Member Publications

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AALL Spectrum

Bannen, Carol and Shucha, Bonnie. “Write & Reach Out: AALL Chapters Tout the Value of Law Librarians Through Legal Journal Submissions” March 2004
Bannen, Carol and Shucha, Bonnie. “LLAW Creates Success Story with Chapter Publishing” Feb. 2004
Fritschel, Barbara. “It’s 10 a.m. – Do You Know Your Client’s Information Needs?” Nov. 2009
Hassler, Carol. “Organizing County Law Library Information in Wisconsin” Sept./Oct. 2012
Jaet, Julia and Cervenka, Patricia. “A Library Without Borders: The Marquette Law Library opts for an unconventional design” May 2011
May, Cindy. “Member to Member Quote: What is your number one recommendation for work-related and/or recreational reading?” April 2009.
Mumm, James A. “Communication is Key for Librarians and Publishers – Members’ Briefing”Oct. 2002
Potter, Ted. “Configuring Computer Labs: Training Needs Dictate Computer Lab Design”April 2003.
Potter, Ted (with Miriam Murphy and Kumar Percy). “So You Want to be a Writer: Writing Prospects Broaden Among Law Library Publications”July 2002
Rao, Sunil. “Book Review – The Strange Alchemy of Life and Law” March 2012
Schmitt, Carol. “Public Relations: Calling All Shutterbugs” December 2008
Schmitt, Carol J. “Copyright Empowerment” September/October 2007
Scibelli Bouthilet, Nancy. “Implementing an ERM System” May 2012
Seeger, Paula. “Teaching Legal Research to the Public” February 2006.
Shea, Alison. “It’s Pracademic: Maximizing efficiencies in the library school
curriculum with real world projects” December 2007.
Shucha, Bonnie “I Want My Web 2.0: Reflections on the CS-SIS Web 2.0 Challenge” April 2009.
Shucha, Bonnie. “Professional Development Committee Series: Just What the Webmaster Ordered” March 2002.
Shucha, Bonnie. “It’s about Opportunities: Reflections on Celebrating National Library Week” November 2005
Smith, Wendy. Navigating your Institutions Accessibility Review Processes (with Vendors in Tow) (May/June 2023)
Wiseman, Megan. “The Law Library as Place” February 2012
Wiseman, Megan. “Librarians: Go and Be Disorganized” December 2012
Wiseman, Megan. “Frank Sinatra Never Branded Himself as a Ninja” June 2013
Zook, Jenny. “Buddy Can You Spare the Time? A Look at the Bright Side of Furloughs” September/October 2009
Zook, Jenny. “More alike than different: supporting disabilities at the reference desk.” March 2014.
Zook, Jenny. “Retirements in the age of economic uncertainty” April 2012

Class Action (Wis. Association of Legal Administrators newsletter)

Bannen, Carol. “Billing for Online Research: Options, Options, Options” Fall 2005, p. 20
Bannen, Carol. “Investigative Research on Companies” Summer 2003.
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Bannen, Carol. “Researching Individuals on the Internet” Winter 2003-04.
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Bannen, Carol. “A New Knowledge Management Tool for Law Firms” Summer 2005.
Butula, Bev. “Blogs – Another Online Resource” Fall 2004, pg. 11.
Butula, Bev. “Beyond Google – Alternative Search Engines Enhance Research” Winter 2004-05, pg. 1.
Dedolph, Jennie. “Free Resources – Courtesy of the Badger State” Summer 2004, pg. 13.
Schmitt, Carol. “Are Wisconsin Administrative Decisions Online?” Spring 2004.
Selden-Huston, Kellee. “Librarians Save Time and Money for the Attorneys and Clients” Fall 2003.

Colorado Lawyer

Shucha, Bonnie. “Searching Smarter: Finding Legal Resources on the Invisible Web” (reprint) February 2005, pg. 37. http://www.cobar.org/tcl/tcl_vol.cfm?PubYear=2005&PubMonth=02 (members only)
http://www.wisbar.org/wislawmag/2004/09/practice.html (original article)

Computers in Libraries

Hassler, Carol. “Changing Your Domain Name in 25 Nail-Biting Steps.” November 2012.
Hassler, Carol. “How we did it: Oops! Quick fixing links.” July 2014.

