Legal Research News and Information with an Emphasis on Wisconsin
Live WisconsinEye cable television coverage of the State Legislature begins at noon today. From the press release posted on WisPolitics.com: The WisconsinEye 24/7 cable channel will be available beginning tomorrow to Time Warner Cable Wisconsin digital subscribers on Channel 163 and to Charter digital customers in southern Wisconsin, including Madison, Janesville and Beloit, on Channel …
I’ll be heading to New Orleans later this week for the American Association of Law Libraries Annual Meeting. One of the things on my calendar is presenting at a TS-SIS program entitled, Blogging and Beyond: New Communication Streams for Technical Services Librarians. I’ll be talking about blogs and RSS – specifically how they can be …
In addition to its coverage of the Wisconsin Legislature, WisconsinEye has also produced a series of programs about Wisconsin-themed books. Some are author interviews and others are appearances by authors at local bookstores. Archived audio and video is available. Some of the featured books so far include the Caf
There were two interesting articles about librarians in my in-box today. Both are about how technology has changed the profession. One focuses on how technology has attracted a new generation of hip librarians and other other about how it has changed library staffing models. A Hipper Crowd of Shushers (New York Times, July 8, 2007) …
I recently learned about a new librarian cartoon called Shelf Check. And, of course, there is always Unshelved. And it looks like Rex Libris, the graphic novel featuring a librarian-superhero, has been picked up by Warner Bros. and is headed to the big screen.
You may have noticed that WisBlawg was unavailable late last week. It was because the Law School’s server was down to make the switch to the newly redesigned UW Law School Web site. Check it out!
You may have noticed that WisBlawg was unavailable late last week. It was because the Law School’s server was down to make the switch to the newly redesigned UW Law School Web site. Check it out!
JS Online reports that: A Dane County judge ruled Wednesday that drafts of what may become formal bills in the Legislature do not have to be made public under the open records law, even if legislators have shared them with individuals or special-interest groups outside the Capitol. . . . In his ruling, [Circuit Judge …
If you’re an Odd Wisconsin fan like me, you’ll be interested to know that the Wisconsin Historical Society has recently published a book entitled, Odd Wisconsin: Amusing, Perplexing, and Unlikely Stories from Wisconsin’s Past. From the Web site: This unique book unearths the stories that got lost to history even though they may have made …
Did you know you could generate RSS feeds for new products from Amazon? The feeds are based on tags which users can assign to items. See, for example, the “law” tag. Notice that there is a link to a RSS feed for that tag at the bottom right. There are lots of other, more specific, …