On Sept 26th, On This Day in Wisconsin History reported: On this date [in 1833], Indian tribes including the Ojibwe, Menominee, Potawatomi, Ho-Chunk, Ottawa, and Sauk ceded land to the government, including areas around Milwaukee, …
Year: 2013
Wisconsin Blue Book 2013-2014 Available Online
The 2013-2014 edition of the Wisconsin Blue Book is now available on the Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau website. What is the Wisconsin Blue Book? The State of Wisconsin Blue Book remains the primary one-volume reference …
An Update: Changes for CCAP?
Late last week, a Wisconsin Law Journal article (Subscription required) discussed how the focus of recent bills proposing changes to Wisconsin’s Court Access Website (CCAP) may be changing. The senators who sponsored the bill have …
A troubling legal research problem: Link Rot
On September 21st, a new study was released on SSRN that details a problem that face researchers, librarians and attorneys with the new online world of legal research. The problem is ‘link rot’, meaning that …
Badgerlink gets a facelift
Badgerlink, a unique Wisconsin resource that provides residents with access to music, scholarly works, newspapers, magazines and much more has recently been redesigned. The sight is much more user-friendly, with resource icons, friendlier colors and …
Hein Online embraces QR Codes, mobile technology
Hein Online has announced a new way for patrons to use their mobile devices to view and share pdfs. Documents on Hein now include a QR code that link straight to that document, and shows …
Working Paper on the Availability of Tribal Law
Last year I became responsible for our collection of Native American materials at the UW Law Library. In reviewing the collection and availability of sources, I learned that tribal legal materials are very difficult to …
WI Administrative Code Online Archive Complete Back to 1956
The Legislative Reference Bureau has announced that it has completed scanning the Wisconsin Administrative Code archive back to 1956 (vol 1 of the Administrative Register). The Code does not appear in it’s entirety for these …
Changes for CCAP? New Legislation is Introduced
CCAP, Wisconsin’s online access to Circuit Court Records, may be altered if pending legislation passes. Introduced by Senator Lena Taylor (D-Milwaukee) in the Senate and Representative Evan Goyke (D-Milwaukee) in the Assembly, the bill is …
WI Online Statutes to be Certified Prima Facie Evidence; Ebook Version Moves Out of Beta
A little noticed part of the WI Budget Act (Act 20) requires the Legislative Reference Bureau to certify the online version of the Wisconsin Statutes. The online statutes will be considered prima facie evidence of …