I was doing some research in HeinOnline this afternoon and was surprised to find that they now have an article citator. When viewing an article, there is a link to "Articles That Cite This Article" at the very top. Nice.
According to the HeinOnline Weblog, this feature was added in May.
HeinOnline has announced that it will soon be adding Subject Compilations of State Laws as an a-la-carte library module. According to the HeinOnline Weblog
This database contains references to more than 17,000 sources of 50-state surveys published in law review articles, books, court briefs and opinions, federal and state government publications, and loose-leaf services. Researchers will have the ability to search all 25 volumes in one place and link directly to journals found within HeinOnline.
As its name implies, Subject Compilations of State Laws is a great source for finding books and articles containing fifty state surveys of state law on specific subjects. Westlaw and LexisNexis also offer fifty state survey products.
The Milwaukee Public Library has recently made available a collection of historic Milwaukee photographs.
The library's collection consists of over 50,000 photographs of Milwaukee dating from the late 19th century to the present, although only a fraction of these are yet available online.
For more historic images, see the collections of the Wisconsin Historical Society and the Library of Congress.
Source: Now @ MPL
The Wisconsin State Journal has named the UW Law Library as one of the best "quiet" places in Madison.
Searching for solitude? Nothing beats the void-like hush of UW-Madison's Law Library. Open to the public, its five floors offer nooks, crannies and the kind of heavy silence that could make mimes squirm.
Recently, one of my colleagues had the pleasure of going on the UW Madison campus tour with her daughter who was enrolling as a new student. As the tour progressed up Bascom Hill, the tour guide stopped to point out the Law Library - a.k.a. the "hush-hush" library.
Thanks to my colleague, Cheryl O'Connor for sharing this story with me.
Are you interested in learning about applications like blogs, wikis, and Second Life, but don't have a lot of time? Take the AALL Computing Service Special Interest Section's Web 2.0 Challenge!
The Web 2.0 Challenge -- a free, comprehensive, and interactive online course -- will use hands-on exercises to introduce many kinds of social technologies in just five weeks. The course is intended for those who have little experience with these technologies but are interested in learning more.
The course is designed for law librarians, but most of the content is appropriate for any library or legal professional.
Although enrollment in the course is now full, anyone may follow along with the course as a guest. Most of the course content will be available to you. To access the course, go to http://www.cssis.org/Web20Challenge/login/ and select "Login as guest"
The course is scheduled for the five weeks after the AALL Annual Meeting (July 21-Aug. 24, 2008). You may follow along with this schedule, or at your own pace if you prefer.
If you're planning to attend the AALL Annual Meeting, I invite you to attend session H1, Cool Tools: Energizing Law Librarianship with Web 2.0 on Tuesday from 9:00 to 10:30. I'll be leading one of the showcases in which I'll discuss the Web 2.0 Challenge and preview the course content.
If you have any questions about the Web 2.0 Challenge, please contact me as I'm one of the course organizers. This also explains why I haven't posted much to WisBlawg lately - sorry!
Justia reports that Oregon's Legislative Counsel Committee has unanimously voted to not to enforce any copyright claims on the Oregon Revised Statutes.
See more about the decision, including video, from PublicResource.org.
For more on the ORS copyright claims, see my earlier posts from April and May .
Last week, the WI Court of Appeals filed a petition with the Supreme Court for rules changes seeking mandatory electronic filing of all appellate briefs and no-merit reports.
The proposed rule changes would also also permit, but do not require, the filing of an electronic copy of the appendix.
Source: Milwaukee Federalists
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