Legal Research News and Information with an Emphasis on Wisconsin
Steve Matthews of Vancouver Law Librarian Blog has an excellent list of the Top 10 Uses for RSS in Law Firms. There are some wonderful ideas here on how to leverage this technology for current awareness, marketing, image monitoring, communication and more. If you are new to RSS, see my article in the August Wisconsin …
My family’s favorite season is fall. From apple picking to corn mazes to watching the leaves turn, we love to get outside and enjoy the season. So I was pleased to discover that the Wisconsin Tourism Department Web site has a very nice Fall Color Report. It will tell you when colors are at their …
I recently discovered that the University of Wisconsin-Madison maintains an Experts Database. This database consists of over 1700 UW Madison faculty and staff who have agreed to talk with reporters on selected topics. There are two different ways to search the database: by keyword search and by expert name. If you have trouble finding the …
David Null, our UW-Madison University Archivist shared this familiar sounding passage from the University Press dated Jan. 27, 1883: Why don’t students make more use of the libraries? This is an old and worn-out question, but for all that is of practical interest to us. …Comparatively few of the students know the opportunities afforded them …
According to a press release, The New York Times announces that “all articles dating back to Sept. 18, 1851, when the paper started publishing, are now available online at NYTimes.com.” “Searches for articles published before 1981 will produce PDF files showing pages or articles exactly as they appeared in the newspaper. Articles published in 1981 …
Looking for a few good books to curl up with now that the weather is getting cool? Here are a couple of tips on where you can get them for free or low cost. 1. Take a trip to your local public library. Enough said. 2. If you’d rather buy than borrow, check out the …
This semester, I’m taking a course on management. One of our first projects was to think of a great manager we’ve worked with and describe what made that person so special. While a number of people in the class sadly had a hard time thinking of anyone, one person did come to my mind. As …
Thanks to Jim Milles for the post about Bob Berring’s podcasting project. From the site: In the Berring on Legal Research DVD set, Professor Robert C. Berring provides expert, holistic instruction on the core principles of effective legal research. Now, Professor Berring, in conjunction with West, will be producing rich supplemental podcasts, which will explore …
AELR Blog points to ULCA law student’s harsh view of PowerPoint in the classroom. “Based on the best available data, [the student notes,] I’m prepared to theorize that Powerpoint-based classes are always boring.” He identifies several problems with using PPT in the classroom, including this one: “In all three of my Powerpoint experiences, the prof …
If you are interested in Online Dispute Resolution (ODR), you may wish to participate in Cyberweek 2006 (week of September 25th). Cyberweek is a free all-online conference featuring both asynchronous and real-time events related to ODR. Organized by the University of Massachusetts Center for Information Technology and Dispute Resolution (CITDR) and InternetBar.org, Cyberweek consists of …