Legal Research News and Information with an Emphasis on Wisconsin
Earlier this month, the Wisconsin State Law Library introduced a new interface for their library catalog. It offers several new customized features, including the ability to save a re-run searches, renew your materials online, as well as customized email and RSS alerts for new materials. The the latest WSLL @ Your Service for information on …
I’m pleased to report that MadCat, the UW Madison library catalog, now features RSS feeds for new items. New In MadCat is a list of books, journals, and titles in all media that have recently been cataloged by campus libraries. The list is updated every Wednesday. You may subscribe to RSS feeds for particular Subjects …
The Wisconsin Personnel Commission is yet another agency abolished by the state budget. Others include the Revisor of Statutes Bureau and the Sentencing Commission. From their Web site: Pursuant to the provisions of the State budget that was recently enacted into law, the Personnel Commission has been abolished and its authority has been distributed between …
From a recent survey on library use conducted by Pew Internet & American Life: The survey results challenge the assumption that libraries are losing relevance in the internet age. Libraries drew visits by more than half of Americans (53%) in the past year for all kinds of purposes…. And it was the young adults in …
In response to my post last week about Wisconsin passing the nation’s first open records law in 1849, I received a request to post the full text of that law. So, I did a quick scan from our 1849 Wisconsin Revised Statutes print volume and here is Chapter 10, Section 137.
Two news items involving historical Wisconsin statutes: A Capital Times writer authenticates Wikipedia claim that the nation’s first open records law was passed in Wisconsin shortly after it became a state. WI Revised Statutes, 1849 – Chapter 10, Section 137 required every sheriff, circuit court clerk, county board clerk, register of deeds and county treasurer …
A big manila envelope from the New York Times was in my mailbox today. Hmm, I didn’t request anything from them lately. It was from none other than Robert Pear, NYT Washington Bureau reporter, whom I “met” a while back via his response to something I posted on WisBlawg. He was thoughtful enough to send …
This is one of those odd-ball posts that I like to sometimes share. It has nothing to do with law or libraries, but I just thought it was so awesome. Boing Boing reports on a unique item up for auction: “Brian Sack offers to drive a person of your choice crazy with mysterious postcards from …
From the Appleton Post-Crescent: A new law that gives police quick access to public library surveillance video showing suspected criminal activity was put to use two days after the legislation took effect. See the full article for details. See my earlier post for information about the new legislation.
From the HeinOnline Weblog: Next month, HeinOnline will release an enhancement that will allow you to search an Index to Periodical Articles Related to Law Database. The database was created from the Index to Periodical Articles Related to Law publication, which is compiled and edited by Roy M. Mersky and Donald J. Dunn and has …