Legal Research News and Information with an Emphasis on Wisconsin
David Null, our UW–Madison University Archivist shared this familiar sounding passage from the University Press dated Jan. 27, 1883: Why don’t students make more use of the libraries? This is an old and worn-out question, but for all that is of practical interest to us. …Comparatively few of the students know the opportunities afforded them …
According to a press release, The New York Times announces that “all articles dating back to Sept. 18, 1851, when the paper started publishing, are now available online at NYTimes.com.” “Searches for articles published before 1981 will produce PDF files showing pages or articles exactly as they appeared in the newspaper. Articles published in 1981 …
Looking for a few good books to curl up with now that the weather is getting cool? Here are a couple of tips on where you can get them for free or low cost. 1. Take a trip to your local public library. Enough said. 2. If you’d rather buy than borrow, check out the …
This semester, I’m taking a course on management. One of our first projects was to think of a great manager we’ve worked with and describe what made that person so special. While a number of people in the class sadly had a hard time thinking of anyone, one person did come to my mind. As …
Thanks to Jim Milles for the post about Bob Berring’s podcasting project. From the site: In the Berring on Legal Research DVD set, Professor Robert C. Berring provides expert, holistic instruction on the core principles of effective legal research. Now, Professor Berring, in conjunction with West, will be producing rich supplemental podcasts, which will explore …
AELR Blog points to ULCA law student’s harsh view of PowerPoint in the classroom. “Based on the best available data, [the student notes,] I’m prepared to theorize that Powerpoint-based classes are always boring.” He identifies several problems with using PPT in the classroom, including this one: “In all three of my Powerpoint experiences, the prof …
If you are interested in Online Dispute Resolution (ODR), you may wish to participate in Cyberweek 2006 (week of September 25th). Cyberweek is a free all-online conference featuring both asynchronous and real-time events related to ODR. Organized by the University of Massachusetts Center for Information Technology and Dispute Resolution (CITDR) and InternetBar.org, Cyberweek consists of …
A few weeks ago I was invited to participate in a survey on the diversity of niche bloggers. The results of the survey appear at Mapping the Diversity of the Blogosphere: A Bloggasm Case Study. Interesting stuff. Here’s a sampling of the results: The Blogosphere as a whole: (These are the results if you add …
EContent has an interesting article on the legality of harvesting content from RSS feeds for publication on your own site. The author explores both sides of the debate about whether it’s legal/ethical for “non-content creators reap some of the value of others’ content-creation labor.” Source: Real Lawyers Have Blogs
PIC, the AALL Publishing Initiatives Caucus, is pleased to introduce a new and improved database of articles published by law librarians. These articles appeared in legal publications that are read by practicing attorneys, legal administrators, law professors, judges, and others in organizations that employ AALL members. Note that you can resort this list by author, …