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Did You Say Bigger Than A Football Field?

Posted by: Christine Sellers

If you’ve never visited the Law Library of Congress or our Reading Room, you might not know some of the more interesting things about us. We  only have about 1% of our law collection in the Reading Room itself. Patrons can browse these books and select items of interest from the shelves. Patrons can also …

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Global Legal Monitor: Top Weekly Articles

Posted by: Andrew Weber

Over the last twelve months, we’ve added over 775 articles to the Global Legal Monitor (GLM). During this period the top article was China: Amendment Seven to Criminal Law Passed. This works out to roughly three new articles every day we are here.  The GLM articles are written by a group of about twenty five …

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Celebrating Constitution Day and Citizenship Day

Posted by: Christine Sellers

Constitution Day and Citizenship Day is observed each year on September 17 to commemorate the signing of the Constitution on September 17, 1787 and “recognize all who, by coming of age or by naturalization, have become citizens.” Both the Law Library and the Library of Congress have many resources for researching the Constitution. The Law …

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A Not So California Girl?

Posted by: Clare Feikert-Ahalt

On my drive to work at the end of last week I heard the joyful news on the radio that singer Katy Perry and British actor/comedian Russell Brand have announced that they are going to get married.  Wonderful!  The second part of the announcement was that Katy Perry loves the UK so much that she wants …

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Do You Remember How to Use a Card Catalog?

Posted by: Christine Sellers

When you walk into the Reading Room of the Law Library of Congress, you might notice something you haven’t seen in a while. A card catalog that is still in use, though no new cards have been added since December 1980. The Library of Congress Classification (LCC) is a classification system that was first developed …

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Welcome Back, Congress

Posted by: Andrew Weber

We’ve been busy the last few weeks prepping and enhancing THOMAS for this week.  I’ve enjoyed watching the message spread about the changes to THOMAS.  I was fortunate enough to be able to do my first radio interview discussing our enhancements from this year for the DorobekInsider on Federal News Radio.  (How many places besides …

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Gateways to Dutch Law

Posted by: Kurt Carroll

I just returned from the International Association of Law Libraries annual course on International Legal Information and Law.  The title of this year’s course was Dutch Gateways to International Law with three main themes: the broad reach of international law, the evolution of international law with a focus on The Hague as world capital of …

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When the Shaking Stops

Posted by: Kelly Buchanan

Residents of Christchurch, the second largest city in New Zealand, continue to have sleepless nights and worry-filled, emotional days as the aftershocks keep coming – nearly a week after a 7.1 magnitude earthquake struck at 4:35am on Saturday, September 4, 2010.  Apart from all the shaking, there’s also the worry about the amount of time …