Month: September 2011

Wisconsin Court System Redesigns Website

The Wisconsin court system has recently redesigned its Web site. According to the press release, “in addition to a new graphical presentation, the new Web site helps guides visitors with better organized tabs and drop-down menus…” The press release describes two new features on the home page: The “quick links” tab leads visitors to each …

Federal Courts Increase PACER Fees by 25%

“The federal courts announced on Tuesday that they would be increasing fees for accessing public court records by 25 percent, from 8

JSTOR Makes Early Journal Content Freely Available

Today, JSTOR announced that they are making journal content published prior to 1923 in the United States and prior to 1870 elsewhere freely available to anyone, anywhere in the world. This “Early Journal Content” includes discourse and scholarship in the arts and humanities, economics and politics, and in mathematics and other sciences. It includes nearly …

WI Legislature Releases New Web Platform for Wisconsin Statutes

The Wisconsin Legislature has officially released the dramatically improved web search platform for the Wisconsin Statutes. It has been available in beta for a while (see my earlier post about it), but now it is the default platform. According to a press release: The new search engine, which is easier to use, will present more …