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Fiji Law Libraries Interest Group
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History
The Fiji Law Libraries Interest Group (FLLIG) was born out of a unanimous decision and as a direct outcome of the sponsored AUSAID Law and Justice Programme Workshops held in Suva on April 6 th and April 19 th 2004 . The main objective of the FLLIG was to form a combined voice amongst law librarians in Fiji to look after the member's professional development and ways to improve and enhance the delivery of legal information services. This is anticipated to be realized through cooperative sharing of resources and skills to ensure the efficient and speedy delivery of information as and when they are required by users. As law librarianship is a demanding field of special librarianship, the high expectation from the level of clientele these librarians serve also demands continuing professional training and total dedication.
It is hoped that the FLLIG would be able to lobby management for professional development support and improved law library services whether they be in terms of collection development, equipment selection or services enhancement.
Members of this newly formed FLLIG include library staff from the High Court libraries (Suva & Lautoka); the AG's Chamber's Library; Parliament Library; Police Academy library; IJALS; Munro Leys Library; Law Reform Commission Library and the Fiji Human Rights Commission Library. The chairmanship will be rotated annually amongst law librarians for total involvement and ownership of projects initiated by members.
Executives
The past and current executives for the last 3 years have been:
2004 - Chairperson - Vere Bavadra - Information Research Officer, Fiji Human Rights Commission
Secretary - Hadassah Duaibe - Librarian, Munro Leys Legal Firm
2005 - Chairperson - Hadassah Duaibe - Librarian, Munro Leys Legal Firm
Secretary - Vere Bavadra - Information Research Officer, Fiji Human Rights Commission
2006 - Chairperson - Kesaia Tuikoro - Librarian, Suva High Court Library
Secretary - Susana Macanawai - Librarian, Institute of Justice & Legal Studies, USP
Membership
The following Fiji law libraries are members of the FLLIG with listed contact persons and contact information :
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Kesa Tuikoro
High Court Library
Judicial Dept., Govt. Bldgs.
SUVA
Ph: 3211 524
Email: ktuikoro@govnet.gov.fj
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Aisake Ditoka
High Court Library
Judicial Dept., Govt. Bldgs.
SUVA
Ph: 3211 524 -
Salochana Kumar
High Court Library
Lautoka
Ph: 666 8077
Fax: 6640 236
Email: Salochnakumar@yahoo.com.au
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Deepak Singh
Attorney-General's Chambers
Suvavou House, or
PO Box 2213 , Govt. Bldgs
Suva
Ph: 3309 866 x 835
Email: deepak.singh@govnet.gov.fj -
Shalen Kumar
DPP Office
29, Gladstone St. or
PO Box 2355 , Govt. Bldgs.
SUVA
Ph: 3211 237
Email: skumar008@govnet.gov.fj -
Vere Babitu
Fiji Human Rights Commission
Level 2, Civic Tower
SUVA
Ph: 3308 577
Email: vbabitu@humanrights.org.fj
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Rasieli Bau
Parliamentary Library
Parliament House
Veiuto, SUVA
Ph: 3305 811 x 427
Email: rbau@parliament.gov.fj
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Fane Buadromo
Parliamentary Library
Parliament House
Veiuto, SUVA
Ph: 3305 811 x 268
Email: fbuadromo@parliament.gov.fj -
Susana Macanawai
Inst of Justice & Applied Legal Studies
Lower Laucala Campus
Vatuwaqa, SUVA
Ph: 3232 981
Email: macanawai_s@usp.ac.fj -
Navinesh Kumar
Fiji Law Reform Commission
Level 5, Civic Tower, or
PO Box 2194 , Govt Bldgs .
SUVA
Ph: 3303 900
Email: navinesh.kumar@govnet.gov.fj
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Maca Pasi
Fiji Police Academy
Nasova, SUVA
Ph: 3312 522 x 220
Email: pasi_lemaira@yahoo.com
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Vasiti Manivora Fiji Police Academy
Nasova, SUVA
Ph: 3312 522 x 220
Email: vmanivora@yahoo.com
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Loraine Bhan
Munro Leys, Solicitors
Pacific House, Butt St. or
PO Box 149
SUVA
Ph: 3221 820
Email: loraine.bhan@munroleyslaw.com.fj
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Mereia Qiolevu
Munro Leys, Solicitors
Pacific House, Butt St
P.O.Box 149
SUVA
Ph : 3221 832
Email: mereia.qiolevu@munroleyslaw.com.fj
Consultant
The inception and continuing activities of the FLLIG has been due largely to the dedicated mentoring of Lorraine Weinman, Law Library Adviser, Fiji/Australia Law & Justice Sector Program . Lorraine has been spearheading initiatives in the last 3 years through her consultancy to improve Collection development, Library automation, Library budget planning , Designing library building plans, IT skills development and assistance in professional training proposals for law libraries in Fiji and law library staff. Developing a Strategic Plan for FLLIG is definitely next on the agenda for the group.
Projects/Activities
The following projects and activities have been realised so far:
2004 :
• Two Workshops conducted by the Law Libraries Adviser, Lorraine Weinman.
