Wisconsin State Law Library

Counting down to National Library Week, we're posting a new image on our Facebook page nearly every day through April 15th. In case you missed it, here's our second week in pictures.

Start your research on one of our many legal topic research pages and ask a librarian for help. http://wilawlibrary.gov/topics/familylaw/childcustody.php

Find comfortable seating and quiet work spaces throughout the library.

Get to HeinOnline and other databases from our Articles & Journals page. http://wilawlibrary.gov/search/articles.html

The Library is gearing up for National Library Week from April 11-15. Read about our plans for that week, Law Day later in the month, and several free classes offered throughout the month of April in Madison, Milwaukee, and online. Read about these and more in April's issue of WSLL @ Your Service.

In this issue:

• What's New: Celebrate National Library Week; Class Bonanza; Law Day Events at DCLL; CLE Classes at MCLL 
• This Just In: New & updated library materials; Monthly list of new titles 
• Tech Tip: PDF Conversion Made Easy 
• WSLL Recommends Guide: Selling Your House 
• Odds 'n' Endings: Voting on Tuesdays, Lafayette County Courthouse 

As always, your comments are welcome. Please direct them to the editor, Kristina.Martinez@wicourts.gov.

According to the Wisconsin Government Accountability Board: "Don’t take a picture of your ballot: Some voters want to share pictures of their ballot with friends on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Snapchat, or other photo sharing apps. But under Wisconsin law it is illegal to show your marked ballot to another person, which is what you would be doing if you took a picture and shared it online."

Wisconsin Statute 12.13(1)(f) prohibits electors from showing "his or her marked ballot to any person or places a mark upon the ballot so it is identifiable as his or her ballot." Wisconsin Statute 12.60 provides penalties.

News sources:

• Wis. GAB: It's a felony to tweet photo of your ballot. WKOW.com, 2012
• Guide to not getting arrested when you use your cell phone on election day, Huffington Post, 2014

Counting down to National Library Week, we're posting a new image on our Facebook page nearly every day through April 15th. In case you missed it, here's our first week in pictures.

Did you know that a majority of questions to our reference desk are from members of the public and self-represented litigants?

Did you know that you can use several of our subscription databases from home with a library card? http://wilawlibrary.gov/search/articles.html

Ask a librarian for research help! http://wilawlibrary.gov/services/ask.html

A few years ago we posted about some of the regular update work that goes on behind the scenes. Read it here: http://blog.wilawlibrary.gov/2012/07/what-is-on-book-cart.html

We have a lot of classes on our schedule for April, including several during National Library Week, April 11-15. http://wilawlibrary.gov/learn/classes.html