Last night as we were snuggling up in our favorite rocking chair, my three-year-old daughter invited me along on her rocket ship. “Where are we going?” I asked. “To the moon?” “No,” she said, “to …
Month: August 2007
Technology and the Generation Gap
My colleague, Jenny Zook, has written a funny and thought-provoking article for this month’s LLRX entitled, Technology and the Generation Gap. Abstract: Genevieve Zook’s forthright, insightful and timely commentary addresses the challenges of balancing the …
IM a Librarian: Establishing a Virtual Reference Service with Little Cost or Technical Skill
I’m pleased that my article, IM a Librarian: Establishing a Virtual Reference Service with Little Cost or Technical Skill appears in the August edition of LLRX. The article is basically a how to on using …
If I Were President, My New Rules Would Be
This morning I was looking through my six-year-old son’s backpack and found his journal from summer school. I was struck by one of the entries. The topic posed by his teacher was: If I were …
ALR to be Available Only on Westlaw
Information Today reports that as of January 2008, American Law Reports (ALR) will be available exclusively on Westlaw. From the article: It isn’t the first time that users have had products pulled out from under …
Best Time to Buy Everything
From LibrarianInBlack: SmartMoney offers advice on the Best Time to Buy Everything, from clothing to gas to groceries. There are some good ideas there, and some interesting take-away tips.
Twitter Updates from the House Floor
Here’s one from Law Librarian Blog: Check out twitter.com/HouseFloor which distributes live updates from the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives, updated every five minutes with any new information from The Office of the …
Public.Resource.Org Aims to Offer All Federal & State Cases & Codes Free Online
The New York Times reports on the project of “Internet gadfly” Carl Malamud, founder of Public.Resource.Org, to make more than 10 million pages of case law available free online. According to the ReadMe file on …
Wisconsin Screenings of The Hollywood Librarian
If you missed The Hollywood Librarian at ALA, there’s good news. It is being screened in libraries this fall during Banned Books Week. A map of screening locations is available. Looks like it is showing …
Ebsco Embraces RSS
The Shifted Librarian reports that EBSCO has finally embraced RSS. To test it out, do a search in an EBSCO database, such as Academic Search Elite which is freely available to all Wisconsinites via Badgerlink. …