Do you or your organization offer any RSS feeds? If so, take a look at 5 Tips to Increase RSS Subscribers which I learned about today over at LibrarianInBlack. The tips include: 1) Make it …
Month: July 2007
Free Information for the Taking
There is a very good article on CNet about all the wonderful resources and services you can get for free at or from public libraries. It includes databases, e-books, audio books, and “your own personal …
How Would You Look as a Simpson?
Ever wondered how you’d look as a character on the Simpsons? Now you can find out at Simpsonizeme.com. Upload a head shot, check a few preferences, and poof – you’re Simpsonized. That’s me on the …
Today in Legal History
A collaboration between FindLaw and Justice Talking brings us Today in Legal History. This blog shares a daily legal history factoid along with links to related resources. Source: Law Dawg Blawg
Google Scholar Hacks
Wendt Library Blog has some good hacks for Google Scholar for UW-Madison users. By simply changing your preferences, you can beef up your search results by adding full-text links from UW-Madison library databases. And now, …
Bypassing Disclaimer Screen in CCAP
Proof and Hearsay, the blog from the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel staff on legal issues, offers another handy CCAP search tip: how to look at individual case records without having to click on the disclaimer screen …
Comparing the State Budget Versions
The Legislative Fiscal Bureau has prepared a memorandum comparing 2007-09 budget recommendations of the Governor, Joint Committee on Finance, Senate, and Assembly. Comparisons are shown in the following areas: All funds appropriations General fund appropriations …
Wisconsin Union Blend Blog Discusses Instructional Technology at UW-Madison
Wisconsin Union Blend is a new blog where “members of the UW-Madison teaching and instructional technology communities to come together and talk about the campus issues that impact our respective fields.” I learned about it …
WI Budget Conference Committee Explained
From the JS Online Capitol Podcast: In the coming weeks, a conference committee of state legislators will sit down at the bargaining table — peace-treaty style — in an attempt to develop a compromise version …
Wigs Off in Britain
From Reuters: Britain’s lawyers and judges are to break with centuries-old tradition and cease wearing white horse-hair wigs in non-criminal cases, the head of the country’s judiciary announced on Thursday. The Lord Chief Justice, Lord …