Month: October 2005

Earlier this week the University of Wisconsin Digital Collections Center reached a milestone with the digitization of their 1 millionth digital object, according to Library Communications. The image, “Harvest Time,” is a painting by Lois …

Law Librarians Association of Wisconsin Vice President, Diane Duffey has compiled a useful collection of tips in the Wisconsin Law Journal article, To Google or Not to Google? Different Web Research Tactics. In the article, …

A classic from today’s Odd Wisconsin: There’s a clamor in the press this morning over the President nominating for justice of the U.S. Supreme Court a candidate who’s never sat as a judge anywhere, even …

The University of Chicago Law School has started a Faculty Blog. Although law faculty blogs are not new, a group blog of this type seems to be rather unique.

The October edition of the Wisconsin State Law Library newsletter, WSLL At Your Service is now available. Highlights include reference services, how to access Supreme Court oral arguments and more.

It’s a good thing it was hot today in Madison as UW Law School faculty, staff, and students lined up for the Student Bar Association sponsored dunk tank. The event was held to raise funds …

A couple months ago, Westlaw unveiled a new enhancement called Graphical Keycite. If you haven’t tried it yet, give it a look. I think it is vastly easier to interpret the direct history of a …

From JS Online re: DNA analysis: The state’s 11-year-old DNA database is on pace to solve more than 324 cases this year, but like elsewhere, a national backlog of unanalyzed evidence from 1,100 Wisconsin cases …