Next week marks the fourth annual Wisconsin Book Festival in Madison (October 13-17). The schedule features events all around the Madison area, including discussions by renowned writers, including Isabel Allende, James Magnuson, Philip Gourevitch, Tim …
Year: 2005
UWDC Digitizes 1 Millionth Object
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 …
Article Offers Tips on Finding Authoritative Information Efficiently on the Web
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, …
Judicial Experience, or Lack Thereof
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 …
Univ of Chicago Law Faculty Blog
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.
WSLL At Your Service October Edition
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.
UW Law School SBA Organizes Dunk Tank for Hurricane Relief
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 …
Graphical KeyCite for Cases – and soon Legislation
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 …
State's DNA Database Suffers from Backlog
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 …
EverNote, An Awesome Note Taking Tool
I recently discovered a new note taking tool called EverNote and I just love it. I’m starting work on a book and needed a way to manage my notes. 3×5 index cards weren’t going to …