Several months ago, the AALL Publishing Initiatives Caucus (which I co-chair) created a database of articles written by law librarians for legal publications. Writing articles is one many ways that law librarians can demonstrate their …
Year: 2006
Judge Posner Comes to Second Life
Boing Boing reports that Judge Richard Posner is coming to Second Life. [What is Second Life?] From the New World Notes blog: … Judge Richard A. Posner of the United States Court of Appeals for …
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Charging For Archives – Badgerlink Still Free
Looks like the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel is now charging non subscribers for articles older than fourteen days. Access to the archives is free for 7 Day subscribers. See the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Archive Search page …
What Do You Do All Day? A Law Librarian's Answer
From a law librarian’s get-well card: On the outside: “We wish you a speedy recovery so you can get back to the office and do your job…” and on the inside, “…of course, we can’t …
Throw-away E-mail Addresses
From Library Stuff – Throw-away e-mail address generators: Spamhole – “SpamhOle.com allows you to create a temporary email address; nameyoupick@spamhole.com. For the number of hours that you choose, all email to nameyoupick@spamhole.com address is automatically …
Wisconsinites May Soon Be Dropped from No-Call List
Many Wisconsinites may soon be dropped off the Wisconsin No-call list which identifies residents who do not wish to receive telemarketing calls. Numbers remain on the list for two years. If it’s been a while …
LRB Briefs on WI State Officers & Milwaukee Parental Choice
There are two new Wisconsin Briefs available from the Legislative Reference Bureau. Brief 06-16, Wisconsin State Officers (November 2006) Brief 06-15, Milwaukee Parental Choice Program (October 2006)
New UW Madison Campus Map – The Best Online Map I've Ever Seen
If you need to visit the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus but could you a little help navigating your way, check out the new, interactive Campus Map. This is the best online map I’ve ever seen. …
Article: Dead Plagiarists Society
My colleague, Lisa Pfaff, passed on an interesting article this morning from Slate. In the article, Dead Plagiarists Society, author Paul Collins contemplates the use of Google Book Search as a tool to detect plagiarism …
Guide to Assessing Information on the Internet
Mary J. Koshollek, director of information and records services at Godfrey & Kahn S.C. in Milwaukee has written an excellent article on evaluating websites in the November issue of the Wisconsin Lawyer. In Assessing Information …