Legal Research News and Information with an Emphasis on Wisconsin
From OCLC: The University of Washington Libraries is the first to pilot WorldCat Local, a new service that builds on WorldCat.org to allow Web access to the world’s richest database for discovery of materials held in libraries. The goal of the pilot is to provide users with a single search and request service that covers …
Don’t forget that the new United States Postal Service rates go into effect today. The price of a first class stamp is now 41 cents. Looks like I’ll have to go get a bunch of make up stamps. From now on, I think I’ll buy the new Forever Stamps which are good for mailing one-ounce …
There is an interesting article entitled “Are You Podcasting: Current Uses of Podcasts in Law Libraries” in the May issue of AALL Spectrum. Although they haven’t caught on as quickly as blogs have (there are currently 116 law library blogs), some law librarians are experiment with podcasting. The article highlights the podcasting projects from numerous …
In an amendment to the proposed 2007 state budget (Senate Bill 40), it appears that the Wisconsin Revisor of Statutes Bureau may be eliminated as an agency. The amendment (LRB b 0074/2) transfers most of the statutory functions to Legislative Reference Bureau except for the Administrative Register which will go to the Legislative Council. The …
There is an interesting article on The Fourth Amendment and Privacy Issues on the “New” Internet: Facebook.com and MySpace.com in the Fall issue of the Southern Illinois University Law Journal. Abstract: Facebook.com and MySpace.com are two of the most trafficked Web sites on the Internet. These Web sites form a “new” type of internet where …
If you have a Google account (like Gmail, Google News, etc.), you might be surprised to learn that Google is keeping track of your Web activity. We’re taking every day, every site, every search going back years (mine goes back to 2005). They call it your Web History. Here’s the explanation from Google: You know …
The Wisconsin State Law Library has recently begun offering remote access to Hein Online. This service is only available to firms or state agencies with less than 25 attorneys, however. If that’s you and you have a WSLL library card, you can access the full text law reviews and journals in Hein Online from anywhere. …
Sabrina Pacifici with help from the team over at Justia has launched a redesigned LLRX. They’ve done a great job of spicing up the look and feel to highlight the first rate content for which LLRX is so well known. Kudos all around.
Amanda Werhane over at Wendt Library Blog has compiled a useful list of library services available to UW alumni and Wisconsin residents. Check it out.
From today’s Capital Times: In celebration of Law Day, Dane County Bar Association members will be staffing an information table at the Dane County Legal Resource Center. Lawyers will answer questions about the law and provide information about legal forms from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., and assistance will be available in Spanish from 9 …