If you haven’t noticed, I’m a big fan of RSS. So I think it’s pretty cool that library systems are starting to offer RSS notification of items checked-out, overdue, and on-hold. Wouldn’t it be nice …
Month: June 2005
Legal Guide for Bloggers
The Electronic Frontier Foundation, “a nonprofit group of passionate people working to protect your digital rights,” has compiled a very useful web site devoted to blogger’s rights. One of the highlights of the site is …
Grants for Organizations Seminar
On Tuesday, June 21st, UW Memorial Library’s Grants Information Collection will host a presentation focused on grants for organizations. Erika Wittlieb, coordinator of the nationwide network of Foundation Center Cooperating Collections in New York, will …
National Digital Newspaper Program to Create Database of Historical Newspapers
From a partnership between the National Endowment of the Humanities and the Library of Congress comes the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP). Over a period of approximately 20 years, NDNP will create a national, digital …
View Old Web Pages with the Wayback Machine
Wish you could go back in time to view a Web page as it looked five years ago? You just might be able to with the Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine. This amazing resource has archived …
List of Law Professor Blogs
PrawfsBlawg has compiled a list of law professor blogs – 103 in all. Although as Althouse points out, there are undoubtedly more. Only two out of five UW Law School professor blogs were counted. Source: …
Charts for State Court Structure
Compared to states like New York, Wisconsin’s state court structure is fairly straightforward. The National Center for State Courts (NCSC) has compiled state court structure charts for each state. Select a state from the U.S. …
Business & Company Resource Center Database from Milwaukee Public Library
The Business and Company Resource Center is a great database of detailed company and industry news and information available from the Milwaukee Public Library. It contains company profiles, brand information, rankings, investment reports, company histories, …
United to Offer In-flight Wireless Internet
Information Week reports that United Airlines has partnered with Verizon to install wireless Internet access to its fleet becoming the first domestic airline to receive FAA approval. However, it must still get approval from the …
UW's Giant "Corpse Flower" Has Live Webcam
Another Titan Arum, the giant flower nicknamed “corpse flower” for it’s pungent aroma, is set to bloom soon at the UW Botany Garden and Greenhouses – right next door to the UW Law School. As …