The Legal Preservation Press
September 2019
An opportunity for the legal archival and preservation community unmask its potential!

Program proposals for AALL 2020 are now being accepted. The deadline for submissions is October 1st.

" Must have" program topics related to preservation include:

  • Information access and preservation (archives, records, and data preservation);
  • Leveraging collections and services (including creating a law archive and using Special Collections to enhance library experience and services); and
  • Accessing and protecting free official law online.

Have a great idea for a program, but want peer feedback? Seeking panelists or co-presenters? LIPA can help! Drop us a note at asklipanow@gmail.com or call (443) 975-3816.
Featured Digital Project
The Judge Ben C. Green Law Library's
(CWRU School of Law)

The collection contains over 250 patents submitted by and granted to Case Western Reserve University. Full PDF images are available of each document, which includes the date granted and all images and diagrams associated with the patent.

LIPA will be at the FDLP Conference in Arlington, Virginia on October 21st and 22nd.

Stop by and see us in Sandusky, Ohio for the ORALL and MichALL Annual Meeting and Conference 2019 October 23rd through 25th.
Do you, your patrons, or faculty want an easy, free, and open-access way to offer legal scholarship online?

Choose to share legal scholarship in LawArXiv!

LawArXiv's Two-Year Anniversary Report is available online . Check out all of the highlights like over 150,000 downloads by users in over 11 countries and which are the top most visited/downloaded papers.

Launched in May 2017,  LawArXiv  is an award-winning, free , open access, nonprofit, pre- and post-print repository for legal scholarship.

LawArXiv was developed and continues to be led by a collaboration of LIPA, MALLCO, NELLCO and the Cornell Law Library, which also provides administrative support.
Have digital materials and seeking an attractive, secure, and affordable archival solution to preserve them?

Join the Legal Information Archive project!

The  Legal Information Archive  (LIA) is a digital archive preserving and ensuring permanent access to vital legal information published online. Current participants use LIA to preserve institutional content, born-digital legal materials, and much more!

LIA is powered by Preservica’s  Cloud Edition Essentials for Consortia . Each LIA member institution receives their own instance of Preservica's Cloud Edition Essentials at an over 75% discount.

For more information, please complete the LIA Subscription Information Request form or contact  Michelle Trumbo .
Follow LIPA on Twitter ( @PreserveLawInfo ) to get the latest news and updates on issues impacting the law and preservation!