2005 :
• Retreat for Law Librarians
• IT skills lunch hour sessions
• Reference collection acquisitions
• Reactivation of Fiji Police Academy 'Alice for Windows' library system
• Computer packages to 7 law libraries
• Office equipment for Lautoka and Suva High Court Libraries, Legal Aid Commission and IJALS
• Sponsorship of the Munro Leys librarian to the 2004 Canberra ALLG Conference
• Sponsorship to the 2005 Hobart ALLG Conference for the Police Academy Librarian
• Cataloguing Project using CDS-ISIS in the Suva High Court Library
2006 :
• Cataloguing project continuing with CDS - ISIS completed in High court Library and starting in the Fiji Human Rights Commission, Law Reform Commission and AG's Chambers Library
• Retreat for law librarians
• Legal Research Training for law librarians, lawyers, and judges - by Di Thompson, South Australia Legal Aid Commission Librarian
News
Legal Research specialist to assist FLLIG members
As part of its continuing assistance, the Fiji Law & Justice Sector Program, on the recommendation of legal adviser Janet Maughan and law library adviser Lorraine Weinman has engaged a legal research specialist to assist law libraries staff. Di Thompson from the Adelaide South Australia Legal Aid Commission will be in Suva in May 2006 to provide training in the use of legal materials on the Internet. She will assist librarians, lawyers and members of the judiciary to access electronic sites and data bases.
Di Thompson will work with staff in all the law and justice agencies, using group as well as individual sessions. Training will also be provided for staff in the courts in Lautoka and Labasa if internet connections are in place during this training period.
This important training will enhance work practices, and provide professional development for FLLIG members .
2006 Retreat Resolutions:
• Integrated Library System
FLLIG will work towards improvements to current systems with a view to the implementation of an integrated library management system depending on each particular library's needs.
• Union Catalog
Each library is to put their collection into electronic format with a view to the creation of a union catalog which will be available on the internet through the HRC web site.
• List Serve
A list serve is to be created to enhance communication between members. This is to be completed before December 2006. HRC will lead this project.
• ILL Code
An ILL Code is to be developed for Fiji Law Libraries to follow.
• Nomination to Conferences
Kesa and Susana to put submissions to the FLJSP for funding of FLLIG participation at the conferences in Palau and Melbourne .
• Strategic Planning
Will be an agenda item for the workshop in 2007.
• Workshop 2007
A follow up workshop to be held in 2007 with lesser topics on the agenda with each issue to be addressed in greater depth. To make submission to the FLJSP to include funding in its 2007 Annual Plan for the following
• A Law Library Adviser for 3 months to assist in the preparation of the Strategic Plan and review the progress of FLLIG activities and 2006 resolutions
• A consultant Law Librarian to review and undertake training in Advanced Legal Research and follow up on the work done in 2006.
ILL Code for Fiji Law Libraries
Introduction:
The Fiji Law Libraries Interest Group has set out this Code to emphasise its support for the concepts of resource sharing, cooperation and fairness between libraries, and respect for the moral and intellectual rights of authors.
Basic Principles:
The Fiji Law Libraries Interest Group recognises that resource sharing is important to meet the needs of library users.
However, it is also important to recognise that inter library loan should never be a substitute for the purchase of library materials to meet the primary needs of each library's users. Each library must have an adequate collection of materials within its primary subject area.
The purpose of inter library loan is to obtain materials a library cannot purchase because they fall outside the scope of the library's core collection development policy.
Guidelines:
Participation in interlibrary loan is voluntary, but all law libraries are encouraged to join. Members are encouraged to work together to ensure an efficient and effective service.
If a library is a borrower, it is mandatory to follow the Code and lend as well. The system cannot work only one way.
There will be no charges between participating libraries.
To respect intellectual property rights, an entire book will never be copied.
The Code states very strongly that inter library loan is only between libraries. Users may never make personal requests, nor may they arrive in person to borrow a book without first having gone through their library.
Service standards:
Libraries will supply requested items as quickly as possible, keep the requesting library informed of any delays, and be as helpful as possible.
Requesting libraries must be reasonable in their requests. They should never overuse an inter library loan source, nor demand items in an unreasonable time frame, so as not to strain the resources of the other library. They should make requests as early as possible, never at the last minute unless absolutely unavoidable, and then the rush should be explained.
The lending library should keep all requests confidential, both for the requesting library and its user.
A library reserves the right to mark certain materials as " Not for Inter Library Loan" . These may be Reference books, rare books, or materials in constant use internally. The librarian may also refuse to recall a book already out on internal loan. In these cases the requesting library may ask for photocopies of a few pages.
Libraries should not ask another library to obtain material from its overseas "twin". This is abuse of a privilege. If overseas material is often needed, a library should try to get its own overseas twin.
Responsibilities:
The borrowing library will be responsible for pick up and return of the item.
The borrowing library accepts responsibility for the borrowed item, for its safety, and to observe any special conditions placed by the lending library, eg. special care of rare, old or brittle books. It will also accept liability for loss or damage.
The borrowing library will honour the due date for return of the item. If it is required back suddenly and urgently, it will take special care to ensure its immediate return.
Conclusion:
Each participating law library, by inter library cooperation and resource sharing, increases its own capacity and the capability of all other libraries. This creates a strong cross-sector information network to support all law and justice agencies in Fiji .
Helpful links:
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Fiji Law Reform Commission
http://www.lawreform.gov.fj/common/Default.aspx -
Fiji Human Rights Commission
http://www.humanrights.org.fj/ -
Parliament of Fiji
http://www.parliament.gov.fj/main/index.aspx -
Fiji Police Force
http://www.police.gov.fj/index.html -
Pacific Islands Legal Information Institute
http://www.paclii.org -
Fiji Island Laws
http://www.paclii.org/databases.html#FJ -
ITC Services on Laws of Fiji
http://www.itc.gov.fj/lawnet/fiji_laws.html -
Institute of Justice and Applied Legal Studies
http://www. ijals.vanuatu.usp.ac.fj