Tune in to BlogTalkRadio at 3:00 PM (central) today for a live Internet radio call-in program featuring Ken Svengalis of Legal Information Buyer’s Guide. Ken will be interviewed by Brian Striman and Richard Leiter. From …
Libraries & Librarians
Libraries in a Digital Age
Susan Allen, associate director and chief librarian of the Getty Research Institute in Los Angeles, has some insightful comments on Libraries in a Digital Age. Ms. Allen gave the 2008 Douglas Schewe Annual Lecture April …
Public Libraries Good for the Economy
Wisconsin public libraries return $4.06 for every dollar taxpayers invest in them, according to an economic impact research report produced by NorthStar Economics Inc. of Madison. Read more from The Capital Times. The complete NorthStar …
Recommended Amendments to the Copyright Act for Libraries
Last Friday, Marquette Law Library hosted a very interesting presentation on “Amending the Copyright Act for Libraries” by Laura Gasaway (UNC Chapel Hill School of Law). Ms. Gasaway shared her experiences as co-chair of The …
Happy National Library Week 2008!
Stop by the UW Law Library this week and help us celebrate National Library Week! For our celebration this year, we have put together a number of activities including, of course, our faculty READ posters. …
Announcing the Web 2.0 Challenge: A Free, Online Course to Introduce Law Librarians to Web 2.0 Technologies
For the past few months, I’ve been involved with a project that I’m pleased to finally be able to officially announce: the Web 2.0 Challenge, an online course to introduce law librarians to social software …
Self Playing Digital Audio Books – No CD or MP3 Player Needed
Milwaukee Public Library has announced that they’ve recently acquired a collection of “Playaway” audio books. Playaways are the digital content of an entire book pre-loaded into a pocket-size player. There is no need to load …
Bo Ryan & Crew READ Poster Available
I mentioned earlier that Bo Ryan & crew are featured on this year’s UW Madison Libraries READ poster. The photo for the poster was shot at College Library and includes, from left to right, players …
AALL Annual Meeting Web Site & Blog
It seems to be the day for AALL blogs. In addition to the afore mentioned Washington Affairs blog, the AALL Annual Meeting blog also makes its debut today. Actually, it’s more than just a blog …
New Blog from AALL Washington Affairs Office
Washington Blawg is the new blog from the AALL Washington Affairs Office. Here at the Washington Affairs Office (WAO) of the American Association of Law Libraries (AALL), we’re always trying to find new ways to …