The ALA Champion UW-Madison SLIS Book Cart Drill Team put on a heck of a show this afternoon. With up-and-coming librarians like these, it won’t be long before we finally shatter that shushing, bun-wearing, finger-pointing …
Month: June 2005
Winning UW Book Cart Drill Team Puts on Show Today at College Library
If you are on campus at noon today, stop by H.C. White Hall (College Library) to watch a performance by library school students who have created a Book Cart Drill Team. The team recently won …
Milwaukee Falls from List of Twenty Largest U.S. Cities
The Milwaukee JS Online reports that for the first time since before the Civil War, Milwaukee is not among the 20 largest cities in the United States, according the U.S. Census Bureau. With southern cities …
Proposal Made to Seize Justice Souter's Property
Yahoo News reports that: Following a Supreme Court ruling last week that gave local governments power to seize private property, someone has suggested taking over Justice David Souter’s New Hampshire farmhouse and turning it into …
Introduction to Legal Materials: A Manual for Non-Law Librarians in Wisconsin
The Public Access to Legal Information Committee of the Law Librarians Association of Wisconsin has produced a wonderful guide entitled, Introduction to Legal Materials: A Manual for Non-Law Librarians in Wisconsin. Although the primary intended …
Conference: Upgrading to ePractice
On Thursday, July 14th, UW Milwaukee will be hosting a conference entitled Upgrading to ePractice. Clueless about eDiscovery? This conference offers the most up-to-date, comprehensive technology resources. Document scanning, acquiring electronic data, testimony management and …
AALL Annual Meeting Blog
AALLamo Blog, the blog for the 2005 American Association of Law Libraries Annual Meeting, is now up and running. The annual meeting will be held July 16-20 in San Antonio, TX. AALL members attending the …
Wisconsin License Lookup for Professionals & Businesses
The Wisconsin Department of Regulation and Licensing offers a free license lookup database for Wisconsin health professionals, business professionals, business entities, and charitable organizations. With the database, you can see the license number, location, profession, …
Government Report Says MSN Search Adult Filter Most Effective
From Search Engine Watch: A new report from the Government Accountability Office says that the adult filter at MSN Search is more effective at blocking adult content than similar filters at Google and Yahoo.
Over 30,000 Books Missing from French National Library
The Independent (London) reports on the discovery of major thefts at the Bibliothèque Nationale de France (French National Library) in Paris. It is believed that more than 30,000 books, including 1,000 rare and priceless items, …