Digital Archives of the Supreme Court of the Philippines

Milagros Santos  Ong,

Digital Archives of the Supreme Court of the Philippines

Abstract:

The Supreme Court Library is a traditional law library with the complete collection of legal and related fields for an effective, faster and wider dissemination of legal information and for an effective legal research in its decision making function. It has a collection of less than a hundred thousand volumes housed in its Main Library and its network of about 20 libraries in Supreme Court buildings in Manila, Baguio City and Tagaytay City. It is also considered as modern law library for it has embraced the latest technology of the 21st century by developing the SC E-Library which contains all the official primary sources of law which are needed by the entire Philippine Judiciary in decision making. It may be accessed online. To make sure that all the Philippine courts will have online connections, the Supreme Court in its Resolution (A.M. No. 12-6-11-SC) awarded mobile broadband sticks to the lower court and court libraries all over the Philippines. To support legal education in the Philippines, this SC E-Library is open to law schools through the request of their law librarians.

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Santos Ong, Mila (2014). Digital archives in the Supreme Court library, a paper presentation for the training-workshop on traditional, digital preservation and disaster management. Hanoi, Vietnam, March 24- 25, 2014; Vientinne, Laos, March 27, 2014; and Aquinas University, Legaspi, Philippines, April 10-11, 2014.
Santos Ong, Mila (2013).Websites for legal research, a paper presentation for the Court Librarians
Association of the Philippines (CLAPHIL) national convention, Bohol Plaza Resorts & Restaurant, Panglao Island, Tagbilaran City, Bohol, October 1-3, 2013.
Santos Ong, Mila (2013). Philippine legal resources for libraries: print and electronic, a paper presentation for the Philippine Group of Law Librarians, Inc. (PGLL) seminar on information power: building partnerships”’ Bohol Tropics Resort, Tagbilaran City, Bohol, April 3-5, 2013.
Santos Ong, Mila (2013). Legal collection management for effective legal research in the Philippines. ASLP Journal, vol. 1 , no. 1, March 2013. pp 44-54
Santos Ong, Mila (2012). Maximizing open access to Supreme Court decisions, a paper presentation for the Association of SpecIal Libraries, Inc. Congress. Economic Financial and Learning Center (EFLC) Bangko Sentral, August 26-28, 2012.
Santos Ong, Mila (2011). Supreme Court library services: balancing the needs of the Philippines judiciary in a fast changing environment, a paper presentation for the ASLP national congress on moving forward: managing libraries and information centers in fast changing environment, Hotel Supreme, Baguio City October 19-21, 2011
Santos Ong, Mila (2009). Sourcing court documents, a paper presentation for the PGLL Seminar on establishing legal resources collection in libraries and information centers, Pearlmont Inn, Lim Ket Kai Drive, Cagayan de Oro City, May 14, 2009.