Legal Research News and Information with an Emphasis on Wisconsin
One of most useful features of the Law Librarians Association of Wisconsin (LLAW) Newsletter is Cindy May’s Recommended Readings. I can always find a few gems I’ve missed in her annotated list. One article of interest is Metadata: What You Can’t See Can Hurt You by Sharon Nelson and John Simek. Law Practice 32(2):28-29 (March …
From InterAlia: Here’s another extension of the Web 2.0-type Office products we’ve seen a lot of lately — Create a Graph is a product of the National Center for Education Statistics — so it’s for kids and students, but that doesn’t mean we can’t use it, too. You can create 2-D, 3-D, or drop-shadow graphs, …
This past semester, CALI (Center for Computer Assisted Legal Instruction) has conducted the Legal Education Podcasting Project where over 30 law faculty used podcasting in their courses. They’ve followed up with a series of interviews with faculty about their experiences and their thoughts on how podcasting affected their students and their own teaching. To listen, …
In the wake of Sue Center’s retirement as Assistant Director for Public Services, the UW Law Library staff is undergoing some major structural changes. In essence, we are moving from three departments (Technical Services, Public Services & Information Services) down to two (Technical Services & Public Services). Many of our staff, including me, will be …
Last Thursday was a very special day for the Law Library. We held a celebration in honor of Sue Center, Assistant Director of Public Services, as she retires from the library after 35 years of service. Yep – you read right – 35 years of service. After an open reception here in the library, the …
The folks at IndexMaster have beta released a new service called BooksOnPoint which indexes the content of legal publishers’ web sites. Unlike IndexMaster, which provides the full index and/or table of contents of legal texts, BooksOnPoint only retrieves content freely available on a publisher web page, such as description, publication details or summary table of …
My family and I are gearing up for an annual Madison tradition – Bratfest! Once again, this year’s fest will be held on Willow Island at the Alliant Energy Center. You just can’t beat $1 for Brat (meat or veggie) or Hot Dog.
Need a speaker for your next meeting? Why not try a law librarian. The American Association of Law Librarians has launched a Speakers Directory. So far there aren’t too many speakers listed, but I suspect that numbers will quickly increase. Any AALL member can suggest a speaker. The main page has an alphabetical list, but …
Justice Ann Walsh Bradley of the Wisconsin Supreme Court has written a piece for the International Judicial Monitor describing her experience at the first Sir Richard May Seminar on International Law and International Courts at The Hague, Netherlands last September. “It was simply the best judicial education opportunity that I have ever experienced,” she writes. …
Reuters has a nice story on the value librarians – this time it’s the information professionals at the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center who provide searches for cancer patients. 95% of patients surveyed indicated that the librarian had provided them with some new information. From the article: “This demonstrates,” said [Librarian Ruti] Volk, “that …