The ALA Reference and User Services Association (RUSA) has named Best Free Reference Web Sites of 2006. Highlights include: AF: Acronym Finder Constitution Finder E-how How Products are Made In the first person: An index …
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Something More Than Average
This semester, I’m taking a course on management. One of our first projects was to think of a great manager we’ve worked with and describe what made that person so special. While a number of …
Wisconsin Nostalgia Preserved on National Recording Registry
A little bit of Wisconsin history has made its way on to the Library of Congress’s National Recording Registry. As one of only 200 recordings to make the list, the old foghorn of Kewaunee, Wis. …
Protecting Yourself from Identity Theft
My fellow UW Law Librarian, Jenny Zook has written a useful piece on protecting yourself from identity theft for our Law School newsletter.
WisBlawg Moves to a New Home
I’m pleased to announce that WisBlawg has moved to a new home. Please direct your browser to http://www.law.wisc.edu/blogs/wisblawg/ We hope to move the archives over to the new platform in the near future. Additionally, we …
ABA Blogs Poll
Learn what your colleagues think about blogging in the ABA Litigation Section blogs poll: Blogs are certainly pervasive on the internet, and a slight majority of you (57%) read some sort of blog on a …
LexisNexis Introduces Browser Toolbar
TechnoLaywer Blog has a nice little summary of LexisNexis’ new browser toolbar. I noticed an ad for this the other day, but I haven’t tried this myself since I’ve already got more toolbars than I …
Breaking "News" – Lost Books Return Home
And now the “news” from the UW Law Library… There was a joyful reunion here today as 4 books that walked away from the New Book Shelf at the University of Wisconsin Law Library over …
iPod + Congress
IPac, the Intellectual Property Action Committee, has launched an interesting campaign called the Congressional iPod Education fund. It seems they were inspired by “Senator Stevens, the 82-year old [U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and …
Will Amazon Offer Online Delivery of Movies?
Some sources are speculating that Amazon.com will soon be entering the online delivery of movies market. Arstechnica writes: According to the uniformly unnamed sources, Amazon’s vision includes a try before you buy model, where you …