Earlier today, the Law & Society Association has issued a statement on U.S. News’ decision not to proceed with its proposal to add a measure of “scholarly impact” to its law school rankings. LSA is …
Libraries & Librarians
Responding to US News’ Decision Not to Create Scholarly Impact Ranking – Law Librarians Still Play a Key Role in Maximizing Scholarly Visibility
After raising numerous concerns from the legal academic community, Brian Leiter reports that U.S. News has decided not to produce its own scholarly impact ranking. Chief among these concerns is that the exclusion of interdisciplinary scholarship and …
UW Law Library Program on Increasing Scholarly Visibility Busts Myths about Marketing & Discoverability
Last week, our UW Law Librarians teamed up with our External Affairs team to put on a very well-received in-house program for our faculty and staff on Increasing Scholarly Visibility: Social Media & Discoverability. It …
How Does Your Garden Grow? With a Little Help from Madison Public Library’s Seed Library
Who knew that you could borrow seeds from the Madison Public Library? A lot of people, apparently. So far this year, the Madison Public Library’s Seed Library has given away nearly 2,000 seed packets, including flowers, …
UW Law Library Unveils 2021 Faculty READ Poster Featuring Professor Mitra Sharafi
The UW Law Library has been creating beautiful READ Posters highlighting our amazing faculty as a part of National Library Week for the past 15 years. Thanks to Covid, this year’s poster was delayed, but …
UW Law Library’s Jay Tucker, BJ Ramsay, & Several Other Law School University Staff Honored
Each year, UW–Madison honors university staff members for their outstanding dedication and commitment to excellence. We are so pleased to share that our own Jay Tucker was one of the ten winners of the University Staff …
Five Resources Every New WI Lawyer Should Know
Today’s Inside Track from the Wisconsin State Bar introduces recent law grads to 5 Resources Every New Lawyer Should Know. The article features resources from the WI State Bar and WI State Law Library and offers …
Representing Law Faculty Scholarly Impact: Strategies for Improving Citation Metrics and Promoting Scholarly Visibility
For the last few years, I’ve been following the issue of legal citation metrics and scholarly impact and visibility very closely. I’m pleased to share that my new paper entitled, Representing Law Faculty Scholarly Impact: …
Black History Month – Celebrating the Accomplishments of Black Members of the Legal Profession
In celebration of Black History Month, the UW Law Library has created a web display celebrating the accomplishments of Black members of the legal profession. See the UW Black History Month site for more information …
Although On-site Access Limited, UW Law Library Offers Remote Support
In response to new measures to enhance the safety of the campus community during the spring semester, on-site access to the UW Law Library will be limited to UW Law School students, faculty, and staff …