Legal Research News and Information with an Emphasis on Wisconsin
According to Boing Boing, a scientist at NASA believes that the moon may be an ideal place for a digital archive of earthly information. He calls it the “ultimate time capsule.” From Boing Boing: The benefits of lunar storage are that there is no oxygen to erode the material, constant sub-freezing temperature and the Moon …
Cullom Davis Library of Bradley University in Peoria, IL has compiled a wiki listing Blue Books for every state. Where available, links to the online sources are available. Source: V.U.Lawcity – The Valpo Law Blawg
The 2006 Wisconsin Book Festival schedule, an annual Madison-area tradition, is now available online. Note the special category for law related events. From the festival Web site: Peruse nearly 150 free public events ranging from spoken-word poetry jams to a dramatic reading from Beowulf to a fashion show of wearable books. From hipster to highbrow, …
The October issue of the Wisconsin State Law Library newsletter, WSLL @ Your Service, is now available. Articles include: *What’s New: New staff, MLRC News, Google Search Class update *This Just In: Selected recent library acquisitions *Tech Tip in Brief: Google Toolbar updates; Inserting symbols in Word documents *Learn @ the Law Library: Federal law …
From BoleyBlogs: The Media Law Resource Center (MLRC) provides a unique list of lawsuits against bloggers. The list comes complete with annotations, links to decisions, case documents, related web sites and news stories. The range of cases is impressive, from Apple suing over trade secrets, to actresses protecting their reputations, to judges taking on local …
From a PACER press release: (What is PACER?) The latest versions of CM/ECF include a number of notable changes that were requested by PACER customers. PACER customers can now choose whether the client code field should be mandatory when logging into CM/ECF. In addition, formatting requirements of the client code can be set. The new …
TechnoLawyer Blog has a very handy guide to the Top 10 Hidden Features of PowerPoint for Litigators. Author Timothy Piganelli explains how to: easily add and images and video to a presentation customize backgrounds display your presentation on a projector while having the edit screen display on your laptop advance to any slide out of …
On October 18-21, 2006, the Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau library staff is hosting the fall professional development conference of the Legislative Research Librarians’ section of the National Conference of State Legislatures. For the first time ever, the conference is being opened to attendance by local librarians. Programs are scheduled for Thursday and Friday, October 19 …
The Chronicle of Higher Education has an interesting article on why faculty should Show Your Librarian Some Love. The author describes how a collaborative relationship between faculty and librarians can be beneficial, especially for students. From the article: Just as children raised in a loving environment tend to fare better in life than those from …
A press release from the Wisconsin Courts outlines some of the recent changes to the CCAP case management system. The changes are in response to criticism that the information contained on CCAP could be misinterpreted. The changes include: Executive summaries that help viewers to interpret case information. (Available for criminal, traffic, forfeiture or civil cases …