Legal Research News and Information with an Emphasis on Wisconsin
Once again this year, the Wisconsin Humanities Council is sponsoring a statewide discussion series entitled, A More Perfect Union: To Establish Justice. From the web site: This year’s A More Perfect Union theme, To Establish Justice, once again comes from the Preamble to the U.S. Constitution. The phrase reminds us of our early founders’ commitment …
There is an interesting article in the National Law Journal about judges citing to blogs. The article notes that since 2004, judges have cited blogs 32 times in 27 different cases, including Justice John Paul Stevens’ dissent in U.S. v. Booker, 543 U.S. 220 (2005). From the article: “I’m not sure I have any cosmic …
The Milwaukee County Legal Resource Center has announced that their is still time to sign up for “Using Loislaw.com!” From WSLL @ Your Service: This class will be presented Thursday, September 28, 2006, from 12:15 to 1:15 p.m. in the Milwaukee County Courthouse. State Law Librarian Jane Colwin will help you become familiar with the …
The Wisconsin State Law Library newsletter recently ran an article describing the interface changes to the LegalTrac database. What’s LegalTrac? A database containing citations for articles in law reviews, specialty law publications, bar association journals, legal newspapers, etc. from 1980 to the present. And it’s freely available to WSLL library card holders from their home …
Today’s Odd Wisconsin pays homage to Wisconsin’s earliest bookmobiles and traveling libraries. This 1910 International Auto Wagon loaded with books is undoubtedly one of the earliest bookmobiles. There were also the mobile libraries of the state’s Free Library Commission during the Progressive Era. There are som interesting old photos of these large wooden crates packed …
The big news today is Google News Archive Search, a searchable archive of articles that, in some cases, date back 200+ years. Some publishing partners include The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, The Washington Post, Time, Guardian Unlimited, Factiva, Lexis-Nexis, HighBeam Research and Thomson Gale. See New York Times article for more. I …
The Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau has created a handy Summary of the 2005-2006 Wisconsin Legislative Session. From the introduction: This bulletin provides an overview of the acts and joint resolutions of the 2005-2006 Wisconsin Legislature. Legislation is organized by topic with acts described under the appropriate subject heading or headings. Significant acts and joint resolutions …
I received a postcard in the mail today for a free Webinar from Newsgator entitled, “RSS: The Future of Legal Information Delivery” It is scheduled for September 26th at 2:30 pm and September 27th at 12:30 pm. Topics: – Learn more about RSS – Discover how leading law firms and legal departments are using it …
Inspired by the Law Library’s successful READ poster campaign last year, the UW–Madison campus libraries have teamed up with the UW Athletic Department to create a READ poster and bookmarks featuring Bucky Badger. They will be made available starting this fall in campus libraries, Madison schools and Madison Public Library. One thousand posters, co-sponsored by …
You may have seen the news that the University of Michigan has partnered with Google to scan library materials. The project is called MBooks. According to the FAQ: Access to MBooks is through Mirlyn, the online catalog for the University of Michigan libraries. Conducting an “Advanced Search” and restricting the Format to “Electronic Resources” will …