Heads up Mom and Dad. Wisconsin’s new Child Booster Seat Law takes affect today. See the fact sheet with diagram from the DOT. Written warnings will be issued instead of citations for first violations during …
Year: 2006
MADreads, A Book Review Blog from MPL
Looking for a few good titles to add to your summer reading list? Check out MADreads, a new blog from the Madison Public Library. Each day they’ll feature a new fiction or nonfiction book review …
Metadata: What You Can't See Can Hurt You
One of most useful features of the Law Librarians Association of Wisconsin (LLAW) Newsletter is Cindy May’s Recommended Readings. I can always find a few gems I’ve missed in her annotated list. One article of …
Create a Graph
From InterAlia: Here’s another extension of the Web 2.0-type Office products we’ve seen a lot of lately — Create a Graph is a product of the National Center for Education Statistics — so it’s for …
Law School Podcasting – What Do Faculty Think?
This past semester, CALI (Center for Computer Assisted Legal Instruction) has conducted the Legal Education Podcasting Project where over 30 law faculty used podcasting in their courses. They’ve followed up with a series of interviews …
Staff Changes at the UW Law Library
In the wake of Sue Center’s retirement as Assistant Director for Public Services, the UW Law Library staff is undergoing some major structural changes. In essence, we are moving from three departments (Technical Services, Public …
Assistant Director Sue Center Retires Leaving a Legacy of Service
Last Thursday was a very special day for the Law Library. We held a celebration in honor of Sue Center, Assistant Director of Public Services, as she retires from the library after 35 years of …
BooksOnPoint Indexes Web Sites of Legal Publishers
The folks at IndexMaster have beta released a new service called BooksOnPoint which indexes the content of legal publishers’ web sites. Unlike IndexMaster, which provides the full index and/or table of contents of legal texts, …
This Weekend is Bratfest!
My family and I are gearing up for an annual Madison tradition – Bratfest! Once again, this year’s fest will be held on Willow Island at the Alliant Energy Center. You just can’t beat $1 …
AALL Launches a Speakers Directory
Need a speaker for your next meeting? Why not try a law librarian. The American Association of Law Librarians has launched a Speakers Directory. So far there aren’t too many speakers listed, but I suspect …