The Case for Curation: The Relevance of Digest and Citator Results in Westlaw and Lexis

Mart, Susan Nevelow

doi:10.1080/0270319x.2013.759036

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“…Discovery: Indexing as a theme has more articles focusing on the historical development of legal indexing as it has evolved from human to machine-generated indexing and metadata (Arredondo and Qadrud-Din 2020;Hanson 2002;Mart 2013), citation indexing (Ogden 1993;Whisner 2018), and implications for access to justice and access to legal information (Ching, Eiseman, and Nevers 2019;Martineau 2020). Of the articles focused on Discovery: User Experience, there was substantial discussion about how differences between algorithms in research platforms affect the accuracy of search results (Mart et al 2019;Mart 2017a;2017b;Maddigan 2015) and critiques of new vendor research platforms that incorporate AI (Knapp and Willey 2013;Wheeler 2011;Marks 2015;Steenken 2014;Shrager 2014;Peoples 2012).…”

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Artificial Intelligence in Subject-Specific Library Work

2023

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The general implications of AI for libraries are much discussed in library literature. But while this discussion takes place at the library-wide level, there are also important implications for subject librarians due to the specific uses of AI in different professions and areas of study. These are often overlooked as these specializations tend to publish in subject-specific journals. This article aims to address this research gap by providing a comparison and thematic analysis of this literature. Subject-specific library journals in the areas of law, health sciences, business, and humanities and social sciences were searched to identify relevant journal articles that discussed AI. 131 articles were identified and tagged with at least one category that reflected the nature of the discussion around AI. The following analysis showed that literature related to law had the greatest number of articles by far, though the publishing activity in all disciplines has increased significantly in the last 10 years. This article explores these trends to gain a more comprehensive understanding of the implications for subject-specific library work.

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Section: Lawmentioning

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Artificial Intelligence in Subject-Specific Library Work

2023

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“…Bilinsky (2008) stated that metadata is crucial to lawyers when making or receiving discovery and exchanging documents with opposing counsel or even with a client. Mart (2013) studied head-note of human-created key number systems in Westlaw and the head-note classification in Lexis’ database generated with a computer algorithm, to know how these two systems deal with comparable case head-note. It was found that the system supplied better results with more human intervention.…”

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Metadata framework for online legal information system in Indian environment

Bhardwaj

Madhusudhan

2017

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Purpose This study aims to discuss the metadata structure of an online legal information system (OLIS) developed to suit the Indian environment. The OLIS is accessible online at www.olisindia.in. It contains several types of legal information resources to help lawyers, research scholars, students and the common user. The open-access OLIS helps the users to get the required information expeditiously. Dublin Core (DC) metadata standard was selected to create records in the OLIS because of ease of use and high adoption rate. Design/methodology/approach The OLIS was designed using the system analysis and design method after a needs assessment survey conducted in eight major legal organizations in Delhi. The OLIS, accessible at www.olisindia.in, was accessed to identify and validate the metadata elements with the DC metadata standard. Findings This paper discusses in detail the metadata structures of the OLIS. The system contains 15 types of resources relating to judicial and legislative information. Each database has a different metadata framework so that information desired by the legal community can be retrieved with precision and quick recall. In addition, a number of functions, such as latest news, online help, Frequently Asked Questions, query submission, online discussion forum for help and video tutorials, have been integrated into the OLIS. Practical implications The study guides law libraries and library professionals to follow metadata standards in building an open-access database and also provides a legal resources metadata framework that enables them to select suitable resources for their libraries. Originality/value The study confirms that the metadata elements set for managing judicial and legislative information are different compared to other types of scholarly information. The study can help newly established law university libraries to build legal information systems to suit their environment and satisfy the information needs of the diverse law community.

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Data Bases and Statistical Systems: Law

Harrington¹

2015

International Encyclopedia of the Social &Amp; Behavioral Sciences

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The Case for Curation: The Relevance of Digest and Citator Results in Westlaw and Lexis

Cited by 8 publications

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Artificial Intelligence in Subject-Specific Library Work

Artificial Intelligence in Subject-Specific Library Work

Metadata framework for online legal information system in Indian environment

Data Bases and Statistical Systems: Law

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