Legal Research News and Information with an Emphasis on Wisconsin
Who knew that you could borrow seeds from the Madison Public Library? A lot of people, apparently. So far this year, the Madison Public Library’s Seed Library has given away nearly 2,000 seed packets, including flowers, herbs, and produce seeds. Here’s a sampling of the seeds available at participating Madison libraries (Lakeview Library or Goodman South …
The UW Law Library has been creating beautiful READ Posters highlighting our amazing faculty as a part of National Library Week for the past 15 years. Thanks to Covid, this year’s poster was delayed, but the wait was certainly worth it! This year, the poster features Professor Mitra Sharafi. Check it out below or visit …
Each year, UW–Madison honors university staff members for their outstanding dedication and commitment to excellence. We are so pleased to share that our own Jay Tucker was one of the ten winners of the University Staff Recognition Award, chosen from over 100 nominations! Jay Tucker Stack Manager In regular times, Tucker coordinates and oversees the shelving …
Today’s Inside Track from the Wisconsin State Bar introduces recent law grads to 5 Resources Every New Lawyer Should Know. The article features resources from the WI State Bar and WI State Law Library and offers tips on finding court rules and procedures, jury instructions, local bar associations, CLE requirements. Written by Barbara Fritschel and Carol …
For the last few years, I’ve been following the issue of legal citation metrics and scholarly impact and visibility very closely. I’m pleased to share that my new paper entitled, Representing Law Faculty Scholarly Impact: Strategies for Improving Citation Metrics and Promoting Scholarly Visibility is now available via SSRN. I will be presenting the paper …
In celebration of Black History Month, the UW Law Library has created a web display celebrating the accomplishments of Black members of the legal profession. See the UW Black History Month site for more information on campus-wide virtual events. This display is the creation of the Law Library’s Equity, Inclusion, and Diversity Subcommittee and is …
In response to new measures to enhance the safety of the campus community during the spring semester, on-site access to the UW Law Library will be limited to UW Law School students, faculty, and staff as of January 19, 2021. However, the Law Library remains committed to remotely supporting our campus and community members to …
The American Association of Law Libraries reports that academic librarians may now qualify for exemption from FOIA request fees as educational institution requestors. From the AALL Washington Update: The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) accepted AALL’s recommendation that federal agencies should consider librarians at educational institutions, including academic law librarians, as eligible for fee …
The year 2020 marks the 100th anniversary of the passage of the 19th Amendment, guaranteeing and protecting the constitutional right to vote for women. In honor of the anniversary, the American Bar Association’s Standing Committee on the Law Library of Congress launched a traveling exhibit tracing the movement that not only secured passage of the 19th …
The UW Law Library recently received an Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) National Leadership Grants for Libraries grant to improve access to tribal laws. A recent news article from the UW Madison Libraries features our Digital Publication of Tribal Laws Pilot Project. From the article, University of Wisconsin–Madison Law Library: Empowering Libraries: The …