Dr. Dr. Akash Singh, Priya Rai
With the advancement of technology, the world witnessed the rapid growth of research and development activities. Research and development activities ensued in a huge literature outcome. The invention of the internet and World Wide Web reduced distances among scientific institutions around the world. Research, education, and policymaking institutions started sharing scholarly and literary outcomes around the world. Great initiatives like Budapest Open Access Initiative, Bethesda Statement, and the Berlin Declaration played an important role in the open access movement of digital information. Montreal Declaration during Law Via Internet Conference in 2002 resulted in a dawning era for Free Access to Law Movement around the world. In 2010, Durham Statement adopted by law librarians of Law Schools in the United States of America is also counted an important development where all law librarians agreed to facilitate access of law reviews in open access to cut printing cost and greater accessibility of the scholarly articles published in law reviews. UNESCO guidelines for public government information also supported free access to government information to the public which involves public money. The topic of the book “Public Digital Estate” is actually a combined idea of both the author based on the English law term used for copyright left or without copyright work “Public Domain”. Reveal their motivation and inspiration for writing the book. The idea of the book is based on our experiences gained working for law libraries for the last fifteen years. Currently, India has more than 2000 academic institutions including law universities, departments, affiliated colleges, and research institutions. Uneven distribution of financial allocation for law libraries has made a greater difference between institutional outcomes. Centrally and few state-funded institutions facilitated access of legal information through subscription-based databases, however, the majority of law librarie
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