The LRB has put together a nice, two-page guide on the Wisconsin Idea which explores its origins, importance, and future. What is the Wisconsin Idea? From the the guide: The most commonly offered definition of …
Year: 2006
LexisNexis Academic Investigating Metasearch
For those academic librarians, like myself, who thought that LexisNexis Academic would never be metasearchable, I share the good news that they do have an XML gateway in production. According to an email received by …
Wisconsin Pronunciations
MissPronouncer.com is a neat little site for “learning to pronounce stuff in Wisconsin.” From place names to politicians, this site will have you speaking like a native Wisconsinite.
EBSCOhost Offers RSS Alerts & Visual Search
It looks like EBSCOhost is offering a couple of new search enhancements: RSS Alerts for saved searches and a visual search interface. EBSCO has some great medical and business databases, many of which are available …
Podcasting the Internal Revenue Code
Lewis & Clark Law Professor Jack Bogdanski (of Jack Bog’s Blog! fame) has taken on a new challenge: Podcasting the Internal Revenue Code – one new section every day. From his blog: I’m all about …
John Muir's Dorm Room
From Odd Wisconsin: On John Muir’s dorm room at the University of Wisconsin – Madison campus in the early 1860s: “I can vividly recall the tall clock which he made,” wrote Grace Lindsley in 1935, …
CourtTracker = CCAP on Steroids
Last week, I had the opportunity to meet with Barry and Jo from Court Data Technologies. They introduced me to their new CourtTracker service and I must say that I was impressed. Basically, CourtTracker takes …
Monitoring Student Blogs for Potential Reference Interactions
Georgia Institute of Technology’s Brian Matthews has published a thought provoking study on librarians monitoring student blogs for potential reference interactions. [L]ibraries are missing out on the potential of using blogs for providing valuable educational …
Comparison Chart of Online RSS Readers
From Jenkins Webblits: TechCrunch has a great piece on The State of Online Feed Readers. It includes a handy chart showing you all of the features each reader offers.
Pigs Beneath the Legislature
Today’s Odd Wisconsin is a classic The first legislature in 1838 met in a not-quite-finished Capitol building: According to one lawmaker, “the basement story was all open, and [a] large drove of hogs had taken …