Comments on: Link rot in court decisions http://www.slaw.ca/2009/05/07/link-rot-in-court-decisions/ A Canadian cooperative weblog on all things legal. Sat, 20 Mar 2010 05:07:09 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Kristopher Nelson http://www.slaw.ca/2009/05/07/link-rot-in-court-decisions/comment-page-1/#comment-704503 Kristopher Nelson Sat, 09 May 2009 18:53:49 +0000 http://www.slaw.ca/?p=8471#comment-704503 I've heard the argument a number of times that this is why citing to electronic publications is not a good idea. I've never really bought that argument, but this kind of number really gives me pause. The librarians I know are always worrying about this kind of thing, too, suggesting that the lack of a stable system (whether its a unified national system or a decentralized, library-based archival system, perhaps) will cause more and more trouble going forward. I don't think this issue is something that has been adequately addressed as yet as we transition away from relatively stable print media (which can be spread out as well geographically). I'll be curious to see where we are on this in another 10 years... I’ve heard the argument a number of times that this is why citing to electronic publications is not a good idea. I’ve never really bought that argument, but this kind of number really gives me pause.

The librarians I know are always worrying about this kind of thing, too, suggesting that the lack of a stable system (whether its a unified national system or a decentralized, library-based archival system, perhaps) will cause more and more trouble going forward.

I don’t think this issue is something that has been adequately addressed as yet as we transition away from relatively stable print media (which can be spread out as well geographically). I’ll be curious to see where we are on this in another 10 years…

]]> By: Wendy Reynolds http://www.slaw.ca/2009/05/07/link-rot-in-court-decisions/comment-page-1/#comment-704480 Wendy Reynolds Fri, 08 May 2009 17:19:42 +0000 http://www.slaw.ca/?p=8471#comment-704480 Very interesting, and a really great idea for further investigation, Shaunna. I suspect that most of the broken links will prove to be to government documents or to the websites of particular courts/tribunals. This highlights the need for a stable national repository for government publications. Very interesting, and a really great idea for further investigation, Shaunna. I suspect that most of the broken links will prove to be to government documents or to the websites of particular courts/tribunals. This highlights the need for a stable national repository for government publications.

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