Legal Research News and Information with an Emphasis on Wisconsin
In an editorial yesterday, JS Online weighs in on another proposal to limit access to Wisconsin’s online court records. Companion proposals by Vos and Lassa would have state officials remove cases or charges involving a civil forfeiture or misdemeanor from the Web site within 90 days after being notified that the case or charge has …
Wisconsin Attorney General Van Hollen is backing a bill that would offer electronic access by law enforcement agencies to photographs on motor vehicle operators licenses and identification cards. According to Proof and Hearsay: The bill Van Hollen backs, which as he says “isn’t costless,” would sync up the police computers that already use this system …
Last week the UW Madison Libraries sponsored a Reference Retreat for our campus reference librarians. There were some really great sessions that I thought might have a broader appeal and which some WisBlawg readers might enjoy viewing. By way of full disclosure, I was co-chair of the committee that organized the retreat. One session though, …
OnMilwaukee had a funny post today in which the author is reminded of some long overdue books from the Milwaukee Public Library. “So, in the end,” he writes, “I unwittingly gave myself up, ending my life on the lam.” Too bad he didn’t have the cash with him to make good on the hefty fine. …
Cornell Law Library has recently enhanced their Legal Research Search Engine to include a few new specialty search engines. It now includes four search engines: Legal Research Guides (compiled by law libraries around the county) Legal Internet (sites indexed by InSite) Academic Blawgs and a combined search of the all of the above You can …
“If you could contact a librarian via Facebook or MySpace for help with your research, would you? If not, why?” That was the question asked of 300+ college students in a recent University of Michigan Library survey. See the results on the right. According to Suzanne Chapman at UM: The main impetus for this question …
Last week I announced that MadCat, the UW Madison Library catalog, had added RSS feeds for new items from various campus libraries and subjects, including law. I also noted that the Law Library is continuing to produce our Selected Recent Acquisitions list which is much more detailed. Customized email delivery is available and I’m pleased …
Bev Butula, law librarian colleague and blogger over at the Wisconsin Law Journal, shared with me a fun story she created to illustrate how useful blogs can be to legal professionals. The story is entitled Bella is Bewildered About Blogs. Think Wolf v. Pig, but about blogs. All silliness aside, this story is a great …
From UW Law School News: A searchable bibliography for locating articles and books written by University of Wisconsin Law School faculty is now up on the Law School Web site. The search form is at http://law.wisc.edu/research/bibliography/. The directory is searchable by author, subject, title, and keywords. “We hope it showcases the varied scholarship of our …
The Wisconsin State Law Library is offering two very useful – not to mention free – workshops this spring. Using LegalTrac and HeinOnline to Locate Law Reviews Online Wednesday, February 13, 2008, 9:00-10:00 a.m. The number of full text law review and journal articles available electronically continues to increase exponentially, making it more convenient than …