Toolkit of Legal Resources and Desktop Delivery

Initiative

Martha Foote, MLIS, FSLA

LibraryCo Inc.

CDLPA PlenaryNovember 15, 2013

What are the Toolkit and the Desktop?

A bundled package of electronic legal resources provided to all lawyers and library staff in Ontario

No charge to use the resources

Funded by LibraryCo with generous financial support from the Law Foundation of Ontario

What’s the Difference?

• Toolkit is available in all 48 courthouse law libraries and all lawyers have access

• Desktop is available to all lawyers remotely:

► all associations that are designated as “local”

► Algoma, Kenora, Thunder Bay

Decision Making Criteria

• Quantitative data: statistics provided by the publishers and the Toolkit host

• Qualitative data: comments from lawyers and library staff

• Funds available: LibraryCo’s approved budget and generous funding from the Law Foundation of Ontario

• Cost of the service vs. the value and benefits of the service

• Availability of comparable free services such as CanLII

Desktop Visits are Flat27,157 *

* 20,368 visits through September 30; full year estimated based on YTD visits

Desktop Visits by County: Jan to Sept 2013

Top 10 Desktop Users

15% of visits

province-wide

Toolkit & Desktop in 2014

• LexisNexis Quicklaw remains the fee-based resource of choice

• Additional LNQ content for the Toolkit:• CriminalPractice• FamilyPractice• LitigationPractice

• Additional LNQ content for the Desktop

• Criminal Spectrum will be discontinued at the end of 2013

CriminalPractice

• Criminal case law (including CCCs)• Treatises

► Gold, The Practitioner’s Criminal Code

► Fontana and Keeshan, The Law of Search and Seizure in Canada

► Ruby, et. al., Sentencing

► Kenkel, Impaired Driving in Canada

► Annotated Youth Criminal Justice Act

► Sopinka, Lederman and Bryant, The Law of Evidence in Canada

► Botting, Canadian Extradition Law

• Sentencing quantums• Precedents• Current awareness Netletters from Alan Gold and others

FamilyPractice

• Family case law • Treatises

► Steinberg et. al., Ontario Family Law Practice

► Wilson on Children and the Law

► Landau et. al., Family Mediation and Collaborative Practice Handbook

• Forms & precedents• Current awareness Netletters• Quantums: child support, spousal support, dependants’ relief,

matrimonial property

LitigationPractice

• Case law and case law digests• Treatises

► Federal Limitations Manual

► Ferguson, Ontario Courtroom Procedure

► Sopinka, Lederman & Bryant, The Law of Evidence in Canada ► Class Actions Law and Practice

► Linden & Feldthusen, Canadian Tort Law

► Swan, Canadian Contract Law

► Mew, The Law of Limitations

• Quantums • Current awareness Netletters (civil practice, civil evidence, torts,

personal injury)

Desktop in 2014

• Desktop content is being expanded to include LexisNexis Full Service library:

• Halsbury’s Laws of Canada• News• Quantums• Practice area current awareness resources• Solicitors forms and precedents• Ontario court forms

Other Content in the Toolkit & Desktop

• CanLII – free access to case law, tribunal decisions, statutes and regulations

• E-Laws (Ontario)

• Ontario Courts

• Parliament of Canada

• Department of Justice Canada

• WorldLII

How Do I Access the Toolkit/Desktop?

• Toolkit – just go to your nearest law library

• Desktop - e-mail libcosupport@lsuc.on.ca with:

► Your name

► Law Society number

► Date of birth

► E-mail address

USE IT!

• Spread the word – tell your colleagues about the Toolkit and the Desktop

• Reprint content about the Toolkit and the Desktop from LibraryCo’s e-newsletter in your newsletter/on your web site or send to your members via e-mail

• Toolkit and the Desktop are benefits that every association can provide to its members without extra cost