JS Online reports on this year’s Who Reads What?, a list of celebrities’ favorite books compiled by Maine librarian, Glenna Nowell. Their responses ranged from the nice – Rosalynn Carter’s favorite is the Bible – …
Law.com Introduces RSS Reader
Law.com has introduced a desktop RSS Reader called Law.com NewsPoint. From the FAQ: What is Law.com NewsPoint? Law.com NewsPoint is a desktop newsreader. It allows you to sign up to receive updates from Law.com and …
What's Special About this Opinion?
Yesterday, it was the students’ turn to Stump the Library Staff (which we are still researching). For today’s National Library Week contest, we are back to asking the questions. In 1990, the opinion written by …
Edible Books Festival
Yesterday, the University of Wisconsin Madison’s School of Library and Information Studies took part in the 8th Annual International Edible Books Festival. This festival invites participants to poke fun at literature, art, and food in …
Guess the Grad Trivia Answers & Stump the Librarian
Monday’s Guess the Grad Contest is history and we had quite a few folks participate. And a fair number who pointed out that question #1 didn’t quite hit the mark. Here are the answers as …
READ Posters Featuring UW Law Faculty
In what we hope is the first of an annual tradition, we’ve added a new component to our National Library Week celebration: READ posters featuring UW Law School faculty members. Join us in the Law …
I Heart Libraries – Happy National Libraries Week!
In celebration of National Library Week, the following events will be taking place at the UW Law Library: Contests: Each day there will be a law or library-related contest open to Law School students, faculty, …
April Fools
“Papa, there’s a black hole behind you” – my five-year-old’s version of an April Fool’s joke.
Live from the UW Showcase
This morning I’m at the UW Showcase speaking to people about WisBlawg. I’ve had a lot of people interested in starting their own blogs, but, so far, no one has taken me up on the …
IRS Plans to Allow Preparers to Sell Data
From the Philadelphia Inquirer: IRS Plans to Allow Preparers to Sell Data The IRS is quietly moving to loosen the once-inviolable privacy of federal income-tax returns. If it succeeds, accountants and other tax-return preparers will …