This site, developed by AALL's Access to Electronic Information Committee , reports the results of investigations by law librarians who have reviewed and evaluated state sites for electronic information. The example includes information about how the type of material is used, identifies the featured site that the law librarian evaluator believes best illustrates this type of electronic access, evaluates the site with reasons why the site is well done, shows a schematic diagram of the site, and offers a link to the site. The Committee has also prepared an Internet-based bibliography that was used in investigating the state of the law on the Internet.
Law librarians are information experts.
They are trained to access, organize and use legal materials. They can help state, local, elected, and appointed officials to design and organize more effective sites for electronic information, sites that are easier to use, more logically organized, and more accessible to users of legal information. Law librarians perform these responsibilities daily in their work. More than 5,000 AALL members work in nearly 2,000 libraries serving government officials, the bench, the bar, legal scholars, and the public. AALL members have a special responsibility for ensuring that federal, state, and local legal information resources are developed, managed, and shared effectively.