Legal Research News and Information with an Emphasis on Wisconsin
From Odd Wisconsin: On John Muir’s dorm room at the University of Wisconsin – Madison campus in the early 1860s: “I can vividly recall the tall clock which he made,” wrote Grace Lindsley in 1935, “and which was connected with his bed in such a way that when the time came for which he had …
Last week, I had the opportunity to meet with Barry and Jo from Court Data Technologies. They introduced me to their new CourtTracker service and I must say that I was impressed. Basically, CourtTracker takes CCAP case data (Wisconsin circuit courts) and allows you to search it in powerful ways not available via CCAP. It’s …
Georgia Institute of Technology’s Brian Matthews has published a thought provoking study on librarians monitoring student blogs for potential reference interactions. [L]ibraries are missing out on the potential of using blogs for providing valuable educational opportunities. Instead of forcing patrons to interact with us, we can enter their domain and seek new ways of providing …
From Jenkins Webblits: TechCrunch has a great piece on The State of Online Feed Readers. It includes a handy chart showing you all of the features each reader offers.
Today’s Odd Wisconsin is a classic The first legislature in 1838 met in a not-quite-finished Capitol building: According to one lawmaker, “the basement story was all open, and [a] large drove of hogs had taken possession. The weather was cold, the halls were cold, our ink would freeze – so that when we could stand …
Yesterday’s National Library Week Trivia Answer Question: In 1990, the opinion written by Judge Alex Kozinski in United States v. Syufy Enterprises (903 F.2d 659) grabbed headlines for its style as well as its legal substance. Why? Answer: Some suspected that the Ninth Circuit judge worked more than 200 movie titles into the text of …
Posted to our faculty listserv: Two minutes and three seconds after 1:00 this morning, the time and date was 01:02:03 04/05/06 That won’t happen again for a thousand years.
Posted to our faculty listserv: Two minutes and three seconds after 1:00 this morning, the time and date was 01:02:03 04/05/06 That won’t happen again for a thousand years.
JS Online reports on this year’s Who Reads What?, a list of celebrities’ favorite books compiled by Maine librarian, Glenna Nowell. Their responses ranged from the nice – Rosalynn Carter’s favorite is the Bible – to the naughty: dirty joke books favored by writer Piers Anthony. . . Many of the titles deal with more …
Law.com has introduced a desktop RSS Reader called Law.com NewsPoint. From the FAQ: What is Law.com NewsPoint? Law.com NewsPoint is a desktop newsreader. It allows you to sign up to receive updates from Law.com and other online publishers. Once you’ve installed Law.com NewsPoint on your computer, it will automatically check for news updates from Law.com …