From Now @ MPL: Milwaukee Public Library is an official Patent and Trademark Depository Library. A Patent and Trademark Depository Library (PTDL) is a library designated by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) to …
Libraries & Librarians
UW-W Awarded Grant to Help School Librarians Learn About New Technologies
A group of University of Wisconsin-Whitewater library science professors has been awarded a federal grant totaling almost $1 million to help school librarians become licensed and conversant with changing technology. Read more in the press …
Law Libraries Using LibGuides
LibGuides is a “web 2.0 library knowledge sharing system” offered by the company Springshare. LibGuides is growing in popularity among all kinds of libraries, including law libraries as a platform for creating web-based research guides. …
Announcing the Web 2.0 Challenge 2009 – A Free, Online Course to Introduce Law Librarians to Web 2.0 Technologies
Last year the AALL Computing Services Special Interest Section sponsored the first Web 2.0 Challenge, an online course to introduce law librarians to social software and how to use it in their libraries. The course …
Law Library Blogs List Gets a New Home
For several years now, I’ve maintained a list of Law Library Blogs on the UW Law Library web server. I’m pleased to share that this list of blogs written by law librarians or law library …
Law Libraries & the Economic Crisis
How is the current economic crisis affecting the law library profession? An e-newsletter from AALL President, James Duggan, shares the results from a recent survey of law library directors: Staff 23 percent of law libraries …
National Library Week Celebration and Events at the UW Law Library
Happy National Library Week! Stop by the UW Law Library this week and help us celebrate. For our celebration this year, we’ve put together a number of activities including games, displays, and faculty/staff READ posters. …
AALL Annual Meeting Planning & Tracking Tools
Law librarians are a pretty tech savvy bunch. As evidence, take a look at some of the exciting tools my colleagues have created relating to the 2009 American Association of Law Libraries Annual Meeting. This …
AALL Members Receive Free Access to CALI Lessons
From the American Association of Law Libraries E-Newsletter: I’m pleased to announce that AALL is now providing members free access to the full set of online lessons hosted by the Center for Computer-Assisted Legal Instruction …
AALL Joins Twitter
The American Association of Law Libraries has set up two Twitter feeds: One for general information and a second for updates on the 2009 Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C. Recent Tweets: Wifi will be available …