Legal Research News and Information with an Emphasis on Wisconsin
Update: According to the TVC Alert, the national cell phone directory will used to provide a wireless directory-assistance service and not sold to third parties. Cell phone owners will have to opt-in. ————————————– It appears that a national directory of cell phone numbers is on the horizon. Luckily, the Federal Trade Commission has set up …
Today I’m giving a presentation entitled, “Blogging @ Your Library: Finding, Reading, and Creating Library Blogs” to the Fox Valley Library Council. For the first half of the session, I’ll give a powerpoint presentation introducing blogs and their value to librarians, techniques for finding and reading blogs (using Bloglines), and finally, outlining the steps for …
If you ever have to conduct medical research, you are probably already aware of PubMed, the free medical literature database from the National Library of Medicine. Now there is a new service called HubMed, an alternate search of the PubMed database that creates a custom RSS feed based on your search results. Simply click on …
      Today’s Wisconsin State Journal has a font page story about blogs. UW Law School blogs are featured prominently. According to the story, “At UW–Madison, the law school seems to be a leading force in blog development, with at least a dozen formed in the past year or two by professors and students.” …
From the E-LawLibrary Weblog: Brayton Purcell, a California law firm, filed a lawsuit against another law firm when it discovered that the defendant’s Web site had posted a significant amount of content from the firm’s Elder Abuse Information site. The complaint accused Recordan & Recordan of copyright infringement, false advertising, and unfair competition (Case No. …
Wisconsin wetlands is the topic of the latest Tap the Power from the Legislative Reference Bureau Library. Wisconsin’s wetlands serve many important functions, including fish and wildlife habitat, water quality protection, flood storage, and erosion control. . . . Wisconsin has lost more than five million, or approximately half, of its original wetland base since …
A couple of notices regarding the Wisconsin Legislative Notification Service: It will be unavailable from December 10th, 2004 till January 3rd, 2005. With the start of the 2005-06 legislature session, all subscriptions for notification from the 2003-04 session will be cleared. If you wish to continue monitoring, you will need to resubscribe to items again …
This month, Madison, Wisconsin was awarded fourth place in the Center for Digital Government’s Top 10 Digital Cities for the 125,000-249,999 population category. The annual study examines how city governments are utilizing digital technologies to better serve their citizens and streamline operations. From the CDG site: Top 10 Digital Cities 250,000 or more population category: …
It seems that a lot of people are asking – “What’s a blog?” Recently, Merriam-Webster Inc announced the top ten Words of the Year 2004 and number one on the list was “blog” The list is a compilation of the most researched words on the Merriam-Webster Web dictionary sites each year. It is estimated that …
Sometimes it’s hard to tell if a Web source is legitimate or not – even for the BBC. According to the TVC Alert: On Friday, the 20th anniversary of the Bhopal chemical plant accident that killed 3800 people, the BBC reported that Dow Chemical–the current owners of the plant–would establish a $12 billion compensation fund. …