From the Wisconsin Court System: On September 27 in Neillsville, the Wisconsin Court System and the Wisconsin Valley Library Service will co-sponsor a special training session for librarians who provide assistance to people who represent …
Month: September 2007
Hand-held Language Translators Available at Madison Public Library
From Check It Out @ the Madison Public Library: Traveling to another country and want to dine out or shop? You need a Language Translator! Madison Public Library now has a variety of hand-held translators …
Wisconsin Solo and Small Firm Conference
Thanks to Mary Koshollek for letting me know that the Wisconsin Solo and Small Firm Conference schedule is up. The conference will be held on November 29 and 30 at the Italian Conference Center in …
HeinOnline Launches Blog
HeinOnline has launched a blog to provide product information to users. According to Hein: This blog will offer insight to our newest products, notify customers of our latest interface enhancements, and share tips to help …
Law Library of Congress Working with Google to Digitize All Congressional Hearings
With their newly redesigned Web site, the Law Library of Congress is introducing several new products, including Congressional Hearings. Here’s a blub from their Web site: As part of the Law Library’s transition to the …
NBC to Offer Free, Limited-Time Downloads of Its Shows
Soon NBC will be allow viewers to download many of their most popular programs free to personal computers and other devices for one week immediately after their broadcasts. NBC announced a few weeks ago that …
Plugoo Now Supports Multiple Chats
Since January, we’ve had a chat box on our home page. Law School and other UW-Madison students, faculty & staff can use it to ask legal research questions of our reference librarians. The chat box …
How PACER Has Changed the Business of the Courts
US Courts has an interesting article on how PACER has altered the business of the courts. Here’s a sampling from the article: “It’s definitely changed the way our office does business, and I think it’s …
Transcripts to be Made Available on PACER
Yesterday, the Judicial Conference of the United States voted to make transcripts of federal district and bankruptcy court proceedings available online through PACER. According to the press release: Under the new policy, transcripts created by …
Will Wall Street Journal Be Next to Offer Content Free Online?
Yesterday the New York Times began offering its content free online. Now, according to a Reuters article, it looks like the Wall Street Journal may follow suit. Thanks to Library Laws for the tip.