As previously posted, Bucky Badger is the latest READ poster celebrity. The poster, cosponsored by the UW-Madison Libraries and the Wisconsin Center for the Book, features Bucky standing against a bookcase reading about great moments …
Year: 2006
UW-Madison Joins Google Book Search Project
On Wednesday, UW-Madison announced that it has entered into an agreement with Google to provide access to hundreds of thousands of public and historical books and documents from the holdings of the UW-Madison Libraries and …
Half of All Federal Gov Docs Are Born Digital and Will Stay That Way
“We estimate that as many as 50 percent of all federal government documents are now born digital, published to the Web, and will never be printed by the GPO,” says GPO CEO Bruce James. Read …
Locating Attorneys, Law Firms, Corporate Counsel & Judges
My colleague, Jenny Zook, has created a guide on Locating Attorneys, Law Firms, Corporate Counsel & Judges for our UW Law School newsletter. She’s included some useful tips, although, please note that some of the …
UW Madison Featured Images Collection
Featured Images is a new photo collection from the University of Wisconsin – Madison Archives. According to Archivist, David Null, each month the site will feature interesting historical campus photos about which little is known. …
The "Ultimate Time Capsule," A Lunar Library
According to Boing Boing, a scientist at NASA believes that the moon may be an ideal place for a digital archive of earthly information. He calls it the “ultimate time capsule.” From Boing Boing: The …
State Blue Books
Cullom Davis Library of Bradley University in Peoria, IL has compiled a wiki listing Blue Books for every state. Where available, links to the online sources are available. Source: V.U.Lawcity – The Valpo Law Blawg
2006 Wisconsin Book Festival Schedule
The 2006 Wisconsin Book Festival schedule, an annual Madison-area tradition, is now available online. Note the special category for law related events. From the festival Web site: Peruse nearly 150 free public events ranging from …
WSLL Newsletter
The October issue of the Wisconsin State Law Library newsletter, WSLL @ Your Service, is now available. Articles include: *What’s New: New staff, MLRC News, Google Search Class update *This Just In: Selected recent library …
Lawsuits Against Bloggers
From BoleyBlogs: The Media Law Resource Center (MLRC) provides a unique list of lawsuits against bloggers. The list comes complete with annotations, links to decisions, case documents, related web sites and news stories. The range …