WiLS (Wisconsin Library Services) has recently announced a new Digitization on Demand service. This service will provide complete digital copies of works from UW Madison Memorial Library’s Special Collections and the Mills Music library that …
Zotero 2.0 Now Supports Citation Sharing with Groups
Zotero, a wonderful free resource for collecting, managing and citing sources, recently announced a major upgrade to version 2.0. “Most important among the new features is the long-anticipated ability to collaborate in groups and group …
Dickens & the Bookaneers: 19th Century Copyright Law
NPR has a very interesting interview with Matthew Pearl, author of The Last Dickens. The story centers around the 19th century U.S. copyright laws which did not protect foreign authors, such as Charles Dickens. As …
Law Library Blogs List Gets a New Home
For several years now, I’ve maintained a list of Law Library Blogs on the UW Law Library web server. I’m pleased to share that this list of blogs written by law librarians or law library …
Tomorrow's UW Law School Commencement Ceremony to be Webcast Live
The UW Law School Commencement Ceremony will be held tomorrow, Friday, May 15, 2009 at 1:00 p.m. at the Monona Terrace. For the first time, the hooding ceremony will be webcast live on the Law …
Costs of Imprisonment Far Exceed Supervision Costs
From the U.S. Courts Web site: The daily cost of keeping someone imprisoned in a federal Bureau of Prisons facility was $70.75 in fiscal year 2008, and $65.25 in a community correction center. By comparison, …
Ex Parte Blogging and the Supreme Court
Social Media Law Student reviews a recent student note in the Stanford Law Review which claims that blogs can and eventually will influence the Supreme Court. In Rachel C. Lee’s article, she discusses the flaws …
Opinion Rules Third Party Facebook "Friending" Unethical
The Philadelphia Bar Association recently issued an advisory opinion stating that it is unethical to have a third party “friend” a witness on Facebook for the purpose of gaining information about that person. From the …
GPS Tracking by Police Reviewed by Wisconsin Court of Appeals
From the Milwaukee Journal Sentinellast week: The 4th District Court of Appeals on Thursday upheld the secret use by police of a GPS tracking device to gather evidence against a Dane County man accused of …
Article: Huge shortfall forces Legislature to push Department of Revenue to collect
From the Badger Herald: Wisconsin taxpayers would face more audits and revenue agents would pursue more of those who owe back taxes under a plan approved Tuesday to help close the state’s budget shortfall. The …