{"title":"Law Libraries and the Future of Public Access to Born-Digital Government Information","authors":"Rebecca Kunkel","doi":"10.7282/T3-KWF5-2195","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"As government publications have shifted from print to electronic, mechanisms for guaranteeing the public's right to access government information have not kept pace. Because legal resources are among the publications most at risk of loss, law libraries should participate in efforts to ensure that born-digital government information remains freely available to all.","PeriodicalId":44477,"journal":{"name":"Law Library Journal","volume":"109 1","pages":"67-82"},"PeriodicalIF":0.3000,"publicationDate":"2017-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Law Library Journal","FirstCategoryId":"90","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.7282/T3-KWF5-2195","RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q4","JCRName":"INFORMATION SCIENCE & LIBRARY SCIENCE","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
As government publications have shifted from print to electronic, mechanisms for guaranteeing the public's right to access government information have not kept pace. Because legal resources are among the publications most at risk of loss, law libraries should participate in efforts to ensure that born-digital government information remains freely available to all.
期刊介绍:
The Law Library Journal has been the "official" publication of the Association since 1908. It is published quarterly and distributed to members directly.