Oregon Legal Research BlogStop the presses! It’s all online!
Wait. I don’t think so, yet, assuming also that you could even afford the online version.
When “it’s all online,” which version of a Court Decision will “Rule” the Day?
Articles Tagged with UELMA
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It’s July 2011: Are your online (or digital) statutes authenticated and official?
The Uniform Law Commission (ULC) recently approved the Uniform Electronic Legal Material Act. Find links to the latest UELMA draft and other documents and more at the June 11, 2011, Legal Informatics blog post: Uniform Electronic Material Act Approved by ULC.
For more about official, authenticated laws, follow the links at the June 11, 2011, AACPLL blog post, National inventory of primary legal materials, including a link to the seminal AALL State-by-State Report on Authentication of Online Legal Resources and updates.
Law librarians, lawyers, legislators, and others have been working on this problem for a very long time. The problem: most digital (including online) statutes and other legal research materials are not official, authenticated, and are only prima facie evidence of the law.
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The Naughtiness of Zeros and Ones: Print AND Digital, not VERSUS
If you write, and you want people to read what you write, now and in the future, take heed:
Librarians Rule (again)! Yes we can weed or delete your magnum opus from library collections, but, more to the point, we have an even greater passion for preserving your legacy!
Read this On the Media interview with Brewster Kahle: