David Selden
Projects Completed:
Web Site Enhancements:
The Library, which co-manages web site
maintenance with IT and Development,
created several new web site tools this
year.
First, the NARF home page now features
a 3-tabbed area in the center.
Previously, only a welcome
message/mission statement took up this
area. Now, the welcome
message/mission statement appears
first, but people can click on two
additional tabs to bring other information
to the forefront. Currently we feature
news/events and publications. This tool
creates additional space on the home
page to feature information.
We created a podcast
page at
http://www.narf.org/events/podcasts.htm to
provide audio files of interviews with
NARF Attorneys. Attorneys are contacted
frequently by Development to report
upcoming interviews. The Library then
adds the podcast to the NARF site.
For those who use RSS feeds to organize
information coming from blogs, we
created a simple shortcut for people to
add the NARF and NILL news blogs to
their preferred RSS Reader. See
http://www.narf.org/events/news.htm for
example, and scroll to the bottom of the
page.
These tools combined have created a
more exciting multi-media web site for
NARF visitors.
Projects in Progress:
U.S. Legislation Indian Law Bulletin:
The library is developing a new Indian
Law Bulletin to include U.S. legislation.
This bulletin will highlight and provide
information about current legislation
before Congress. This will be an
important addition to the case law, news,
law review, and U.S. regulatory bulletins
already being published and is expected
to help NILL in its future fundraising
efforts. The new bulletin is expected to
be published by December 2008.
Research
Catalog Updates: This quarter
we added records for all radio programs
(since 2001) on Native America Calling
that have featured NARF attorneys. NAC's
web site provides program archives back
this far. For students or others who
would generally not be granted an interview
with an attorney, this resource presents
another way for people to hear NARF
attorneys speak on particular Indian law
issues. The Library has been working
with Development to advertise other
podcasts of NARF Attorneys, and these
are linked at
http://www.narf.org/events/podcasts.htm(as mentioned above).
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