Secretary General of the Court, Heru Setiawan, accompanied by the Head of the Center for Research and Study of Cases and Library Management, Pan M. Faiz, in the "Workshop on Development of the Digital Court Library (DCL) and Optimization of Post-Indexed Scopus Journal Management at the Constitutional Court", on Thursday (9/5 /2024) in the Court Archives Building. Photo: PR/Panji
BEKASI, Public Relations of the Constitutional Court – In order to develop the library to support the case management system, the Court (MK) held a workshop on Digital Court Library (DCL) Development and Optimization of Post-Indexed Scopus Journal Management at the Constitutional Court. The workshop which took place from Thursday to Saturday ( 9/5 to 7/2024) was held at the Court Archives Building, Bekasi.
In his remark, Secretary General Heru Setiawan said that the management of cases at the Court had been digitalized. Therefore, now is the time for the Court’s Library to become a Digital Court Library (DCL). Heru realizes that becoming a DCL is not an easy thing because it requires a number of components, including an adequate data center and competent librarians. "Since Mr. Jimly's time, the Court wanted to build a big library. In the past, if asking for literacy was conducted by establishing a library next to the Judge’s Deliberation Meeting (RPH) room. However, now it is no longer relevant. So, now we have to stop procuring manual books, we have to switch to digital books," said Heru in front of the 38 participants.
In his remarks, Heru said that the DCL development carried out today was not just a technical initiative, but a strategic step to increase accessibility, transparency and quality of legal services to justices in particular and the wider community in general. "In the future, the Court’s Library will become a literacy center and provide full support for case management," expected Heru on Thursday (9/5/2024).
Digital Library Development
Meanwhile, Head of the Center for Research and Case Studies and Library Management, Pan M. Faiz, called this workshop as an effort to develop a digital library. Through this workshop, it’s expected, the Court’s Library can provide active support in handling cases.
“The Court’s library has not been optimized. In the past, there was a Constitutional Library that provided references and referrals to constitutional justices. "Now it is expected that the Court’s Library will be more active," said Faiz in the event which was also attended by the Head of the Center for Information and Communication Technology, Sigit Purnomo.
Faiz, who also became the resource person for the first session, explained the difference between a digital court library and a digital library. Faiz admitted that the Court’s Library had not optimally played its role as a digital court library which had an internal function to provide support for case management. According to him, this is caused by several factors, namely the absence of a work pattern and system that has been developed so that the Library actively provides direct support for case handling at the Constitutional Court. Then a network system that could connect the database had not yet been developed. "It's like there is no connection between SIMPUS (the Court Online Library System) and SIMPPK (Constitutional Case Handling System)," said Faiz.
Another reason, Faiz added, that the competence of librarian human resources in conducting legal research is inadequate. Apart from that, the quality of expert human resources in the IT field has not yet mastered the fields of Libraries, Artificial Intelligence and Big Data at the same time. In his presentation, Faiz said that the long-term goal (for two years) is to increase the availability of digital literature through digital courts library (DCL) which has an impact on increasing the quality of the Court decisions. As well as 7 x 24 hours access to public digital literature in the Court Library which can be accessed online anywhere and anytime. Meanwhile, the goal for the next year is to increase the Digital Literature Collection to support internal case handling and public services. "What is needed is the Expert Assistant (ASLI) and Constitutional Registrar (PASTI) friends who will assist us (librarians) how to conduct legal research," said Faiz.
AI and Digital Court Library
Adi Wijaya, lecturer at University of Indonesia Maju (UIMA) was also present as a resource person for the first session, delivering a good respond of the Court's plan to establish a digital court library. He stated that the utility of AI in the legal world is not a new thing. He mentioned there was an article written by Vicko Taniady and Steven Theonald Siahaan (published in the Journal of Legal Reform Studies at Jember University). The article discusses the use of AI with the Court. "There is a point that can be taken from this article, namely that the utility of AI by the Court can be conducted to assist constitutional justices in preparing decisions," he said, delivering material on "Artificial Intelligence (AI) to Support Legal Decision Making: LLM Model Fine-tuning Approach in Intelligent Decision Support System”.
Meanwhile, in the second session, the Head of the Law Library, Daniel S Lev Farli Elnumeri, was present as a resource person. The Daniel S Lev Law Library is used by PSHK UI, STH Indonesia Jentera, and Hukumonline. “This specific library is not that busy compared to public libraries. "Because we have to serve our clients," explained Farli.
Then another resource person who attended, namely the Executive of the Scientific Information Management Function of the Directorate of Repositories, Multimedia and Scientific Publishing-BRIN Lisda Rahayu explained about digital transformation in library services. She explained that digital transformation in the context of library services refers to the comprehensive integration of digital technology into all aspects of library activities. “Fundamentally, transforming the way libraries provide services and interacting with the readers. "This transformation is driven by the need to increase service efficiency, expand access, and improve the user experience through modern technology solutions," she explained.
In the next session, librarian of the National Library of the Republic of Indonesia, Irhamni Ali, was present as a resource person who presented material on Digital Library Support in the Development of Artificial Intelligence in the Legal Sector. At the end of the session on the first day, two Court’s IT staff, namely First Expert Computer Officer, Ishak Purnama and Policy Technical Review Officer, Adam Waluyo, provided an overview of the AI-based Court’s Library application mock-up design.
On the second day of the workshop, which will take place on Friday (9/6/2024), resource persons will present material about post-Scopus journals and journal management using AI. The speakers who are scheduled to attend the workshop include Lecturer at Muhammadiyah University of Sidoarjo (Umsida) Mochammad Tanzil Multazam and Pranoto Iskandar from the McGill Center for Human Rights & Legal Pluralism, McGill University Faculty of Law. Apart from that, the second day will also be divided into panels, each of which will finalize the Digital Court Library Concept as well as evaluate journal management and review manuscripts by Section Editors. Meanwhile, the third day will be conducted by presenting the results of the panel discussion. (*)
Author : Lulu Anjarsari P.
Editor : Lulu Anjarsari P.
Translator : Donny Yuniarto (NL)
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