Legal Research News and Information with an Emphasis on Wisconsin
Mary J. Koshollek, director of information and records services at Godfrey & Kahn S.C. in Milwaukee has written an excellent article on evaluating websites in the November issue of the Wisconsin Lawyer. In Assessing Information on the Internet, Mary describes the whys and hows of evaluating the authority of Internet materials. Abstract: This article provides …
According to Bruce Hoesly at the Revisor of Statutes Bureau, the print sets of the 2005-06 Wisconsin Statutes are scheduled to arrive at Document Sales in mid December. Prices have not been set yet. Write or call: Wisconsin Department of Administration Document Sales & Distribution Section 202 South Thornton Avenue P.O. Box 7840 Madison, WI …
If you’ve visited Blawg lately, you’ve probably noticed a few changes. The directory of legal blogs has updated it’s look and added some useful upgrades. The first change is the url – the central domain is moving from .org to .com. Blawg.com has long redirected to Blawg.org, and now the relationship will simply be reversed. …
Starting in January, a new international standard is expanding the current 10-digit ISBN to a 13-digit ISBN. See the press release from OCLC. [What is an ISBN?]
On Wednesday evening, WI Deputy Revisor of Statutes, Bruce Hoesly gave an interesting presentation to the Law Librarians Association of Wisconsin on the new RSB web site. Besides guiding us through the ins and outs of the new NXT interface for the Statutes and Administrative Code, he shared some other interesting information. Did you know?: …
The New York Times reports that “airline passengers will soon be able to connect their iPods to in-flight entertainment systems and watch their favorite videos while traveling on any of six major carriers.” Air France, Continental Airlines, Delta Air Lines, Emirates, KLM and United Airlines will begin offering passengers iPod seat connections as early as …
Think today’s political campaigns are nasty? The Wisconsin State Journal’s Odd Wisconsin column reminds us of the not-so-good-old-days when campaign rallies sometimes became bloody affairs. These outdoor political events were more like protest rallies than TV speeches, as a candidate’s backers came together in a park or plaza. They often preceded torch-lit marches through town, …
Last Friday, the Wisconsin Law Journal celebrated the efforts of law firm and court support staff during its inaugural Unsung Heroes program. The newspaper celebrated the achievements of 41 honorees and presented awards to 10 individuals. Profiles of the honorees appear in the current issue of WLJ and are also available on the WLJ site. …
Justia.com has recently launched a legal-blog–only search engine. Blawg Search offers both a search engine for blawg posts, as well as a directory of legal blogs. Very nice. Source: Robert Ambrogi’s Law Sites
I’m a big RSS fan. It’s a wonderful technology for current awareness, networking, benchmarking, and image monitoring. But, unfortunately, not every Web page that I want to monitor offer a RSS feed. That’s where “html scraping” services like FeedYes & Ponyfish come in. They allow you to create your own RSS feeds from almost any …