TYPE: Policy Committee
PURPOSE: The Committee serves to advance the law library profession's principles concerning public information provided on government web sites and to promote uniformity in citation reform.
CHARGE: The Committee shall use principles of the law library profession to identify web site characteristics and citation rules that represent best practices, and to encourage all branches of government to apply these principles in the creation and maintenance of electronic legal information. These principles include permanent public access, authenticity, citizen usability, uniformity of citation consistent with AALL policy, comprehensiveness and suitability for legal research, and they reflect the special concerns and unique competencies of law librarians. The Committee will monitor and promote judicial, legislative and executive branch web sites at all levels of government to apply best practices in the creation and maintenance of electronic legal information. The committee will develop and maintain a web-based framework to categorize the various principles being successfully addressed by those sites. In addition, the Committee shall monitor and promote citation initiatives and activities undertaken by the judiciary, the bar, the ABA, the Bluebook editors and other groups. The Committee will also serve as a resource for jurisdictions and other groups considering citation issues. The Committee shall be responsible for advising the Association and its membership about issues relating to electronic legal information access and citation, and may be called upon to collaborate with other committees, including the Government Relations Committee.
TENURE: Membership on the Committee shall normally be for three (3) years. The returning member selected as Vice Chair at the end of the first year shall serve in that capacity in the second year, and become Chair of the Committee in the third year.
SIZE: The Committee shall consist of a Chair, Vice-Chair, and ten (10) members, and a non-voting Executive Board liaison.
STRATEGIC DIRECTIONS COMPLIANCE: Goal II: Education
Goal III: Advocacy
RELATIONSHIP TO OTHER COMMITTEES: The Committee consults with the following other committees on relevant issues, as necessary:
Government Relations Committee
When the Committee works on issues related to information policy, it shall consult with the Government Relations Committee. Copyright Committee
When the Committee encounters issues related to copyright or licensing law, it shall consult with the Copyright Committee, which has exclusive committee jurisdiction over copyright issues.
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