The Wisconsin State Law Library newsletter recently ran an article describing the interface changes to the LegalTrac database. What’s LegalTrac? A database containing citations for articles in law reviews, specialty law publications, bar association journals, …
Early Bookmobiles & Traveling Libraries
Today’s Odd Wisconsin pays homage to Wisconsin’s earliest bookmobiles and traveling libraries. This 1910 International Auto Wagon loaded with books is undoubtedly one of the earliest bookmobiles. There were also the mobile libraries of the …
Search 200+ Years of News & Magazine Articles
The big news today is Google News Archive Search, a searchable archive of articles that, in some cases, date back 200+ years. Some publishing partners include The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, The …
Summary of the 2005-2006 Wisconsin Legislative Session
The Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau has created a handy Summary of the 2005-2006 Wisconsin Legislative Session. From the introduction: This bulletin provides an overview of the acts and joint resolutions of the 2005-2006 Wisconsin Legislature. …
Free Webinar on RSS for Legal Professionals
I received a postcard in the mail today for a free Webinar from Newsgator entitled, “RSS: The Future of Legal Information Delivery” It is scheduled for September 26th at 2:30 pm and September 27th at …
Bucky Badger READ Poster
Inspired by the Law Library’s successful READ poster campaign last year, the UW-Madison campus libraries have teamed up with the UW Athletic Department to create a READ poster and bookmarks featuring Bucky Badger. They will …
Scanned Books & Gov Docs Available via MBooks
You may have seen the news that the University of Michigan has partnered with Google to scan library materials. The project is called MBooks. According to the FAQ: Access to MBooks is through Mirlyn, the …
Ross Kodner's New Legal Tech Blog
Ross Kodner, legal tech guru and founder of Milwaukee-based MicroLaw, Inc., has a new blog called Ross Ipsa Loquitur. In the blog, Ross and colleagues Renee Kodner and Abraham Liebsch will blog about: law practice …
My Email Address Hits it Big; Has Plans to Retire
Today, my email address got some wonderful news. “Your Email Addres Has Won Award” said the message. It was one of only “10 lucky winners in the Euro Millones Lottery International Email Address draw[ing]” Funny …
LexisNexis Picks up Blog Content
Looks like LexisNexis has tuned in to the blogosphere. They are now picking up blog content in their Newstex (file name = NEWSTX) database. Lori Blair, Marketing Manager with the LexisNexis – Librarian Relations Group …