Over the last decades Lexum consistently strived to make Canadian legislation easier to access over the Internet. Our objective is to continue providing free access to legislative material using our latest technologies as broadly as possible. In this line of thoughts three sets of Canadian legislation are permanently made available online using Qweri, our versatile […] Read more
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Pierre-Paul
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What Users Do with Lexbox
Last year Lexum decided to explore a new approach aiming to improve legal research on free websites and making it easier to track over time. It resulted in the launch of Lexbox, a free Google Chrome extension designed to become your legal research workspace. Lexbox allows you to store links to searches, cases, legislation or […] Read more
Pierre-Paul
Lemyre
State Administrative Decisions Census
This post includes preliminary results and findings from a survey of the status of online access to administrative decisions in the US. This survey was conducted over the course of September 2016 and is based on and replicates the methodology developed by Sarah Glassmeyer for the State Legal Information Census published in 2015. The main […] Read more
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Making the Move Online – BCCRT, Decisia and Access to Justice
As a Canadian tribunal is moving online for the very first time, the push towards increasing access to justice using technology is as loud as ever. In July 2016, the British Columbia’s Civil Resolution Tribunal (BCCRT) started hearing small claims cases online. In a system plagued by the constant backlog caused by an ever-growing caseload, […] Read more
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Using the Qweri User Interface
Documentation detailing how Qweri end users can navigate and leverage Qweri web-based interface. View this document with Qweri. Read more
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Using the Qweri Administrative Interface
Documentation detailing how Qweri administrators can configure and update their databases using Qweri web-based administrative interface. View this document with Qweri. Read more
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Formatting MS-Word Documents for Publication in Qweri
This guide documents the best practices for formatting MS-Word documents with the goal of ensuring optimal publishing in Qweri. View this document with Qweri. Read more
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The Washington Public Employment Relations Commission Launches a New Decision Search Engine with Decisia
The Washington Public Employment Relations Commission (Washington PERC) recently enhanced its website by consolidating four types of content with the help of Decisia. Thanks to Decisia it is now possible to undertake a combined search of all of Washington PERC decisions from one single access point. The brand new decisions website is available at: http://decisions.perc.wa.gov The Washington PERC decision... Read more
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The Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario Now Using Decisia
The Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario rolled out a new and entirely redesigned website, including a new decision search appliance powered by Decisia. The “Search IPC Decisions” product can be consulted at http://decisions.ipc.on.ca and includes decisions in the areas of access to information, privacy and health. The site features Decisia’s fast and intelligent search, flexible search... Read more
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Qweri 1.13: Introducing Customizable Metadata Fields
Lexum is pleased to announce Qweri 1.13. Here’s what’s new: Customizable Metadata Fields Qweri 1.13 introduces customizable metadata fields to facilitate searching and sorting of documents. You can now create any number of metadata fields based on dates and strings in Qweri accounts. Creation of personalized metadata fields is completed from the new Metadata tab added to Qweri's administrative interface. Fields can be assigned to any given document from the Document tab, along with the corresponding value(s). Improved Dashboard Not only has the look for the Qweri Dashboard been... Read more