Jennifer L. Behrens of Duke Law Library has compiled a list of law library pages on Facebook. See UW Law Library’s Facebook page which appears on the list. For more about how law libraries are …
Month: May 2008
Dr. Biddy Martin Picked as Next UW-Madison Chancellor
It was announced yesterday that Dr. Carolyn “Biddy” Martin has been recommended as the next UW-Madison chancellor by the Board of Regents. There has been a lot of discussion and speculation about Dr. Martin on …
WisBlawg Turns Four
I’m pleased to share that WisBlawg recently celebrated its fourth birthday. Thanks to all of you loyal readers for sticking with me!
Milwaukee Public Library Considers Express Libraries for Supermarkets, Airport, Etc.
According to JS Online, Milwaukee Public Library is investigating the idea of creating three express libraries where patrons could access library materials and services at convenient places, such as supermarkets, coffee shops, or the airport. …
Microsoft Closes the Book on Digitization
From Microsoft’s Live Search blog: Today we informed our partners that we are ending the Live Search Books and Live Search Academic projects and that both sites will be taken down next week. Books and …
LSAT, etc. Online Exam Prep Tool Free at Public Library
Know anyone that’s taking the LSAT soon? How about the SAT, ACT or GRE? If so, direct them to LearningExpressLibrary, an interactive online learning platform of practice tests and tutorial course series. It has immediate …
WisBlawg Finally Listed on Technorati
After several years of trying to get WisBlawg listed on Technorati, I think that I can finally do so. For some reason it was inadvertently marked as spam. Technorati is a search engine for blogs …
Review of Free Citators Available in AltLaw & PreCYdent
Both PreCYdent and AltLaw have come out with citators. Remember that these are both public-domain search engines offering cases and statutes for free on the Internet. AltLaw When viewing a case in AltLaw, you’ll notice …
RSS Feeds for US Code Updates
Cornell’s Legal Information Institute has recently introduced RSS feeds for the US Code. Feeds are available by title only. Source: Law Librarian Blog
CS-SIS Election & Web 2.0 Challenge
I’m honored to report that I’ve been elected Vice-Chair/Chair-Elect of the Computing Services Special Interest Section of the American Association of Law Librarians. As our name implies, we’re the techie group in AALL. Officially, “the …