From the Capital Times: Starting January 1st, Wisconsin authorities will start enforcing a law that requires children who are at least 4 years old but younger than 8 to travel in a booster seat while …
Month: December 2006
Five Little Known Things About Me – One of Which Isn't True
I’ve been tagged by Steve Matthews over at Vancouver Law Librarian Blog to share five things little known things about myself. Only four of them are true. Can you guess which one isn’t? I had …
Legal Blog Awards
Tis the time of year for blog awards. Here are two which honor legal blogs: Dennis Kennedy’s 2006 Blawggies Blawg Review’s Awards 2006
WisBlawg Named Top 100 Education Blog
I’m very honored to learn that WisBlawg has recently been named as a Top 100 Education Blog by the OEDb: Online Education Database. Not bad considering there are over 30,000 education blogs. The list is …
UK Statute Law Database Free on Web
Just released today, the UK Statute Law Database (SLD) is the official revised edition of the primary legislation of the United Kingdom made available online. Previously accessible only to a limited number of users in …
Library of Congress & Copyright Office RSS Feeds
Looks like the Library of Congress is offering a handful of RSS feeds. There are general feeds about library news and events, as well as feeds from the U.S. Copyright Office. The latter features feeds …
Google Offers US Patent Searching Back to 1790
Google has recently added one more to it’s specialty search engine tool box: Google Patent Search. Nancy Spitzer, Patents and Technical Reports Librarian at UW-Madison’s Wendt Library, had this to say: Patent librarians across the …
Traveling This Season? Check the Road Conditions
CNN reports that a record number of Americans will be traveling this holiday season – about 65 million people between December 23 and January 2, more than the record 63.5 million who traveled last year, …
Online Plat Maps & City Directories Offer Historical Land Use & Ownership Information
A collaboration between the University of Wisconsin Digital Collection Center and the Madison Public Library has produced a digital collection of Historical County Plat Maps from South Central Wisconsin and Early Madison City Directories. The …
New Federal Rule Re: Citing Unpublished Opinions
As of January 1st, the following important change to the Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure is scheduled to go into effect. Rule 32.1. Citing Judicial Dispositions (a) Citation Permitted. A court may not prohibit or …