Legal Research News and Information with an Emphasis on Wisconsin
Out of the Jungle reports that “Westlaw has removed all Dialog content with the exception of the copyright databases.” Worse yet, it seems that there was no prior notification. It’s uncertain whether this affects all Westlaw accounts or just academic ones. I’ve asked my Westlaw Librarian Relations rep about it, but haven’t heard back yet. …
Milwaukee Public Library has announced that they’ve recently acquired a collection of “Playaway” audio books. Playaways are the digital content of an entire book pre-loaded into a pocket-size player. There is no need to load CD’s or cassette tapes; you just press “play” and begin listening. Very simple to operate and light to carry, the …
Google has added a new feature in which a secondary search box that appears within some of the search results themselves. See, for example, the search results for a “NASA” search. Note the “Search nasa.gov” search box below the link. According to Google, This feature will now occur when we detect a high probability that …
I mentioned earlier that Bo Ryan & crew are featured on this year’s UW Madison Libraries READ poster. The photo for the poster was shot at College Library and includes, from left to right, players Joe Krabbenhoft, Jon Leuer, Marcus Landry, Brian Butch and Trevon Hughes. The project was paid for with private support. Copies …
A new study by LexisNexis reveals that 70% of American white collar workers suffer from information overload. That number rises to 80% among legal professionals. Other findings for legal professionals include: 90% of legal professionals agree that not being able to access the right information at the right time is a huge time-waster 70% say …
As of the first of the year, the Wisconsin Women’s Law Journal is now the Wisconsin Journal of Law, Gender & Society. From the announcement: The new name is more closely aligned with the Journal’s mission statement. For twenty-two years, the Journal has been seeking scholarship that, “examine[s] the intersection of law and gender with …
A while back I posted about a free telephone conferencing service called FreeConference.com. This free service supplies you with a dial in number and an access code with which all callers can connect. While this service worked great, I recently had a need to record a conference call. Although FreeConference.com does have recording capabilities, this …