1. TECHNOLOGIES FOR LAW PUBLISHING Presented at the AfricanLii’ Institute on the July 31- Aug 2 Johannesburg - South Africa By Kerry Anderson and Martin Mbui, ICT Systems Administrator National Council for Law Reporting - Kenya

2. This presentation defines, explains and advices on the various Technologies that may be used for Law Publishing Abstract

3. Functional Requirements. The KLR and the AfricanLii – supported software solutions. Workflows. IT Hardware, Software and skills requirements. Innovations. Technologies For Law Publishing

4. A state corporation in the Judiciary of Kenya. Established by the National Council for Law Reporting Act, Act No. 11 of 1994 The mandate of the Council is to: Publish the Kenya Law Reports, which are the official law reports of the Republic of Kenya Revise, consolidate and publish the Laws of Kenya; About the National Council for Law Reporting:

5. Vision: “To be the premier resource institution in Africa providing reliable and accessible legal information to the public” “To provide access to public legal information in order to aid the administration of and access to justice, the knowledge and practice of law and the development of jurisprudence”. “Transforming legal information into public knowledge”. Mission: Slogan:

6. Functional Requirements:

7. Source Code License Open Collaboration Terminology - Open Source:

8. Website (www.kenyalaw.org)www.kenyalaw.org Designed using TYPO3 (4.2.8) Content Management System (CMS) The KLR and the AfricanLii – supported software solutions:

9. Departments LOK EDITORIAL STRATEGY HUMAN RESOURCE BRH SALES FINANCE Workflows

10. Operating Systems Windows (PC, Server) Macintosh (Mac) Unix (Linux, SunSolaris, CentOS, Ubuntu, Mandriva, etc) IT Hardware, Software and Skills Requirements :

12. Publishing: Pagemaker Adobe CS6 Suite E-Pub Graphics: Adobe CS6 Suite Document Management System (DMS) Common Repository File Alfresco Resource Management System (RMS) In-Built IT Hardware, Software and Skills Requirements :

14. Email: Zimbra ZDesktop Outlook IT Hardware, Software and Skills Requirements :

16. Helpdesk: OTRS (Open Source Ticket Request System)

17. IT Hardware, Software and Skills Requirements :

19. Human Resource Management System (HRMS): Personal Info. Management Leave Management Administration Module Time and Attendance Employee Self Service (ESS) Recruitment Performance Module IT Hardware, Software and Skills Requirements :

20. Database: MySQL PostgresQ IT Hardware, Software and Skills Requirements :

21. Network Infrastructure - Intranet (LAN) Router Switches Access Points Firewall Connectivity (Structured & wireless) ISP (Fiber Optics, Wi-Max, Twisted Pairs) IT Hardware, Software and Skills Requirements :

22. Computers (Windows Based) Computers (Mac) Servers Wiring Cabinets Server Racks Air-Conditioners Data Centers KVM Switches Printers Scanners IT Hardware, Software and Skills Requirements :

24. Necessity Trends in technology Technology Membership Groups Social Media Applications (Tabs, Ipads, Web, etc) Innovations:

25. Question from audience 1. Website access by people with disability? Know your Users, (Blind Users, Partial/poor sight, Colour blindness, keyboard/ voice users, others) JAWS 2.Access Control Measures? 3.Web Formatting? 4.DMS? 5.CMS Management? 6.Scanned Document Conversion? 7.Security? 8.Backups? 9.Resistance to Change (Law VS IT)? 10.Inhouse VS Outsourcing?

26. Question from audience 11. Attract Users (Judicial Officers)? 12. Contingency Plans (Expansion, Offline courts etc)? 13. Multi-Language? 14. Statistics Monitor.

27. Awards: Technology in Government in Africa

28. International Association of Law libraries

29. - THANK YOU!- The end