Legal Research News and Information with an Emphasis on Wisconsin
From Reuters: Britain’s lawyers and judges are to break with centuries-old tradition and cease wearing white horse-hair wigs in non-criminal cases, the head of the country’s judiciary announced on Thursday. The Lord Chief Justice, Lord Phillips of Worth Matravers, said new dress rules would mean the wigs, which British legal professionals have worn since the …
Memorial Library on the UW–Madison campus has recently installed an outside book drop at the top of their loading dock area. Now patrons can temporarily park in the loading dock (on the corner of Langdon and Lake Street), walk up a small flight of stairs, and return their items without having to worry about finding …
Proof and Hearsay is a new blog from the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel “devoted to law-and-order issues in Milwaukee and throughout Wisconsin, with occasional ventures farther afield for legal matters relevant to the way justice is carried out around here.” Check out yesterday’s post, CCAP hints and tricks #1: Mass searches made easy. Two tips are …
“Many political pundits have said the 2008 presidential race will be the election of YouTube,” says JS Online. “Local lawmakers are picking up on that trend…” The article explores how Wisconsin’s legislators are using video to communicate directly with the public via the web. Note the use of WisconsinEye. According to the article: State lawmakers …
It’s time to nominate your favorite legal support staffer for the 2nd Annual Unsung Heroes Award. The Wisconsin Law Journal sponsors the award to honor the “‘Unsung Heroes’ whose efforts are essential to helping law firms and courts run efficiently.” Nomination forms, which are due August 10, 2007, are available on the Wisconsin Law Journal …
Live WisconsinEye cable television coverage of the State Legislature begins at noon today. From the press release posted on WisPolitics.com: The WisconsinEye 24/7 cable channel will be available beginning tomorrow to Time Warner Cable Wisconsin digital subscribers on Channel 163 and to Charter digital customers in southern Wisconsin, including Madison, Janesville and Beloit, on Channel …
I’ll be heading to New Orleans later this week for the American Association of Law Libraries Annual Meeting. One of the things on my calendar is presenting at a TS-SIS program entitled, Blogging and Beyond: New Communication Streams for Technical Services Librarians. I’ll be talking about blogs and RSS – specifically how they can be …
In addition to its coverage of the Wisconsin Legislature, WisconsinEye has also produced a series of programs about Wisconsin-themed books. Some are author interviews and others are appearances by authors at local bookstores. Archived audio and video is available. Some of the featured books so far include the Caf
There were two interesting articles about librarians in my in-box today. Both are about how technology has changed the profession. One focuses on how technology has attracted a new generation of hip librarians and other other about how it has changed library staffing models. A Hipper Crowd of Shushers (New York Times, July 8, 2007) …
I recently learned about a new librarian cartoon called Shelf Check. And, of course, there is always Unshelved. And it looks like Rex Libris, the graphic novel featuring a librarian-superhero, has been picked up by Warner Bros. and is headed to the big screen.