Did you know you could generate RSS feeds for new products from Amazon? The feeds are based on tags which users can assign to items. See, for example, the “law” tag. Notice that there is …
American Lotus in Bloom
Lisa Pfaff, our Acquisitions Assistant, snapped this lovely photo this morning of a blooming American lotus at the UW-Madison Botany Garden.
Audio from Selected Courts to be Available on PACER this Summer
“Continuing its efforts to enhance the transparency of courtroom proceedings, the federal Judiciary is about to launch a pilot project to make digital audio recordings publicly available online,” reports The Third Branch. Five pilot project …
Collect, Manage & Cite your Sources with Zotero
I recently learned about Zotero, free, easy-to-use Firefox extension to help you collect, manage, and cite your research sources, and I must say that I’m impressed. It is product of the Center for History and …
Recent WI Attorney General Opinions
WI Attorney General Van Hollen has recently issued several new opinions – two formal and one informal. They are available on the Attorney General’s web site. I created a crude RSS feed using Ponyfish. It’s …
AudioCaseFiles Free This Summer
To encourage new users, AudioCaseFiles, a web site of downloadable MP3 files of court opinions, is available at no charge this summer. This service, which is aimed at law students, provides recordings of most of …
UW Law School Legal Studies Research Paper Series
A new issue of the SSRN UW Law School Legal Studies Research Paper Series was released yesterday. Articles include: “Renegotiations and Settlements: Dr. Pangloss’ Notes on the Margins of David Campbell’s Papers” by STEWART MACAULAY …
Google Can Translate Entire Web Pages
Here’s another nifty new Google tool: Google Translate. It can translate selected text or an entire web page. I could see this being really useful for viewing foreign laws on the Web when English translations …
WisconsinEye Set to Start Cable Broadcast Next Week
According to today’s Wisconsin State Journal, WisconsinEye could start broadcasting gavel-to-gavel coverage from the state Capitol to cable-television viewers as early as next Tuesday. WisconsinEye began broadcasting from its web site about a month ago. …
Free Webinars for Librarians on Writing and RSS
SirsiDynix is offering a series of free Webinars for information professionals. There are two particularly interesting ones coming up: Writing for the Library Profession Date : Jul 10, 2007 Start Time : 11 a.m. Eastern …