If you’re planning a little spring cleaning of your personal library, take a look at these clever uses for your old books: Make A Lamp Out of Books (from DIY) Artist and designer Alex Cobb …
Month: March 2008
Google Scholar Indexing Hein Online Content
Due Process reports that law review articles from Hein Online are now being indexed by Google Scholar. I’ve always liked Google Scholar, but up until recently I haven’t found it particularly helpful for finding law …
Tips for Monitoring Cases
Carol Bannen, Director of Information Resources at Reinhart, Boerner, Van Deuren, has compiled a useful list of Tips for Monitoring Cases in the March edition of the Wisconsin Lawyer. She describes a range of publications …
Exclusive Rights to GAO Legislative Histories Sold to Thomson West?
Boing Boing reports on Carl Malamud’s investigation of the exclusive deal in which the Government Accountability Office has contracted with Thomson West to provide complete federal legislative histories compiled by GAO law librarians. John Wonderlich …
Announcing the Web 2.0 Challenge: A Free, Online Course to Introduce Law Librarians to Web 2.0 Technologies
For the past few months, I’ve been involved with a project that I’m pleased to finally be able to officially announce: the Web 2.0 Challenge, an online course to introduce law librarians to social software …
Children's Testimony May Be More Accurate Than Adult's
A recent study finds that children may offer more accurate court testimony than adults. The study was conducted by two Cornell University professors: Valerie Reyna, human development professor, and Chuck Brainerd, human development and law …
Feingold Receives ALA's James Madison Award for Protecting Public Access to Gov't Information
The American Library Association has announced that Senator Russ Feingold has been awarded the 2008 James Madison Award which honors those who, at the national level, have championed, protected, and promoted public access to government …
WI Supreme Court One of the Most Influential
From the Wisconsin Court System Headlines: The Wisconsin Supreme Court is historically among the most influential state supreme courts in the United States, according to preliminary findings of a study published in December by the …
PreCYdent Adds New Content – State Opinions & Congressional Records
Per an email I received from developer Antonio Tomarchio, PreCYdent is reporting some new content: A collection of opinions from major states has recently been added with more to come Later this week, a GPO …
Managing Your Professional Reputation Online
Steve Matthews over at Stem Legal has written a very useful article on managing your online reputation. He writes: Online reputation management isn’t a question of blogging gone badly, or someone posting drunken pictures in …