Legal Research News and Information with an Emphasis on Wisconsin
I’m pleased to report that MadCat, the UW Madison library catalog, now features RSS feeds for new items. New In MadCat is a list of books, journals, and titles in all media that have recently been cataloged by campus libraries. The list is updated every Wednesday. You may subscribe to RSS feeds for particular Subjects …
Last week, the popular blogging software, Movable Type announced that they are now open source. This means you can freely modify, redistribute, and use Movable Type for any purpose you choose. Read more at the Movable Type blog. Source: Boing Boing
A South Carolina District Court judge has ruled that bloggers may have the same rights as journalists, depending on the content of the blog. The complete case, BidZirk LLC v Phillip J Smith, is available at Justia. Justia rocks! From Judge Henry M. Herlong, Jr.’s opinion: However, in determining whether Smith was engaged in news …
Real Lawyers Have Blogs has some good advice on converting a law firm newsletter into a blog.
There is a new e-book available called Law of The Blog, which according to author Nicholas Carroll, is “about bloggers’ legal rights and risks in the U.S.A.” The table of contents is available on the Web site. Source: Slaw
The Wisconsin State Law Library routinely offers a great slate of workshops. Looks like there is a new one coming up in November called, “Using Blogs to Promote Your Law Practice.” Here’s the description: Blogs can be used to inform, communicate and network. How can you use a blog to connect with clients? Learn how …
NewsGator, a company specializing in information delivery via RSS, is offering a free Webinar titled “Enterprise RSS for the Legal Profession” on August 21st, 2:00 ET. I expect they will be demoing NewsGator Enterprise Server which according to their Web site “helps organizations take news and updates from the Web, the blogosphere, premium content providers …
Over the last few years, I’ve featured a number of online collections produced by the UW Digital Collections Center, such as Wisconsin Blue Books, the State of Wisconsin Collection and the University of Wisconsin Collection. Now you can find out about new collections directly with the UWDCC’s new RSS feed. About the UWDCC: In the …
This Monday marked the release of BlawgWorld 2007, an eBook featuring the best posts from “77 of the most influential blawgs.” I’m very honored that WisBlawg was selected for inclusion again this year. I have to admit, though, that I until today, I didn’t really see the point of BlawgWorld – of gathering tiny snapshots …
Do you or your organization offer any RSS feeds? If so, take a look at 5 Tips to Increase RSS Subscribers which I learned about today over at LibrarianInBlack. The tips include: 1) Make it stand out 2) Offer a full feed 3) Subscriber count 4) Multiple buttons 5) Email Subscription I agree with LiB …