Legal Research News and Information with an Emphasis on Wisconsin
Who knew? – Batgirl was a librarian! A colleague noticed the reference to Wonder Woman in my bio and clued me into Batgirl’s career. Here’s the scoop from Batgirl was a Librarian: Barbara Gordon, the niece and adopted daughter of Police Commissioner Jim Gordon, graduated summa cum laude from Gotham State University with a degree …
I recently learned of a new blog called Callinan the Librarian. The blog deals with the the challenges of balancing life and librarianship and shares the successes of all librarians pursing and achieving good. The blog is an off-shoot of a law librarian consulting practice developed by Ellen Callinan, a 20 year law librarian veteran. …
In the wake of Sue Center’s retirement as Assistant Director for Public Services, the UW Law Library staff is undergoing some major structural changes. In essence, we are moving from three departments (Technical Services, Public Services & Information Services) down to two (Technical Services & Public Services). Many of our staff, including me, will be …
Last Thursday was a very special day for the Law Library. We held a celebration in honor of Sue Center, Assistant Director of Public Services, as she retires from the library after 35 years of service. Yep – you read right – 35 years of service. After an open reception here in the library, the …
Need a speaker for your next meeting? Why not try a law librarian. The American Association of Law Librarians has launched a Speakers Directory. So far there aren’t too many speakers listed, but I suspect that numbers will quickly increase. Any AALL member can suggest a speaker. The main page has an alphabetical list, but …
Reuters has a nice story on the value librarians – this time it’s the information professionals at the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center who provide searches for cancer patients. 95% of patients surveyed indicated that the librarian had provided them with some new information. From the article: “This demonstrates,” said [Librarian Ruti] Volk, “that …
Evening and Weekend Reference Librarian, Eric Taylor, was honored last week by members of the Wisconsin Law Review. In recognition of his enthusiasm and willingness to help and his extensive and invaluable knowledge of the discipline of legal research, Eric was awarded the first annual Most Valuable Faculty/Staff Member award. Eric really does a phenomenal …
Last week, the Law Librarians Association of Wisconsin sponsored two events for library school students interested in learning about a career law librarianship. Thursday’s session was held in Madison and Friday’s was in Milwaukee. In addition to tours of a firm, court, and academic law library, students met with librarians over lunch to discuss the …
Governor Doyle has proclaimed today, Monday, April 24 as AskAway Day in Wisconsin. AskAway is a new statewide virtual reference service. Live chat with a librarian using a very simple Web service. There is no need to download any chat software. AskAway is a member of the 24/7 Reference Consortium, a group of hundreds of …
Today’s WI State Journal contains a nice article on the Dane County Legal Resource Center. About 80 percent of the people who use the resource center are going to court without an attorney, [Director Paula] Seeger said. Even though much information is available on the Internet, people still need personal assistance, she said. Court officials …