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Year in Review YEAR IN REVIEW Information Services The library supports the information needs of the Reference, research, document delivery and Queensland judiciary and wider legal community training by providing a range of services aimed at The library’s Information Services team providing timely and accurate legal information. continued to assist the judiciary and legal profession with locating and using available Web services legal research tools within the library’s print The increased accessibility of online information and online collections. The team responded to has had a significant impact on the way libraries a total of 9493 information enquiries in 2013–14, interact with their users. In 2013–14 more than comprising 3835 reference, 173 research and 6.4 million page views were recorded from the 5485 document delivery requests. A total of SCLQ website, Judicial Virtual Library and library 11,750 documents were supplied in response to catalogue. Our websites are the primary means these queries. of accessing our information resources and Despite a decline in use of traditional reference services for the majority of our customers. and research services in recent years, usage In February 2014 the library launched a figures for 2013–14 indicate a modest increase redeveloped and rebranded public website, in use compared with the previous year. This providing improved access to Queensland suggests that the level of use of these services unreported decisions, online resources and may be plateauing. It is possible that the level judicial papers. In addition an improved ‘power of use in 2012–13 was lower due to a temporary search’ facility was implemented for the library interruption in services when the library catalogue, allowing users to conduct a single relocated to the new Queen Elizabeth II Courts search across multiple databases subscribed to of Law and a longer closure period over the by the library. Christmas break. An associated web subsite for the Sir Harry The library continues to promote its range of Gibbs Legal Heritage Centre was developed to information services to the legal profession by provide remote access to the library’s growing contributing each month to the Queensland Law collection of legal heritage resources. Society’s Proctor and the Bar Association of Queensland’s Hearsay journals. Redevelopment of the Judicial Virtual Library (JVL) and public access intranets for Brisbane A more structured training program was and regional libraries is underway and will be implemented during the year to improve user completed during the second half of 2014. research skills and enhance awareness of library services and collections. In 2013–14, 67 individual and group training sessions were delivered for the judiciary and legal profession. Supreme Court Library Queensland Annual Report 2013–14 13 Current awareness services in law, a free and convenient legal information service. Published weekly, Queensland Legal A number of current awareness services Updater covers the most important new continue to be published to facilitate access to Queensland cases and legislative developments information. from the past week as well as all new practice These services can be accessed from the SCLQ directions issued. It also contains selected website and Judicial Virtual Library, or by free articles and speeches, upcoming professional email subscriptions. The format and content of development seminars, and recent additions these services are subject to ongoing review to the library’s collection. In 2013–14 it was and development, and this will be a focus for the accessed by more than 2200 subscribers. library during 2014–15. Magistrates Legislation Bulletin, published by Judicial Current Awareness Bulletin is a daily the library since 2008, in consultation with that newsletter specifically tailored to provide court, is a specialised updater which aims to information to the judiciary on legal and non- alert magistrates to current legal developments. legal topics of interest. In 2013–14, 8062 articles Containing a legislative update schedule, lists were distributed, with 86% read by subscribers. of new reprints and important regulations, and summaries of newly introduced bills, 16 issues Queensland Legal Updater offers all members were published in 2013–14. of the legal profession, and anyone interested Collection Management The library is the central repository for legal in Brisbane. In 2013–14, the library staff spent information in Queensland. By maintaining 506 hours maintaining the Queensland Court extensive print and online collections the of Appeal, Brisbane Magistrates Court and library seeks to ensure convenient access to Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal a comprehensive range of legal resources for collections, cataloguing 122 titles and filing 1712 members of the judiciary and legal profession loose-leaf updates and legislation issues. throughout Queensland. In 2013–14 the library purchased 161 new Collection development and maintenance monographs and maintained subscriptions to 630 print journals, legislation services and law Under the guidance of the Collection Sub- reports series. Committee, we are continuing to develop and review our collections. The print collection, During the year the library continued to lead incorporating the primary collection in Brisbane negotiations for subscription renewals on behalf and satellite collections in eight regional libraries, of the courts. In early 2013 the library secured comprises 159,567 items. for the Queensland judiciary a three year trial of all the Thomson Reuters ProView eBook and Increasingly legal content is being sought and eSubscription content. In late 2013 the library published online. In 2013–14 the library catalogue negotiated a similar agreement with LexisNexis listed 435 online resources (96 of which were to access its LN Red digital loose-leaf collection licensed resources), which enabled access including key titles such as Carter’s Criminal to more than 64,361 online full text titles for Law of Queensland, Cross on Evidence and Civil registered library users. Additionally, the library Procedure Queensland. maintains an extensive collection of digitised legal and historical documents, currently These trials of ProView and LN Red publications numbering 14,535, of which 4646 are publicly are important for the library as they offer a cost available through the library catalogue. A ‘power effective and low risk extended opportunity to search’ option implemented in the library’s explore the feasibility of replacing all or some catalogue now allows users to conduct a single print loose-leaf subscriptions with electronic search across multiple databases subscribed to versions accessed on mobile devices such as by the library. tablet and laptop computers. The advantages of these ‘go anywhere’ electronic versions are In addition to the SCLQ library collections in many and potential benefits of migrating to Brisbane and regional courthouses, library electronic subscriptions are substantial, in terms staff also service three external collections 14 Supreme Court Library Queensland Annual Report 2013–14 of both reduced maintenance and transport Annual expenditure on regional libraries remains costs and greater ease of use and convenience. consistent and commensurate with the size of Advantages include: each collection. In 2013–14 expenditure on the two largest regional collections, in the Townsville • portability and compact size (many multi and Rockhampton courthouse libraries, was volume publications can be stored on a $91,795 and $87,257 respectively. Annual single tablet) expenditure on the Cairns courthouse library • ease and speed of updating (typically totalled $51,879. a publication is automatically updated from the internet in a minute or two each month, compared with the laborious, time consuming and error prone filing of updates to print loose-leaf publications) • the elimination of postage and freight costs for updates • independence from the internet (an online connection is only needed when updating content) • searchability • the ability to create electronic bookmarks and notes within the text, and • the ability to copy and paste content to external documents. Regional libraries Print collections are maintained in eight regional courthouse libraries, with significant holdings in Townsville, Rockhampton and Cairns. The judiciary in regional Queensland has full access to all of our online resources through the Judicial Virtual Library. Where our licences permit, regional and remote legal practitioners can access library resources online from the SCLQ public website. Internet-enabled information kiosks in Townsville, Rockhampton and Cairns courthouse libraries provide full access to the library’s online collections. Cairns Courthouse Library was upgraded and modernised in early 2014. This project, substantially funded by the Department of Justice and Attorney-General, was initiated by the Hon Justice JD Henry. New PCs and copying facilities were included in the upgrade to enhance access to online content available through the library website and catalogue. A significant rationalisation of the print collection was completed, reducing shelving requirements and creating space for additional furniture to accommodate library users in comfort. New PCs were installed in the Rockhampton and Townsville courthouse libraries during the year as well. ADSL internet connections were installed at the Townsville, Rockhampton and Cairns courthouse libraries to improve the speed,
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