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Tag: UELMA

  • UELMA Update: An Interview with Jacob Jost, Illinois Supreme Court Reporter of Decisions

    UELMA Update: An Interview with Jacob Jost, Illinois Supreme Court Reporter of Decisions

    Five years ago, the Uniform Electronic Legal Material Act (UELMA) was signed into Illinois law. Our state was the 11th one to enact this uniform law; at this point it has been enacted in 21 states (Texas, most recently) plus the District of Columbia. Starting in 2016, the official online versions of Illinois Supreme and…

  • Giving Thanks for Kip Kolkmeier’s Efforts to Pass UELMA in Illinois

    Giving Thanks for Kip Kolkmeier’s Efforts to Pass UELMA in Illinois

    The CALL Executive Board approved a resolution of thanks that I was pleased to deliver to the Illinois Library Association (ILA) at its annual meeting in Springfield on October 15th. The well-attended Members’ Meeting was held at 11:30 a.m., and I was there in plenty of time to surprise Kip Kolkmeier, the ILA Legislative Consultant…

  • UELMA Signed Into Law in Illinois!

    By Kevin McClure, IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law kmcclure@kentlaw.iit.edu Law librarians across Illinois had much to celebrate on August 26 when Gov. Quinn signed the Uniform Electronic Legal Material Act into law, making Illinois the eleventh state to enact the measure (Pennsylvania subsequently became the twelfth). The long road to these victories began with a…

  • IL Legislative Update: Senate Bill 3288

    In Illinois, a version of the Uniform Electronic Legal Material Act (“UELMA”) is currently working its way through the 98th General Assembly (as Senate Bill 1941), but UELMA isn’t the only pending Illinois legislation that could affect the  production and dissemination of government-produced legal information in electronic formats. In February, Illinois Senator Pat McGuire introduced Senate Bill 3288, which, if enacted, would make two key…

  • Resolution on the Uniform Electronic Legal Material Act

    Endorsed by the AALL Executive Board, November 1, 2013 WHEREAS, the American Association of Law Libraries believes that permanent public access to official, authentic legal information is critical to the legal system of the United States; and WHEREAS, the American Association of Law Libraries holds that information published on government websites must be trustworthy and…

  • AALL Election News: Congratulations to Keith Ann Stiverson

    Congratulations to CALL member Keith Ann Stiverson on her election to the AALL Executive Board! Keith serves as the Director of the IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law Library and has been very active in both CALL and AALL over the years. She recently served on the Task Force on the Federal Depository Library Program and…