Legal Research News and Information with an Emphasis on Wisconsin
A new system called Federal Digital System (FDsys) is slated to replace GPO Access. GPO’s FDsys is an advanced digital system that will enable GPO to manage Government information in a digital form. According to the FDsys Current Status report: The information on GPO Access is in the process of being migrated to FDsys, a …
The Wisconsin State Journal reports that Madison is participating in a new online service that allows members of the public to monitor crime in their neighborhoods. CrimeReports.com allows users to zero in on a map of the city and view recent crimes within the vicinity (excluding traffic citations and crashes).. They can also sign up …
I’m pleased to report that my list of law library blogs has recently reached 150. It’s wonderful that law librarians are so active in the blogosphere. If you know of any blogs that I’ve missed, please contact me and I’ll add them to the list.
Library users at Wisconsin State Law Library can now access the Internet wirelessly. Just stop by the Circulation Desk and ask for the Wi-Fi password, which changes daily. Wired internet access also remains available. If you don’t have your own Cat5 cable, you may sign one out from the Circulation Desk. Source: WSLL @ Your …
One of my biggest problems with riding the bus (when I used to ride it) is having to wait around for a late bus – irritating in good weather but downright miserable in below freezing temps. Yeah, I know that for various reasons delays are unavoidable, but for some reason I’m just not all that …
Newspapers can be a rich source of historical information, but finding articles on your topics of interest can be difficult – particularly for older articles. Fortunately, several state libraries offer indexes to Wisconsin newspapers. The Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau Library maintains a collection of newspaper and magazine article clippings, organized by subject and arranged chronologically. …
There is an interesting article in today’s Chronicle of Higher Education on the results of the 2008 Law School Survey of Student Engagement. The author particularly discusses one section of the report, Computers in the Law School Classroom. Law-school professors are fed up with students using laptop computers in class to surf to Facebook, eBay, …
Digital Inspiration has a handy list of free tools for working with PDF documents if you don’t have Adobe Acrobat. The list covers everything from creating PDFs, to merging PDFs, to setting password restrictions, to filling in PDF forms and more. Source: PDF for Lawyers
In her Wisconsin Law Journal blog, Bev Butula offers tips for researching layoff information. One of the databases she mentions is JWT Inside’s Layoff Report Database. The researcher can search by week or keyword. The weekly report lists the various companies, locations, affected workforce, news source, and date of the layoffs for that particular week. …
Updated: 7/22/2013 I’ve recently been made aware of the State of Wisconsin Administrative Rules Home Page. Wisconsin state agencies value your involvement in agency decision-making and have created this website to make it easy for you to monitor and participate in their rulemaking. At this site, you can: Search for rules View the status of …