Connecting, The Newsletter of the Computing Services SIS

Shucha, Bonnie. “RSS: It’s About Time” December 2005, pg. 8
Schucha, Bonnie. “Too much information: filtering RSS feeds.” Winter 2006.

International Military Tribunal for the Far East : a legal research guide

Mumm, James A. International Military Tribunal for the Far East : a legal research guide. Volume 97 of Hein Legal Research Guide series

Law Librarians in the New Millenium

Bingenheimer, Amy. “Professional development by the book.” January/February 2007.
Noyd, Pam. “Finding balance: choosing between print and electronic sources.” November/December 2010.

Law Library Journal

Barkan, Steven. “Should legal research be included on the bar exam? An exploration of the question.” Spring 2007.
Gannaway, Amy. “God vs. the Gavel: Religion and the Rule of Law”(book review) Fall 2006
Rao, Sunil. “Making Sense of Making Stories: Law, Literature, Life” (review essay) Summer 2003.
Shucha, Bonnie. “Circle of Life: Managing a Law Library Web Site Redesign Project” Winter 2003.
Shucha, Bonnie. “‘Whatever Tribal Precedent There May Be’: The (Un)Availability of Tribal Law” Spring 2014.

Law Technology News

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Bannen, Carol. “Evolving into Automation: A Midwest Firm Adopts West km Software” May 2005.
Pritchard, LaVern. “Knowledge Management: Building Better Law Firms” April 2003.
Pritchard, LaVern. “Web Sites: How to Measure R.O.I.” (article comprised of contributions from six individual authors) January 2002, 26-27.
Pritchard, LaVern. “What Can Lawyers Expect as the Internet Matures? – You Need a Good Web Platform in Order to be an Effective E-lawyer” December 2000, 128-129, 152.

Legal Reference Services Quarterly

Cervenka, Patricia. “Wisconsin Supreme Court and legislative history.” 30 Legal Reference Services Quarterly 141 (2011)
Zook, Jenny. “I am the cheesehead: the law librarian who moved to Wisconsin.” vol. 25, 2006.

LLRX

Butula, Bev. “Bella is Bewildered About Blogs” January 22, 2008.
Prichard, LaVern. “How Do I Read a Traffic Report for My Site?, Internet Roundtable # 27, A Continuing Discussion of Law Firm Marketing on the Internet” February 1, 2002.
Schucha, Bonnie. “IM a Librarian: Establishing a Virtual Reference Service with Little Cost or Technical Skill” August 27, 2007
Schucha, Bonnie “The State of the Law Library Blogsphere” Aug. 15, 2006
Zook, Genevieve. “Technology and the Generation Gap” August 27, 2007

Madison Magazine

Kingsbury, Kathryn. “Who Could Keep a Lawyer Quiet?” (features law librarian Heidi Yelk) January 2005.

Marquette Sports Law Review

Cervenka, Patricia. “Free shoes for primary and secondary schools: playing by the rules of Title IX” Fall 2006

PLL Perspectives

Duffey, Diane. “Law Librarians Give Construction Work a Try in New Orleans” Fall 2007.
Koshollek, Mary. “The No-Asshole Rule: Building a Civilized Workplace and Surviving One That Isn’t” (book review). Spring 2008.
Selden-Huston, Kellee L. “Advice Column: How do I Shrink My Library? Encouraging the Switch From Print to Online Resources” Winter 2008.
Selden-Huston, Kellee L. “Law Libraries and the Great Wall of China” Winter 2009.

RIPS blog

Zook, Jenny. Trauma-Informed Law April 23, 2024
Zook, Jenny. “With Age Comes Wisdom…For Some of Us: A Reflection on Ageism” March 15, 2024
Zook, Jenny. “The Robot Who Wrote My Homework Suggests a 4^th Law“. November 28, 2023
Zook, Jenny. “The Reference Desk Robots Will See You Now…Hugs Not Included” July 27, 2023
Turner, Kris. “Presenting five alternatives to PowerPoint.” RIPS Law Librarian blog February 2016.

