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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …