Following my post about Microsoft Live Books yesterday, I spent a little time digging around the database. I came across a 1919 book of fiction entitled, The Swing of the Pendulum. In it, we meet …
Adobe Acrobat 8.0 Features Attorney-Friendly Improvements
The ABA reports that the newly released Adobe Acrobat 8.0 contains several new features of particular interest to attorneys. These include redaction, show metadata, Bates numbering, improved forms functions, collaboration tools, and more. For more, …
Microsoft Beta Releases Book Search
On Wednesday, Microsoft released Live Search Books in beta. Similar to Google Book Search, the Microsoft book search engine allows users to keyword search for scanned books. Unlike Google, however, Microsoft is scanning only noncopyright …
Your Life Work: The Librarian
A colleague passed along this little YouTube gem entitled, “Your Life Work: The Librarian,” a vocational guidance film from 1956. Prerequisites for a career in librarianship: love for books and love for people. It’s not …
WSLL After Hours Service
The Wisconsin State Law Library reminds users that it’s After Hours Service renewal/application time. Any Wisconsin-licensed attorney may subscribe to this service, which allows use of the library from 5 to 10 p.m. Monday – …
Track Web Site Changes
From WSLL @ Your Service: Keep Track of Competitors and Clients Looking for a free and easy competitive intelligence tool? Trackengine.com is a free service that can be used to track changes made to websites. …
Noah Wyle Returns as "The Librarian" this Sunday
Noah Wyle returns this Sunday night as The Librarian in the the TNT movie, Return to King Solomon’s Mines. I’ve got my TiVo all set. From the TNT site: This globe-trotting action-thriller from the producer …
Database of Articles by Law Librarians Now Offers Alerts
Several months ago, the AALL Publishing Initiatives Caucus (which I co-chair) created a database of articles written by law librarians for legal publications. Writing articles is one many ways that law librarians can demonstrate their …
Judge Posner Comes to Second Life
Boing Boing reports that Judge Richard Posner is coming to Second Life. [What is Second Life?] From the New World Notes blog: … Judge Richard A. Posner of the United States Court of Appeals for …
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Charging For Archives – Badgerlink Still Free
Looks like the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel is now charging non subscribers for articles older than fourteen days. Access to the archives is free for 7 Day subscribers. See the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Archive Search page …