Legal Research News and Information with an Emphasis on Wisconsin
Google has a new, experimental service called Voice Local Search. It’s basically a search engine of local businesses you access by using your phone. From the web site: To try this service, just dial 1-800-GOOG-411 (1-800-466-4411) from any phone. Using this service, you can: * search for a local business by name or category. You …
This Saturday, April 21st, the City of Madison will be hosting the spring Computer and Electronics Recycling Roundup. The event takes place from 9 a.m. until 1 p.m. at the City Transfer Station, 121 E. Olin Ave, between the Alliant Energy Center and Goodman Field . For details visit the City of Madison Streets and …
From TVC Alert: Consumers and other non-subscribers to LexisNexis may now obtain select public records, verdicts, settlements and other case information through LexisONE. There is a fee for accessing this information, but the site offers several pricing options. See TVC for more.
Ellen Callinan (a.k.a. Callinan the Librarian) has created a Facebook group for American Association of Law Libraries members. If you’re a AALL member and are on Facebook, join the club. I did.
From LibrarianInBlack: Firedoodle (which I found via eHub) is a Firefox add-on that lets you add white board functionality to any webpage, image, or map. You can mark it up all you want with highlighting, writing, and placemarking.
From JS Online: Stay up to speed on what’s going on in the state Capitol with the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Capitol bureau’s weekly podcast. Steve Walters, Stacy Forster and Patrick Marley discuss the top issues of the week and talk to the lawmakers, government officials and others making and shaping public policy.
Tony Chan, information specialist at Quarles & Brady LLP, Milwaukee and LLAW Government Relations Committee Chair, has written an excellent article on Gathering Competitive Intelligence for Litigators and Business Lawyers. In the article, which appears in the April 2007 Wisconsin Lawyer, Tony covers: Online Sources of Public Records Background Checks Finding Company and Industry Information …
The AALL Day in the Life of the Law Library Community photo contest is in the final stage of judging. From nearly 200 entries, two UW Law Library entries have made it into the finals. Ours are in the Librarians as Trailblazers in New Technology and Most Humorous categories. This week, April 16-23, AALL members …
Libraries Unlimited is providing free access to ARBAonline during National Library Week April 15-22, 2007. Derived from the trusted reference standard American Reference Books Annual, ARBAonline features about 17,000+ reviews of reference works published since 1997. Written by librarians for librarians, ARBAonline’s reviews cover reference sources from more than 400 publishers in over 500 subject …
In celebration of National Library Week, the UW Law Library is proud to unveil our second annual series of READ posters featuring UW Law School faculty members. This year’s posters feature Ken Davis, Allison Christians, and Jim Jones. We’ll also have contests and giveaways all week for our students, faculty, and staff. Looks like the …