Month: July 2005

The American Association of Law Libraries Mentoring Committee has just announced a new Quick Mentor service. The Mentoring Committee has assembled a pool of experienced law librarians who will respond to AALL members’ requests for professional guidance. AALL members can submit requests for guidance using a web form that allows members to specify characteristics of …

Over at Conglomerate Blog, Marquette Law Prof. Christine Hurt gives her take on the new eighteenth edition of the Bluebook.

Today’s Odd Wisconsin post tells of the financial struggles of 19th century Wisconsin Supreme Court justices who “were paid so little that some of them had to go into debt merely to keep house in Madison.” We tend to think of such august figures as pillars of their community – – wealthy, learned, and as …

Effective July 6, 2005, the Superintendent of Documents has issued a new internal policy (ID 73) entitled, “Harvesting Federal Digital Publications for GPO’s Information Dissemination (ID) Programs.” This policy governs both manual and automated harvesting of publications from Federal agency web sites for inclusion in the Federal Depository Library and National Bibliography Programs. Other Information …

According to the Wausau Daily Herald, it seems that the Wisconsin Courts have organized a committee “charged with reviewing the Wisconsin Circuit Court Access policy on what is available on the site and whether that information is adequately explained.” The Wisconsin Circuit Court Access (WCCA) database, also known as CCAP for the case management system …

CNN.com reports on new test given to Cal State students that is designed to “evaluate Internet intelligence, measuring whether students can locate and verify reliable online information and whether they know how to properly use and credit the material.” I think that this is a wonderful idea. These are critical research skills that librarians have …

PDF for Lawyers reports that: The ABA Law Practice Management Section is sponsoring a free webinar on what’s new in the latest version of Adobe Acrobat 7.0. It’s free for ABA Members, who can register at this link. The webinar is a one hour deal that will take place on Tuesday May 24th at 12:00 …

Today’s Wisconsin State Journal has an interesting piece on local reaction to Justice Sandra Day O’Connor’s retirement from the Supreme Court. It includes comments by Wisconsin Chief Justice Shirley Abrahamson; Wisconsin State Bar President, Michelle Behnke; professor emeritus of law at UW- Madison, Gordon Baldwin; and State Rep. Mark Gundrum. Update: It appears that the …

County law libraries have been added to the DCLRC’s list of Wisconsin Law Libraries Open to the Public. This handy list gives location, contact info, hours, and basic resources available for each library. Source: DCLRC Blawg