Risk Management Memo

Schucha, Bonnie. “Blogs: The Hot New Technology for Communication and Information” 2nd Quarter 2006.

Technical Services Law Librarian

May, Cindy. “Two Fortnights in Sheffield: Report on a Law Librarian Exchange” March 2003.

UW Law School Newsletter

Zook, Jenny. “Articles and Web Sites on Identity Theft” February 2006.

The Verdict

Bev Butula and Diane Duffey. “The Evolving Web: Challenges for Legal Professionals” Fall 2008.
Seeger, Paula. “Essential Wisconsin Legal Resources Available for Free on the Internet” Winter 2005.

WisBar InsideTrack

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Wisconsin Law Journal

Bland, Beth. “Findlaw for Legal Professionals: An Overview” April 27, 2004, 17A.
Butula, Bev. “A Sampling of Sites: A Glimpse at Wisconsin’s State, Municipal Web Pages” May 5, 2004.
Butula, Bev. “Beyond Google – Alternate Search Engines Enhance Research” July 21, 2004, 12A.
Butula, Bev. “Lawyer Searches Should Start, End with Google” May 24, 2012.
Butula, Bev. “Online options for researching attorneys” August 11, 2008.
Butula, Bev. “Online Resources for Going Green” February 25, 2008.
Butula, Beverly. Recurring Legal Blog.
Butula, Bev. “Statistical Web Sites by the Numbers” August 3, 2005.
Dedolph, Jennie. “Free Resources – Courtesy of the Badger State” April 14, 2004.
Dedolph, Jennie. “Free Information in Wisconsin: Getting What You (Don’t) Pay For – CCAP & CRIS” Feb. 4, 2004.
Duffey, Diane. “To Google or Not to Google? Different Web Research Tactics,” Oct. 5, 2005
Dugan, Laura Olsen. “Springboard state, federal and international statutory research” Feb. 9, 2009
Dugan, Laura Olsen. “Stay on top of state’s legislative activity with e-mail notification” January 26, 2009
Dugan, Laura Olsen and Scibelli, Nancy. “Info on the Go: Legal research via your handheld device” April 27, 2009
Kuehl, Heidi. “Cost-Effective Canadian Legal Research: Finding Free Canadian Legal Materials on the Internet” Dec. 29, 2004.
O’Toole, Susan and Shelton, Liz. “Environmental Law Resources on the Internet” July 23, 2003.
Seeger, Paula. “Unmined Gold: Finding Wisconsin Local Legal Resources” Sept. 21, 2005, 4A
Schmitt, Carol. “Are Wisconsin Administrative Decisions Online?” Nov. 5, 2003, 9A.
Shucha, Bonnie. “Terms & Connectors v. Natural Language Searching” June 18, 2003, 10A.
Turner, Chris. “Library Law: Intellectual Freedom, Privacy, and Governance” March 2022
Von Der Heide, Connie. “Locating Wisconsin Appellate Case Information and Briefs” August 4, 2004

