Legal Research News and Information with an Emphasis on Wisconsin
From inter alia: Remote Printing Made Easy PrinterAnywhere is an interesting application — it allows you to safely print documents on any printer, anywhere in the world — or to have documents printed on your computer from anywhere in the world. It’s a free download, but both you and the owner of the other printer …
Scott Hawksworth over at DegreeTutor has created a very useful guide for online research called the Librarian’s Ultimate Guide to Search Engines. It covers “things librarians understand about search – and things that anyone doing online research can benefit from.” These things include discussion of where search engines are and where they are going, a …
The New York Times has an interesting piece on the increase in spam in the last six months. According to the NYT: – Spammers are “conscripting vast networks of computers belonging to users who unknowingly downloaded viruses and other rogue programs. The infected computers begin sending out spam without the knowledge of their owners.” – …
Following my post about Microsoft Live Books yesterday, I spent a little time digging around the database. I came across a 1919 book of fiction entitled, The Swing of the Pendulum. In it, we meet a young woman interviewing for a job at the library. The Chief Librarian stood before her. He was tall, thin …
The ABA reports that the newly released Adobe Acrobat 8.0 contains several new features of particular interest to attorneys. These include redaction, show metadata, Bates numbering, improved forms functions, collaboration tools, and more. For more, the review in Law.com and the white paper entitled “Adobe Acrobat 8.0 for Legal Professionals” by David Masters.
On Wednesday, Microsoft released Live Search Books in beta. Similar to Google Book Search, the Microsoft book search engine allows users to keyword search for scanned books. Unlike Google, however, Microsoft is scanning only noncopyright books, unless publishers opt-in to have in-copyright publications scanned. According to CNet news, Microsoft has restricted the beta release of …
A colleague passed along this little YouTube gem entitled, “Your Life Work: The Librarian,” a vocational guidance film from 1956. Prerequisites for a career in librarianship: love for books and love for people. It’s not bad, actually. Not a shusher in the bunch.
The Wisconsin State Law Library reminds users that it’s After Hours Service renewal/application time. Any Wisconsin-licensed attorney may subscribe to this service, which allows use of the library from 5 to 10 p.m. Monday – Friday and from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday – Sunday.
From WSLL @ Your Service: Keep Track of Competitors and Clients Looking for a free and easy competitive intelligence tool? Trackengine.com is a free service that can be used to track changes made to websites. After signing up for a free account, users can add a “Track Me” button to their web browser. While viewing …
Noah Wyle returns this Sunday night as The Librarian in the the TNT movie, Return to King Solomon’s Mines. I’ve got my TiVo all set. From the TNT site: This globe-trotting action-thriller from the producer of Independence Day and the director of Star Trek: First Contact sends Flynn on a journey to uncover the fabled …