It’s not very well advertised, but U.S. law school users may access Quicklaw at no charge. To register, call 1-800-387-0899. A .edu email address is required. Quicklaw, from LexisNexis Canada, is a Web-based resource that …
Month: April 2007
Librarian is One of the 7 Great Careers for 2007
Kiplinger has named “librarian” as one of the 7 Great Careers for 2007. Forget about the image of librarian as mousy bookworm. Today’s librarian is a high-tech information sleuth, a master of mining cool databases …
Proceedings of the Old Bailey Digitized
From LibraryBoy: Two professors in England have digitized the Proceedings of the Old Bailey, the digest of more than 100,000 trials that took place in the famous London criminal courts between 1674 and 1834. The …
Coolexon – Powerful 3 MB Translation Software
Coolexon is a dictionary and multi-language translation software providing results in over 60 languages. It offers users a variety of free dictionaries and translation tools in English, French, German, Spanish, Chinese, Japanese and other major …
Prior Wisconsin Film Fest Titles Available at Madison Public Library
Get geared up for next week’s Wisconsin Film Festival by watching your favorites from years’ past. Check out the Madison Public Library’s collection of film fest titles. Thanks to What’s New from the Madison Public …
NYT Rethinks Free Access to Colleges Based on Librarian Complaints
The Chronicle of Higher Ed reports that the New York Times has altered its offer to make Times Select, which includes columnists and archives going back to the 1800s, available to college students for free. …
"Scribd is YouTube for Documents"
“Scribd is YouTube for documents,” says Neil Squillante of TechnoLawyer. This free online library where anyone can upload supports .doc, .pdf, .txt, .ppt, .xls, .mp3, and more. What’s in it for legal practitioners? According to …
Lecture on The Carnegie Library Designs of Claude & Starck
Tis’ the season for lectures, it seems. On Thursday, April 5th the Wright Lecture Series presents “The Shared Ideal: The Carnegie Library Designs of Claude & Starck.” The lecture will be held at 7pm in …
Siva Vaidhyanathan to Lecture on "The Googlization of Everything: Digitization & the Future of Books"
“The Googlization of Everything: Digitization and the Future of Books” is the topic of a UW-Milwaukee School of Information Studies lecture to be held May 12th. Speaker Siva Vaidhyanathan, author of the “Anarchist in the …
RSS Tracking for Canadian Bills
From Library Boy: LEGISinfo, the Library of Parliament’s legislative research website, has started offering RSS feeds since the beginning of this parliamentary session to help people track bills before the House of Commons and the …