Legal Research News and Information with an Emphasis on Wisconsin
Law librarians have a lot to say and a lot to teach about legal research… By writing articles for… law-related publications, librarians can reach out beyond our own organizations and offer research guidance to a much wider audience… Just as importantly, writing articles for legal journals and publications helps law librarians build a higher profile …
The blog for this summer’s American Association of Law Libraries Annual Meeting in St. Louis is already up. The AALL Gateway will feature news, announcements and informational pieces about the upcoming meeting (and birthday celebration), as well as stories, tips and other items of interest for conference attendees. AALL is recruiting “Gateway Bloggers” to report …
The blog for this summer’s American Association of Law Libraries Annual Meeting in St. Louis is already up. The AALL Gateway will feature news, announcements and informational pieces about the upcoming meeting (and birthday celebration), as well as stories, tips and other items of interest for conference attendees. AALL is recruiting “Gateway Bloggers” to report …
The March 2006 edition of WSLL @ Your Service is out and it’s a good one. Heidi Yelk explores some of the electronic resources available at the Wisconsin State Law Library and Connie Von Der Heide shares the schedule of upcoming library events. It appears as though they have a very nice slate of workshops …
On Monday April 3 at 2:00 p.m., the Dane County Legal Resource Center is celebrating its move into a larger space in the new courthouse with a grand opening ribbon cutting ceremony and reception. DCLRC’s grand opening corresponds with National Library Week, April 2-8, and features week long events, classes, and door prizes. For more …
The Winter 2006 edition of the LLAW Newsletter is now available. The newsletter is a quarterly publication of the Law Librarians Association of Wisconsin.
Madison District 15 Alder, Larry Palm writes in his blog about plans for several Madison Public Libraries. He rounds out his post with the following: When I walked doors in late 2004 through my central eastside neighborhoods, I did hear from a high percentage of households that taxes were too high. However, when I suggested …
There were a lot of lost souls wandering around the UW Law Library in the last 24 hours. Horror of horrors – the Law School’s computer network was completely down thanks to an accidentally severed fiber optic cable. It’s truly amazing how reliant we are on technology. Students were forced to use print resources without …
When I worked at the Eau Claire Public Library, I was the backup driver for their Bookmobile service to area nursing homes and senior centers. We had a van. But in Kenya, “ships of the desert are the best way to travel.” From the BBC News comes a photo journal of the Camel Mobile Library. …
There is a forum I monitor from SlickDeals.net on freebies (’cause who doesn’t like free stuff?). Mostly posts are about free deals at restaurants and other promotional giveaways, but today there was a post from someone recommending Free Rental DVDS from library. Following the initial post were three pages of comments from people who overwhelmingly …