Legal Research News and Information with an Emphasis on Wisconsin
We were saddened to learn of the death of Law Library titan, Roy M. Mersky. Law Librarian Blog reports: Professor Roy M. Mersky died yesterday from complications of a recent fall. A member of the University of Texas-Austin School of Law faculty and the director of its law library since 1965, Mersky held the Harry …
From SF List (via Tame the Web): Starting sometime in April, library books will be available at Contra Costa County BART stations via “ATM style lending machines.” A new program called Library-a-Go-Go, along with the Contra Costa County Library, will allow BART riders to simply swipe a card, select a book, wait for said book …
As part of their National Library Week celebration, the Wisconsin State Law Library unveiled a new READ poster and READ bookmarks featuring Wisconsin Supreme Court Chief Justice Shirley Abrahamson. The poster, along with bookmarks also featuring the Chief Justice, is on display at the State Law Library. Source: WSLL @ Your Service
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 Richard Leiter: We hope to discuss pricing practices of legal publishers and their effects on law libraries and legal researchers. …
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 16 for the Friends of the University of Wisconsin–Madison Libraries. Her talk is available online through WisconsinEye. Source: Libraries@UW–Madison
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 report is available from the Campaign for Wisconsin Libraries. Source: Nicole’s Auxiliary Storage
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 Section 108 Study Group,* the independent committee (comprised of both librarians and publishers) charged with updating the Copyright Act for …
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. This year’s posters feature, Anuj Desai and Keith Findley & John Pray. Want to star in your very own READ …
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 and how to use it in their libraries. The course is sponsored by the AALL Computing Services Special Interest Section …
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 CD’s or cassette tapes; you just press “play” and begin listening. Very simple to operate and light to carry, the …