Legal Research News and Information with an Emphasis on Wisconsin
The bloggers have been busy at the Democratic National Convention. Check out this informative post from Ernie the Attorney: If you want to keep up with the goings on at the DNC shindig in Boston, you should consider the many weblogs that are covering this convention. Start with Convention Bloggers, which has a comprehensive list …
National Public Radio has jumped on the RSS bandwagon and is now offering feeds for the following: NPR Top Stories NPR U.S News NPR World News NPR Business News NPR Health & Science News A number of local news feeds are also available. Source: Library Stuff
The Wall Street Journal has an article entitled Law Professor’s Web Log Is Jurists’ Must-Read summarizing the buzz around Ohio State law prof, Douglas Berman’s blog, Sentencing Law and Policy The blog chronicles the effect of the U.S. Supreme Court Blakely v. Washington ruling on the nation’s courts. From the article: “Last week, the blog was …
For all those that would prefer to receive WisBlawg updates via email, we’ve just added a neat little tool which lets you do just that. Scroll down to the bottom right to subscribe. You will receive an email once a day with all the new WisBlawg posts for that day. If you prefer to be updated more …
Sometimes just reading what the media has to say isn’t enough. Wouldn’t it be nice to hear what others are saying? Enter Feedster and Day Pop. Both search engines combine traditional news sources with individual commentary available in blogs and RSS feeds. And you can also receive alerts for new content as it is added. In Feedster, …
The Wall Street Journal has joined the RSS band wagon and is now offering a number of RSS feeds for their Online journals.
The Detroit News has an interesting story about a law student who is demanding that area libraries hand over patron names, addresses, telephone numbers and e-mail addresses “Marker’s request is made under the Michigan Freedom of Information Act, which allows the public access to documents created or held by a public body. Library directory information, however, …
Google’s New Toolbar has a couple new, nifty tricks: – Pop-up Blocker: Prevents most pop-up ads from being displayed by your browser – Search Directly from IE Address Bar: “Type words rather than URLs into the Internet Explorer address bar and automatically see the “most relevant” site for those terms” (Search Engine Watch) There …
From CNN Money: “Don’t be so quick to toss out your old PCs, fax machines or digital cameras — office supply retailer Office Depot is partnering with Hewlett-Packard to offer recycling of one electronic product a day for free all through the summer. ” Source: The Shifted Librarian
There is an article in Friday’s Miami Herald entitled, “Inmates Sue for Access to Law Library.” This is especially interesting in light of the struggles of our own Dane County Law Library/Legal Research Center. From the article: A pair of Broward inmates asked an appeals court Thursday to stop Sheriff Ken Jenne from closing down …