Month: July 2004

“The Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau is now offering a wide array of RSS feeds. The feeds are organized by topic, and range from state budget briefs, to general legislative news to specific feeds covering a category like K-12 education developments.” An excellent way to monitor new LRB publications! Source: Blawg

I’ve recently updated my guide to Sources of Legal Information for the Wisconsin Attorney. Organized by type of law (case law; citators; legislation; regulations; law review/legal journal articles), the guide shows where such information can be found electronically and at what cost. Emphasis is placed on sources of free information from libraries in Wisconsin. A …

NationMaster is an excellent new site that compiles a myriad of statistics by nation and displays them in graphically in maps and charts. And it’s free! From NationMaster: “NationMaster is a vast compilation of data from such sources as the CIA World Factbook, United Nations, World Health Organization, World Bank, World Resources Institute, UNESCO, UNICEF …

NYT Article – You’ve Got Mail (and Court Says Others Can Read It) “Last week a federal appeals court ruled that federal wiretap laws do not apply to e-mail messages if they are stored, even for a millisecond, on the computers of Internet providers.” Source: New York Times, July 6, 2004

Cindy Chick of LawLibTech has put together an excellent tutorial on RSS. She explains what RSS feeds are, why they are useful, how to subscribe to them, and more. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED for anyone wanting to learn more about blogs and RSS. – What is RSS – Getting Started with RSS Aggregators – Using Bloglines – …

Couldn’t make it to last month’s CALI Conference for Law School Computing in Seattle. That’s ok – the nice folks at CALI are making Webcasts of most programs available on their Web site. From CALI News: “Some 60 sessions dealing with topics from distance education to ABA standards to blogging are now linked through the …

From the Dane County Legal Resource Center: Free Legal Information Sessions will be held monthly on various topics related to legal research or court procedures. Presented by DCLRC staff in Room 315 of the Courthouse, no legal advice will be given at these sessions. The public is welcome to attend. Contact us for more information, …