Out of the Jungle reports that “Westlaw has removed all Dialog content with the exception of the copyright databases.” Worse yet, it seems that there was no prior notification. It’s uncertain whether this affects all …
Self Playing Digital Audio Books – No CD or MP3 Player Needed
Milwaukee Public Library has announced that they’ve recently acquired a collection of “Playaway” audio books. Playaways are the digital content of an entire book pre-loaded into a pocket-size player. There is no need to load …
Google Adds Search within a Search
Google has added a new feature in which a secondary search box that appears within some of the search results themselves. See, for example, the search results for a “NASA” search. Note the “Search nasa.gov” …
Bo Ryan & Crew READ Poster Available
I mentioned earlier that Bo Ryan & crew are featured on this year’s UW Madison Libraries READ poster. The photo for the poster was shot at College Library and includes, from left to right, players …
80% of Legal Professionals Suffer from Information Overload, But You Don't Have to be One of Them
A new study by LexisNexis reveals that 70% of American white collar workers suffer from information overload. That number rises to 80% among legal professionals. Other findings for legal professionals include: 90% of legal professionals …
Wisconsin Journal of Law, Gender & Society, formerly the Wisconsin Women's Law Journal
As of the first of the year, the Wisconsin Women’s Law Journal is now the Wisconsin Journal of Law, Gender & Society. From the announcement: The new name is more closely aligned with the Journal’s …
Free Service for Recording (& Podcasting) Conference Calls
A while back I posted about a free telephone conferencing service called FreeConference.com. This free service supplies you with a dial in number and an access code with which all callers can connect. While this …
JD Supra Combines Business Networking & Document Repository
Since its launch earlier this week, JD Supra is already creating quite a buzz around the blawgosphere. It’s a combination business networking site and shared document repository for legal professionals – quite ingenious actually. And …
Really Useful Law-Related RSS Feeds
Court Documents CCAP – Notification of new WI Circuit Court, Court of Appeals, and Supreme Court cases by party name and/or all filings for an individual case Wisconsin Courts – All new Court of Appeals …
RSS for Law School Faculty & Staff
Last week I gave a presentation to the UW Law School faculty and staff on the legal applications of RSS. I’ve posted my slides and handouts on Scribd and thought I’d share them here. Read …