Year: 2005

If I actually use one-tenth of the stuff I came away with at BlawgThink, I’ll consider it a smashing success. This gathering of legal bloggers was, by far, the most invigorating conference I’ve ever attended. The sessions were informative and the guest list impressive. But the best part was the networking with other blawggers. Yeah …

Legal and business information can be very expensive. That’s why I’m a big believer in taking advantage of subscription databases available from your local public libraries. The library has already paid for them so you can use them for free. What a bargain! Don’t have time to trek all the way down to the library, …

Yesterday I had the pleasure of attending/presenting at the Wisconsin Law and Technology Conference put on the Milwaukee Bar Association. It was the first time I had attended the annual conference and I must say I was impressed. With four simultaneous tracks, there was something for the tech novice to the tech expert. At the …

From DCLRC Blawg: Reported Index crime decreased by 5 percent in 2004, including a 11.5 percent decrease in murder, according to the “Crime and Arrests in Wisconsin – 2004 Report” issued today. The report was prepared by the Wisconsin Office of Justice Assistance and is based upon monthly reports submitted by more than 370 law …

Despite pending lawsuits, Google Print has beta launched. As it’s name indicates, with Google Print, you can search the content of selected books. To see what it is all about, run a simple search for the word “blawg.” Your results will include a handful of books containing that keyword. The relevant page(s) will be displayed …

Despite pending lawsuits, Google Print has beta launched. As it’s name indicates, with Google Print, you can search the content of selected books. To see what it is all about, run a simple search for the word “blawg.” Your results will include a handful of books containing that keyword. The relevant page(s) will be displayed …

Genie Tyburski has written a useful article which appears in the November issue of e-LOC. In Answers in Unusual Places, she offers tips on using non-traditional sources such as eBay and Amazon.com as research tools. Product descriptions in eBay, she advises, may contain information about manufacturers, citations for articles appearing in old magazines, text from …

Turns out that the advice that librarians have been spouting for years about evaluating Web sites goes for blogs as well– When it comes to blogs, no one can screen them for you so keep this advice in mind -— if you cannot ascertain the identity of the blogger, don’t trust what you read without …

In Kane v. Espitia, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that a California inmate was not entitled to a new trial due to lack of access to a jail law library despite his repeated requests and court orders to the contrary. The court did note that “Of course, he had declined, as was his right, to …

Sorry for the lack of posts lately. I’ve been up to my neck getting ready for presentations. I hope to see some of you at the following: – November 2, 2005, All about Blogs: Using Blogs for Current Awareness and Communication, Workshop at Wisconsin State Law Library, Madison, WI – http://wsll.state.wi.us/aboutlib/tours.html – November 8, 2005, …