Friday, August 26th is Women’s Equality Day which celebrates the 1920 passage of the 19th Amendment to the Constitution, granting women the right to vote. On Thursday evening from 4:30 – 6:30 p.m, the Wisconsin …
Month: August 2005
Current Law Journal Content Adds RSS Feeds
I’ve mentioned it before, but it’s worth reminding that Washington & Lee Law School has compiled an awesome tool called Current Law Journal Content. CLJC indexes articles from current law journal using RSS feeds. The …
Swedish Library Goes "Face-to-Face" with Prejudice
USA Today reports on the unusual program at a Swedish library that allows you to “borrow” a real live human being. From the article: This weekend, nine people, including a homosexual, an imam, a journalist, …
What Would You Have Done Differently in Law School?
Last week, ABA’s Answers of the Week featured some interesting answers to the question: If you could go back and attend law school again, what opportunity do you wish you had pursued? Or what seemed …
WI Court Summer Intern Program
The Third Branch has a nice article on the Wisconsin court system summer internship program for law students, which placed 32 volunteer law clerks in 19 counties and at the Supreme Court this summer. Highlights …
Vancouver Firm Launches RSS Feeds for Its Publications
Last week, Steve Matthews, law librarian at Clark Wilson LLP in Vancouver, announced the launch of RSS feeds for the firm’s publications. Kudos to Steve and Clark Wilson on realizing the use of RSS outside …
ReferenceUSA Business Directory Available Remotely from Madison & Milwaukee Public Libraries
As part of our continuing effort to highlight terrific databases available at no charge from local public libraries, I’d like to introduce ReferenceUSA Business. ReferenceUSA Business is a directory of over 12 million U.S. businesses. …
Wisconsin State Journal Explains Wikipedia
Today’s Wisconsin State Journal has a nice explanatory article entitled “Working on the Wikipedia.” Wikipedia is the online encyclopedia to which anyone can contribute. The article appears on the front page of the Daybreak section. …
The Downsides of Blogging
Robert Ambrogi reports on a recent article on the downsides of blogging from the Chicago Tribune. The article opens with one woman’s decision to halt her company’s 3-year-old blog. “I believe blogging is not profitable,” …
Evaluating a Blog's Content & Influence
BlogPulse is a useful new tool that can help you evaluate the content and influence of a particular blog – who authors it, how active the blog is, how it ranks in comparison with other …