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About AELIC
Updated April 2, 2007.

The Access to Electronic Legal Information Committee is a standing committee of the American Association of Law Libraries. Its charge is as follows:

The Access to Electronic Legal Information Committee shall articulate and advance the law library profession's principles and values concerning public information provided on government websites. Such principles and values include permanent public access, authenticity, citizen usability, comprehensiveness and other suitability for legal research and reflect the special concerns and unique competencies of law librarians.

The committee shall use the principles and values, along with established AALL website evaluation criteria, to identify websites that represent best practices. The committee will develop and maintain a web-based framework to categorize judicial, legislative, executive branch and local government websites and link to them as examples.

The committee shall be responsible for advising AALL about issues relating to electronic legal information and may be called upon to collaborate with other communities, including the Government Relations Committee.

At present, the Committee's website includes a collection of links to government websites that exemplify some of the "best practices" in delivering legal information to Internet users. Categories include appellate court opinions, court dockets, codes, legislative bills, executive orders, administrative decisions and many more. In addition, the general criteria by which government sites are judged are listed, as well as the specific reasons by which a particular one is chosen "the best."
The website also contains:

PowerPoint slideshows of presentations delivered by Committee members to professional meetings of judges, court administrators, legislators, and others (Presentations)
a bibliography of sources on website evaluation (Bibliography)
a directory of current members, with email addresses (Directory)
a frequently-asked questions page.

Disclaimer:
Many links from this site are to sites over which neither AALL nor any of its members asserts any authority or control. AALL assumes no responsibility for the accuracy or veracity of the information that a user may encounter at these sites.

This site has been considered and approved by the American Association of Law Libraries Executive Board.


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About Committee Members Principles & Core Values Website Evaluations Exemplary Sites Criteria Submission Form Authentication Issues Accessibility Issues Bibliography Presentations Frequently Asked Questions Information for Committee Members Calendar Reports Minutes Past Members		About AELIC Updated April 2, 2007. The Access to Electronic Legal Information Committee is a standing committee of the American Association of Law Libraries. Its charge is as follows: The Access to Electronic Legal Information Committee shall articulate and advance the law library profession's principles and values concerning public information provided on government websites. Such principles and values include permanent public access, authenticity, citizen usability, comprehensiveness and other suitability for legal research and reflect the special concerns and unique competencies of law librarians. The committee shall use the principles and values, along with established AALL website evaluation criteria, to identify websites that represent best practices. The committee will develop and maintain a web-based framework to categorize judicial, legislative, executive branch and local government websites and link to them as examples. The committee shall be responsible for advising AALL about issues relating to electronic legal information and may be called upon to collaborate with other communities, including the Government Relations Committee. At present, the Committee's website includes a collection of links to government websites that exemplify some of the "best practices" in delivering legal information to Internet users. Categories include appellate court opinions, court dockets, codes, legislative bills, executive orders, administrative decisions and many more. In addition, the general criteria by which government sites are judged are listed, as well as the specific reasons by which a particular one is chosen "the best." The website also contains: PowerPoint slideshows of presentations delivered by Committee members to professional meetings of judges, court administrators, legislators, and others (Presentations) a bibliography of sources on website evaluation (Bibliography) a directory of current members, with email addresses (Directory) a frequently-asked questions page.
Disclaimer: Many links from this site are to sites over which neither AALL nor any of its members asserts any authority or control. AALL assumes no responsibility for the accuracy or veracity of the information that a user may encounter at these sites. This site has been considered and approved by the American Association of Law Libraries Executive Board.