Legal Research News and Information with an Emphasis on Wisconsin
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 of Independence Day and the director of Star Trek: First Contact sends Flynn on a journey to uncover the fabled …
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 value to the legal community. An alert feature has recently been added to the database – both RSS and email …
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 the Seventh Circuit will take on avatar form to discuss the US Constitution in the era of apocalyptic terrorism…. I’ll …
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 for more information, including pricing. (Thanks to Bev Butula & Diane Duffey for the tip) Wisconsinites can still access Journal …
From a law librarian’s get-well card: On the outside: “We wish you a speedy recovery so you can get back to the office and do your job…” and on the inside, “…of course, we can’t figure out just what it is that you do!” I think that most law librarian’s can identify with that sentiment …
From Library Stuff – Throw-away e-mail address generators: Spamhole – “SpamhOle.com allows you to create a temporary email address; nameyoupick@spamhole.com. For the number of hours that you choose, all email to nameyoupick@spamhole.com address is automatically forwarded to your regular email address. After time is up, any new mail that comes to your spamhole address is …
Many Wisconsinites may soon be dropped off the Wisconsin No-call list which identifies residents who do not wish to receive telemarketing calls. Numbers remain on the list for two years. If it’s been a while since you added your name to the list, you can sing up again at the Wisconsin No Call List web …
There are two new Wisconsin Briefs available from the Legislative Reference Bureau. Brief 06-16, Wisconsin State Officers (November 2006) Brief 06-15, Milwaukee Parental Choice Program (October 2006)
If you need to visit the University of Wisconsin–Madison campus but could you a little help navigating your way, check out the new, interactive Campus Map. This is the best online map I’ve ever seen. You can click and drag to see other parts of the map, zoom in or out, measure distance, and mouse …
My colleague, Lisa Pfaff, passed on an interesting article this morning from Slate. In the article, Dead Plagiarists Society, author Paul Collins contemplates the use of Google Book Search as a tool to detect plagiarism in the literary tomes of yesteryear. Given the popularity of plagiarism-seeking software services for academics, it may be only a …