Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment And Facilities - Grant ID: LE0882782
Funder
Australian Research Council
Funding Amount
$169,776.00
Summary
The Australian Legal Scholarship Library - enhancing research infrastructure for Australian law. It is difficult to find Australian legal scholarship of the last 50 years because too little of it is available online or searchable from any central location. The Australian Legal Scholarship Library, located on AustLII, will remedy that by creating a comprehensive repository for Australian academic and non-profit law journals, law school repositories for all of their new scholarship no matter whe ....The Australian Legal Scholarship Library - enhancing research infrastructure for Australian law. It is difficult to find Australian legal scholarship of the last 50 years because too little of it is available online or searchable from any central location. The Australian Legal Scholarship Library, located on AustLII, will remedy that by creating a comprehensive repository for Australian academic and non-profit law journals, law school repositories for all of their new scholarship no matter where it is eventually published, and smart methods of finding how legal documents relate to each other. People researching Australian law, whether for business, academic or community purposes, will benefit from better access to this wealth of expertise.Read moreRead less
Developing Aboriginal Social Capital for participants not spectators in the Australian economy. If a sector of Indigenous Australians can be taught to understand financial management, resource budgeting and financial planning (personal attributes that Western society values, yet often takes for granted); it is anticipated that they will in turn seek to improve their social position and look at wealth creation to reduce their dependence in a welfare culture. These people can be educated and encou ....Developing Aboriginal Social Capital for participants not spectators in the Australian economy. If a sector of Indigenous Australians can be taught to understand financial management, resource budgeting and financial planning (personal attributes that Western society values, yet often takes for granted); it is anticipated that they will in turn seek to improve their social position and look at wealth creation to reduce their dependence in a welfare culture. These people can be educated and encouraged to be active participants within the wider Australian economy, the national and community benefit will be the development of independent citizens and the creation of social capital that is financial knowledge. Read moreRead less
Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment And Facilities - Grant ID: LE0560983
Funder
Australian Research Council
Funding Amount
$611,188.00
Summary
World Legal Information Institute (WorldLII): Australia's lead role in creating global legal research infrastructure (Stage 3). The Australasian Legal Information Institute (AustLII) is leading the development of a comprehensive global free access Internet legal research facility ('WorldLII' - the World Legal Information Institute), in cooperation with an international consortium of free access legal information providers . We are simultaneously extending the quantity and quality of AustLII as ....World Legal Information Institute (WorldLII): Australia's lead role in creating global legal research infrastructure (Stage 3). The Australasian Legal Information Institute (AustLII) is leading the development of a comprehensive global free access Internet legal research facility ('WorldLII' - the World Legal Information Institute), in cooperation with an international consortium of free access legal information providers . We are simultaneously extending the quantity and quality of AustLII as Australia's only national legal research infrastructure, and integrating it into the emerging WorldLII structure and standards. All Australian legal researchers, and the Australian community, are benefiting. Stage 3 completes the core databases, retrieval facilities and interfaces, increases system security and reliability, and satisfies rapidly increasing access demands.Read moreRead less