There is a service called Numbr (formerly Craigsnumber) that provides free disposable phone numbers. You say how long you need the number (one hour to one month) and tell it to what real phone number(s) …
Month: November 2007
Dissertation Calculator Suggests Manageable Deadlines
Have a dissertation looming in your future and don’t know where to start? Check out the Dissertation Calculator developed by the UW Madison CIMC (Center for Instructional Materials and Computing). Simply enter your start date …
Cocaine Sentencing Guidelines Changed
From the Christian Science Monitor: This week the US Sentencing Commission, with little fanfare, officially reduced its recommended sentences for crack-related offenses. The commission announced last spring that it intended to make the change, and …
Free Ethics CLE to be Held at Law School
A free Professional Ethics CLE Program will be held at the UW Law School this Wednesday, November 7th from 3:00 to 6:00 P.M in room 7200 (Lubar Commons). Three Ethics CLE credits for Wisconsin lawyers …
New Business Database Availability from Madison & Milwaukee Public Libraries
Two business databases available to public library card holders have just been announced: Value Line from the Milwaukee Public Library Value Line, a popular online database for investors, is now available remotely through the Milwaukee …
Website of Shame About to Get Some New Names – Amount Owed Lowered to $5K
A whole lot more delinquent taxpayers are about to get added to the Department of Revenue’s Website of Shame. According to the Wisconsin Radio Network, a provision in the new state budget lowers the threshold …
Some Bloggers = Journalists According to SC Federal Judge
A South Carolina District Court judge has ruled that bloggers may have the same rights as journalists, depending on the content of the blog. The complete case, BidZirk LLC v Phillip J Smith, is available …
Library Services for Alumni Featured in Latest Issue of The Gargoyle
The latest edition of The Gargoyle, the UW Madison Law School alumni magazine, is now available online. On a research note, I’d like to draw your attention to an article I contributed about the various …
Interesting Findings from the AALL Salary Survey
The 2007 American Association of Law Libraries 2007 Salary Survey is now available online to AALL members. In addition to statistical tables summarizing salary data by position for each type of library (academic, private firm/corporate, …