National Indian Law Library
David Selden

Special Projects Completed

Practical Guide to Indian Child Welfare Act Updated on NILL Web Site:

NILL has performed research, editing and web publishing updates for the Practical Guide to the Indian Child Welfare Act publication on the NARF web site. See: www.narf.org/icwa. Updates include: home page and overall website redesign for easier access, new and updated cases, state court rules and statutes relating to the ICWA , and improved ICWA website searching. The work on the ICWA guide is funded by a grant from the Bureau of Indian Affairs.

Access to Tribal Law Project Policies & Procedures for Efficient Updates and Permissions Tracking:
Mauda Moran, the Library and Information Technology Assistant has assisted with the implementation of a streamlined approach to solicit, track and update new tribal law in the NILL print and electronic collections. She also has implemented a system to track tribal code content requests and permissions. This system helps NILL staff efficiently contact, update and publish new content to the NILL Tribal Law Gateway.

Special Projects Underway Coordination and Management of NARF Information Technology Requests:
The NARF Tech Team: Mauda Moran, Chris Pereira and David Selden have designed and are implementing a new database to track and store information related to NARF in-house information technology (IT) requests. The purpose of this database is to allow the Tech Team to monitor and promptly respond to such IT requests. In addition, NARF employees requesting IT help will be able to track the status of their requests and the IT team will be able to store and retrieve tips and solutions to problems that may re-occur in the future. The overall goal of the new IT management system is to provide quicker responses to NARF IT needs and to enable the IT staff to perform their work more efficiently.
2011 NILL Statistics

Number of Research Requests for Fiscal Year 2011