Good news for all you Hein-heads out there (I am certainly one of them). Hein Online recently added a great new feature to their interface where you can email a link to a Hein …
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Lenz v. Universal ruling: Fair Use must be considered…even with a dancing baby.
Today the Ninth Circuit Court ruled in favor of Stephanie Lenz in a Fair Use case that may have long-reaching consequences. In 2007, Lenz posted a 29 second video to Youtube of her baby …
A Zotero Update and work-around for the UW Catalog
2015 has been a whirlwind year of change for UW Libraries, even though most of it is not obvious to users. The campus (and entire UW system!) recently switched our library catalog platform and modified …
The ABA launches the collateral consequences of criminal conviction database
A great new addition the world of legal research is the recently launched Collateral Consequences database from the ABA. With it, legal researchers can search across all 50 states and federal jurisdictions to discover and …
Legislative Reference Bureau Oral History Project still going strong
Several years ago, the Legislative Reference Bureau launched a very worthwhile project documenting the oral histories of Wisconsin citizens who worked in the Capitol and have helped facilitate the legislative process throughout the years, largely …
A troubling legal research problem: Link Rot
On September 21st, a new study was released on SSRN that details a problem that face researchers, librarians and attorneys with the new online world of legal research. The problem is ‘link rot’, meaning that …
WisBar Launches New Website
By Kris Turner, Reference and Technology Services Librarian The Wisconsin State Bar launched a completely redesigned website on February 4th. Located at http://www.wisbar.org, the new site is the first upgrade since 2005. Combining resources that …
First Criminal Arrest for Domain Name Theft in U.S.
DomainNameNews reports on the first criminal arrest for domain name theft in the United States. According to the story: Daniel Goncalves, the 25 year old law firm computer technician arrested on Thursday, reportedly hacked in …
Wisconsin State Law Library Redesigns Website
Update: The new State Law Library Website went live today, Monday May 11th. ———— Kudos to the Wisconsin State Law Library on their newly redesigned website. Note that this is just a sneak peek. The …
Wisconsin State Law Library URL Change
The Wisconsin State Law Library has changed their URL to http://wilawlibrary.gov. According to webmaster, Carol Hassler, “this change is made in anticipation of our redesigned website, which will launch this spring…. While you will still …