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Posted by: Christine Sellers
This week’s interview is with Shameema Rahman, a Legal Reference Specialist in our Public Services Division. She has previously written a guest blog post for us. Describe your background. I was born in Pakistan and grew up in Bangladesh because the place of my birth changed its name after independence. Since my father was …
Posted in: Interview, Law Library
Posted by: Andrew Weber
The following is a guest post by Taru Spiegel, Reference Specialist in the European Division. A few weeks ago, I asked if anyone knew who the distinguished man of mystery was on the left side of the photo. Thanks to Law Library’s Dr. Janice Hyde, we now know he’s Senator Felix Grundy, also instrumental in …
Posted in: Guest Post, Law Library
Posted by: Andrew Weber
Last week we kicked off our new Pic of the Week series to provide a visual glimpse inside the Law Library of Congress. This week we’re beginning something else new – an interview series – to give you a feel of who works with us. In deciding whom to interview first, there was a clear …
Posted in: Interview, Law Library
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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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 …
Posted in: Collections, Global Law, Law Library
Posted by: Christine Sellers
August 26, 2010, was the 90th anniversary of women gaining the right to vote in the United States. The 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was passed by the House of Representatives on May 21, 1919, by a vote of 304 to 89. The Senate passed the amendment on June 4, by a vote of …
Posted in: Collections, Congress