracting technical expertise to maintain and improve current systems • Incomplete value-added projects

WHY DOES PACLII CONTINUE THE FIGHT? 2011 PACLII USER SURVEY

THIS IS THE REASON PACLII CONTINUES THE FIGHT… Samoa Regulations

PACLII’S ENRICHED CORE ACTIVITIES • Received: • Paper format • PDF Image • Received: • Word format • PDF Text

ONLINE PUBLISHING CONTINUUM

ONLINE PUBLISHING CHECKLIST • Authority to publish • Policies - What are your core activities? - What documents will you publish? • Document flows • Ongoing funding • Technical expertise

DATA FLOW FOR SAMOA COURT DECISIONS Document source Central Publication – ACEO Courts PacLII • Responsible for release of documents • Contact point for PacLII • Collate documents • Check format • Assign neutral citation and rename filename • Document emailed to PacLII • Confirm all is correct online Template Final Version – Rich Text Format Add document to the database Update SamLII

PACIFIC LII NETWORK?

‘So you want to publish Legal Materials Online?’: Towards a Pacific LII Network

‘So you want to publish Legal Materials Online?’: Towards a Pacific LII Network

Presentation Transcript

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