Legal Research News and Information with an Emphasis on Wisconsin
In response to privacy concerns, Google will be blurring out any human face appearing in Google Maps street views. Street views are available in Google Maps for both Milwaukee and Madison. Simply do a Google search for an address in either city and click on the “Street Views” link in the resulting map. You’ll see …
We were saddened to learn of the death of Law Library titan, Roy M. Mersky. Law Librarian Blog reports: Professor Roy M. Mersky died yesterday from complications of a recent fall. A member of the University of Texas-Austin School of Law faculty and the director of its law library since 1965, Mersky held the Harry …
From SF List (via Tame the Web): Starting sometime in April, library books will be available at Contra Costa County BART stations via “ATM style lending machines.” A new program called Library-a-Go-Go, along with the Contra Costa County Library, will allow BART riders to simply swipe a card, select a book, wait for said book …
Do you iGoogle? iGoogle is a personalized Google start page (similar to My Yahoo!) where you can aggregate all the Google resources you use on your online desktop – search, gMail, Google Calendar, etc. It also allows you to add RSS feeds and Google Gadgets (similar to those available on Google Desktop). I found this …
As part of their National Library Week celebration, the Wisconsin State Law Library unveiled a new READ poster and READ bookmarks featuring Wisconsin Supreme Court Chief Justice Shirley Abrahamson. The poster, along with bookmarks also featuring the Chief Justice, is on display at the State Law Library. Source: WSLL @ Your Service
Boing Boing reports that the situation regarding the contested copyright claim for Oregon Revised Statutes has reached an impasse. Oregon says they are copyright-able; Justia and Public.Resource.Org, who plan to post them online, say they aren’t. From the attorney representing Justia and Public.Resource.Org: My clients respectfully cannot agree to the Public License. First, and most …
Members of the campus community can now sign up to receive text messages in the event of an emergency. UW–Madison students, faculty and staff, along with employees of campus affiliates can sign up for WiscAlerts through the My UW Portal. The new service will be used to send critical safety information from UW–Madison Police. It …
Tune in to BlogTalkRadio at 3:00 PM (central) today for a live Internet radio call-in program featuring Ken Svengalis of Legal Information Buyer’s Guide. Ken will be interviewed by Brian Striman and Richard Leiter. From Richard Leiter: We hope to discuss pricing practices of legal publishers and their effects on law libraries and legal researchers. …
Susan Allen, associate director and chief librarian of the Getty Research Institute in Los Angeles, has some insightful comments on Libraries in a Digital Age. Ms. Allen gave the 2008 Douglas Schewe Annual Lecture April 16 for the Friends of the University of Wisconsin–Madison Libraries. Her talk is available online through WisconsinEye. Source: Libraries@UW–Madison
The Law Library is very pleased to report that two of our staff members have received UW Madison Library Service Awards. Michael Morgalla, our Faculty Liaison, received the award for classified staff. Mike works with our Law School faculty on current awareness, obtaining resources across the campus, verifying citations, charging out material from special collections, …