Legal Research News and Information with an Emphasis on Wisconsin
In WSLL’s monthly Tech Tip in Brief, Librarian Heidi Yelk offers recommendations on the Storage and Transfer of Large Files. There are dozens of free services on the web that allow users to upload files and make them available for later pick up. Maximum size limits vary. While some services allow free transfers up to …
“The Director of State Courts Office recently introduced sixteen Spanish language circuit court forms on the court system’s website. The forms were selected by a subcommittee composed of members of the court system’s Interpreter Committee and Records Management Committee, to help meet the growing need for Spanish language court forms.” Read more at WSLL @ …
“Learn all the time without even thinking about it. We are born to learn, but somewhere along the way many of us pick up the idea that we must be taught in order to learn. We think that if someone doesn’t stand up in front of us and talk to us with either a chalkboard …
If you could change the text of the Patriot Act, how would you do so? Well, now is your chance. “Wikocracy is an experiment to see how the law would develop if anybody could change it.” Upload the text of any law (or go with one that someone else uploaded) and start making changes. One …
I’m just back from Montreal where I had the pleasure to speak at the Association of Legal Administrators Annual Meeting on Monday afternoon. As promised, here are the PowerPoint slides from my session. “Blogs: The Hot New Technology for Communication and Information.” I thought that the session was very well attended and was pleased to …
UPDATE: Da Vinci judge’s secret code revealed The judge’s secret message was: “Jackie Fisher, who are you? Dreadnought” … Judge Smith is known as a navy buff, and Fisher was a Royal Navy admiral who developed the idea for a giant battleship called the HMS Dreadnought in the early 20th century. ————————– From Reuters: Three …
Reuters reports that the Los Angeles Times has suspended the blog of a Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist who posed as an Internet reader to defend his own column and attack his conservative foes. Source: TVC Alert
From the Capital Times: UW–Madison journalism students will present a panel discussion about blogging and the ethics of blogging at 5:30 p.m. Thursday in Room 2195 of Vilas Hall. The discussion will be titled “Connect or Compete: How do bloggers fit with traditional media?” The panel will discuss ethical issues related to blogging and take …
Evening and Weekend Reference Librarian, Eric Taylor, was honored last week by members of the Wisconsin Law Review. In recognition of his enthusiasm and willingness to help and his extensive and invaluable knowledge of the discipline of legal research, Eric was awarded the first annual Most Valuable Faculty/Staff Member award. Eric really does a phenomenal …
Looking for a map of median house values for Dane County? a family demographic profile for DeForest? or a table of major crops harvested in Wisconsin? These and many more customizable tables, profiles and maps are available free on WisStat from the UW Extension Applied Population Laboratory. WisStat is a very powerful database for compiling …