Legal Research News and Information with an Emphasis on Wisconsin
Indie Pop Band SNMNMNM pays homage to librarians in it’s new song, “Addy Will Know.” It’s about a real librarian who helps a patron find four books for which he is looking. The names of the books are never mentioned, but as a kind of puzzle, the song itself includes call numbers that correspond to …
WisconsinEye announced yesterday that it will begin gavel-to-gavel broadcast coverage of oral arguments in the State Supreme Court beginning with today’s with three scheduled cases. State of Wisconsin v. Ronald Schaefer (Case # 2006AP1826-CRAC) Stuart v. Weisflog’s Showroom Gallery (Case # 2005AP1287)09-05-07 Stuart v. Weisflog’s Showroom Gallery (Case # 2005AP886) WisconsinEye President & CEO Chris …
If you were a book, what book would you be? Answer just six questions to find your exact literary match! My match is To Kill a Mockingbird. Hat tip to my colleague, Mary Jo Koranda.
Legal Conference Watch, the blog announced last month from the Gallagher Law Library, has remade itself as the Legal Scholarship Blog. This blog is a collaborative service from the University of Pittsburgh School of Law and the Gallagher Law Library at the University of Washington School of Law. The blog features law-related calls for papers, …
Last night as we were snuggling up in our favorite rocking chair, my three-year-old daughter invited me along on her rocket ship. “Where are we going?” I asked. “To the moon?” “No,” she said, “to Mars. It’s a planet.” Surprised that she knew this, I continued, “And what will be see when we get there?” …
My colleague, Jenny Zook, has written a funny and thought-provoking article for this month’s LLRX entitled, Technology and the Generation Gap. Abstract: Genevieve Zook’s forthright, insightful and timely commentary addresses the challenges of balancing the push for gadgets and applications with the concepts of direct customer contact and value added services. Whether you’re an “oldster,” …
I’m pleased that my article, IM a Librarian: Establishing a Virtual Reference Service with Little Cost or Technical Skill appears in the August edition of LLRX. The article is basically a how to on using IM and chat in a library. It’s based on my own experience with both at the UW Law Library. We …
This morning I was looking through my six-year-old son’s backpack and found his journal from summer school. I was struck by one of the entries. The topic posed by his teacher was: If I were president, my new rules would be. This was his response: 1. No sadnis (sadness) 2. No pets 3. No polushun …
Information Today reports that as of January 2008, American Law Reports (ALR) will be available exclusively on Westlaw. From the article: It isn’t the first time that users have had products pulled out from under them. Lexis took away Shepard’s Citators–and in fact, Westlaw’s novel and award-winning KeyCite was a response to that. Factiva has …
From LibrarianInBlack: SmartMoney offers advice on the Best Time to Buy Everything, from clothing to gas to groceries. There are some good ideas there, and some interesting take-away tips.