Legal Research News and Information with an Emphasis on Wisconsin
There’s lots of good stuff in the latest edition of Law Library Journal (Winter 2007). Are Public Law Librarians Immune from Suit? Muddying the Already Murky Waters of Law Librarian Liability by John Cannan look particularly interesting. Abstract: Public law librarians–academic law librarians at public universities and court and other government librarians–may enjoy public official …
Above the Law has launched its latest hotties contest – this time their are looking for hot law librarians. I love it. And UW Law School folks: take a look at the familiar face on the Law School Dean hotties. Source: Depraved Librarian
A while back, I was contacted by Chick Markley, VP/Engineering of The Personal Bee, Inc. about a new site called Law Library Buzz, an aggregator for law library blogs. I agreed to sign on as the “Bee Keeper.” There are a couple of pretty neat features of Law Library Buzz. First, there is a single …
LISZEN is a new search engine devoted just to library blogs. It’s brought to you by the good folks at Library Zen. Although I don’t envision myself using it too often, it will be useful when I want to know what librarians think of something – like a database, a vendor, a way of approaching …
This month’s WSLL @ Your Service newsletter from the Wisconsin State Law Library centers around Wisconsin briefs. It contains tips on accessing briefs (including the UW Law Library’s Wisconsin Briefs database) and some interesting information on the history of briefs.
It seems that libraries are big news today – and none of it is good: Today’s New York Times has a story entitled, Lock the Library! Rowdy Students Are Taking Over. This one is truly sad. It seems that a NJ public library has seen no alternative but to close its doors during afterschool hours …
Following my post about Microsoft Live Books yesterday, I spent a little time digging around the database. I came across a 1919 book of fiction entitled, The Swing of the Pendulum. In it, we meet a young woman interviewing for a job at the library. The Chief Librarian stood before her. He was tall, thin …
A colleague passed along this little YouTube gem entitled, “Your Life Work: The Librarian,” a vocational guidance film from 1956. Prerequisites for a career in librarianship: love for books and love for people. It’s not bad, actually. Not a shusher in the bunch.
The Wisconsin State Law Library reminds users that it’s After Hours Service renewal/application time. Any Wisconsin-licensed attorney may subscribe to this service, which allows use of the library from 5 to 10 p.m. Monday – Friday and from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday – Sunday.
Noah Wyle returns this Sunday night as The Librarian in the the TNT movie, Return to King Solomon’s Mines. I’ve got my TiVo all set. From the TNT site: This globe-trotting action-thriller from the producer of Independence Day and the director of Star Trek: First Contact sends Flynn on a journey to uncover the fabled …