Legal Research News and Information with an Emphasis on Wisconsin
CNET News has a very thought-provoking article on the challenges of accessing online accounts of deceased family members. “As more and more people move their lives, address books, calendars, financial information, online, they are taking a risk that some information formerly filed away in folders and desks might never be recovered. That is, unless they …
As previously posted, Bucky Badger is the latest READ poster celebrity. The poster, cosponsored by the UW–Madison Libraries and the Wisconsin Center for the Book, features Bucky standing against a bookcase reading about great moments in the history of Camp Randall Stadium, the home of the Wisconsin Badgers football team. According to a UW–Madison Libraries …
On Wednesday, UW–Madison announced that it has entered into an agreement with Google to provide access to hundreds of thousands of public and historical books and documents from the holdings of the UW–Madison Libraries and the Wisconsin Historical Society Library. The eighth library to participate the Google Book Search project, UW–Madison will share the operating …
“We estimate that as many as 50 percent of all federal government documents are now born digital, published to the Web, and will never be printed by the GPO,” says GPO CEO Bruce James. Read more in the FCW.com article. Thanks to my colleague, Bill Ebbott, for the tip.
My colleague, Jenny Zook, has created a guide on Locating Attorneys, Law Firms, Corporate Counsel & Judges for our UW Law School newsletter. She’s included some useful tips, although, please note that some of the resources mentioned may only be available by subscription or in a library.
Featured Images is a new photo collection from the University of Wisconsin – Madison Archives. According to Archivist, David Null, each month the site will feature interesting historical campus photos about which little is known. Viewers are invited to contribute comments and identifications. A new subject or department will be featured each month. This month, …
According to Boing Boing, a scientist at NASA believes that the moon may be an ideal place for a digital archive of earthly information. He calls it the “ultimate time capsule.” From Boing Boing: The benefits of lunar storage are that there is no oxygen to erode the material, constant sub-freezing temperature and the Moon …
Cullom Davis Library of Bradley University in Peoria, IL has compiled a wiki listing Blue Books for every state. Where available, links to the online sources are available. Source: V.U.Lawcity – The Valpo Law Blawg
The 2006 Wisconsin Book Festival schedule, an annual Madison-area tradition, is now available online. Note the special category for law related events. From the festival Web site: Peruse nearly 150 free public events ranging from spoken-word poetry jams to a dramatic reading from Beowulf to a fashion show of wearable books. From hipster to highbrow, …
The October issue of the Wisconsin State Law Library newsletter, WSLL @ Your Service, is now available. Articles include: *What’s New: New staff, MLRC News, Google Search Class update *This Just In: Selected recent library acquisitions *Tech Tip in Brief: Google Toolbar updates; Inserting symbols in Word documents *Learn @ the Law Library: Federal law …