Wisconsin Lawyer

Bannen, Carol. “Mining for Company Nuggets” September 2003.
Bannen, Carol. “Researching Individuals on the Internet” March 2004.
Bannen, Carol. “Tips for Monitoring Cases” March 2008.
Butula, Bev. “BLOGS-Another Online Resource” May 2004.
Butula, Bev. “Don’t Be a Copycat: Reproducing Copyrighted Works” April 2005.
Butula, Bev. “Online Access to Circuit Court Dockets” October 2007.
Chan, Tony. “Gathering Competitive Intelligence for Litigators and Business Lawyers” April 2007.
Duffey, Diane. “Using the Web to Research Expert Witnesses” February 2004.
Duffey, Diane & Potter, Ted. “Using the Internet for Case Preparation” June 2003.
Gannaway, Amy. “Using the Wisconsin Legislature Web Site” December 2004.
Gannaway, Amy. “Researching American Indian Law Online” July 2005.
Higdon Getter, Kara. “Bringing up baby: how lawyer moms make it work.” April 2015.
Kelly, Lucy. “Cloud Computing for Lawyers (Book Review)” February 2013.
Koshollek, Mary. “‘Google’ Your Way to Better Web Searching” July 2003.
Koshollek, Mary. “The Essential Guide to the Best (and Worst) Legal Sites on the Web” (book review) July 2002.
Koshollek, Mary. “Assessing Information on the Internet” Nov. 2006.
Koshollek, Mary. “Reference Sites on the Web” December 2006.
Koshollek, Mary. “A Webliography on Animal Law” November 2007.
Koshollek, Mary. “What Keeps You Awake at Night?” August 2009.
Olsen, Laura. Insights on Wisconsin Legal Research Trends February 2024
Schmitt, Carol. “Locating Wisconsin Administrative Decisions Online” June 2004.
Schmitt, Carol “Looking for Info on Wisconsin Legislation” May 2006.
Shucha, Bonnie & Yelk, Heidi. “A Guide to Wisconsin Legal Information Sources” July 2009
Sefarbi, Mia. “Finding Administrative Intent in the Wisconsin Administrative Register” April 2003.
Sefarbi, Mia and Zaporski, Kira. “Citing Unpublished Opinions in Wisconsin State and Federal Tribunals” November 2004.
Shucha, Bonnie. Contributed to “An introduction: American Indian tribes and law in Wisconsin.” May 2015
Shucha, Bonnie. “A Guide to Wisconsin Legal Information Sources” Oct. 2002.
Shucha, Bonnie. “Searching Smarter: Finding Legal Resources on the Invisible Web” Sept. 2004.
Shucha, Bonnie “RSS: Making the Internet Subscribeable” August, 2006.
Zaporski, Kira. “Online Legal Forms for Wisconsin Practitioners” Dec. 2003.
Zook, Genevieve “Patent Sites for the Occasional User” Sept. 2005

Other

Bannen, Carol. Opportunities for Firms, Librarians and Knowledge Management. 2013 Thompson Reuters White Paper.
Bingenheimer, Amy. “Convergence: Information, Technology, and Training in Today’s Law Firm Library”
Chapter 5 in How to Manage a Law Firm Library: Leading Librarians on Providing Effective Services, Managing Costs, and Updating and Maintaining Resources (Inside the Minds), April 2008, Aspatore Publishing, ISBN: 9780314991805
Bolgert, Sarah. “Be a (no-so-secret) agent of persuasion: a new librarian’s take.” WI Special Library Association’s newsletter July 2012
Butula, Bev with Megan Wiseman, Patricia Cervenka, Leslie Behoozi, Jenny Zook. Find It Fast and Free on the Internet (Seminar). December 20, 2012 NBI (Webinar broadcast January 29th, 2013)
Cervenka, Patricia. Leslie Behroozi. Wisconsin Legal Research. Carolina Academic Press, 2011. ISBN: 9781594605499
Colwin, Jane (ed. Theodore A. Potter). Legal Research in Wisconsin. Hein & Co, 2008. ISBN: 9780837716862
Coulter, Victoria. Report of the joint task force on vendor-supplied bibliographic record creation and distribution models. February 2014.
Fritschel, Barbara. State Documents Bibliography: Wisconsin. Hein & Co, 2009.
Noyd, Pam. “Finding Balance: Choosing Between Print and Electronic Resources” Law Librarians in the New Millennium. November/December 2010.
Rogers, Devin. “Web-based mapping tools for your reference utility belt.” Ontario Library Association online newsletter 2012.
Shucha, Bonnie. “Yes, There’s an App for That: iPad and iPhone Productivity Apps for Librarians” 2013 Best Practices for Government Libraries.
Winkler, Lisa. “Before retirement: an interview with Commissioner Mary Beth Keppel about the origins of the FLAC”. April 2012