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Archive: February 2011 (22 Posts)

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Reading Room Remodeling

Posted by: Andrew Weber

The Law Library Reading Room is being remodeled in the near future.  In connection with this project, several collections currently located in the Reading Room will be permanently relocated to other areas of the Law Library and Library of Congress shelving areas. The Library’s online catalog records will be updated as materials are relocated.  Researchers …

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Global Legal Resource Room – Pic of the Week

Posted by: Christine Sellers

Below is a picture of our Global Legal Resource Room, which is managed by Elizabeth Moore.  The Global Legal Resource Room is staffed Monday – Friday, 8:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. and may be used by members of the public during those hours.  Books housed in this room are indicated by “GLOBAL” after their call …

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The History of the Mexican Constitution

Posted by: Francisco Macías

As a Mexican-born American, I’m always looking for occasions to celebrate.  I guess this festive nature is simply dyed-in-the-wool (or dyed-in-the-cotton, if you’re Southern-raised, as I am).  With that in mind, I wanted to write a bit about the Mexican Constitution – especially since two related holidays take place in the month of February:  Mexican …

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An Interview with Sayuri Umeda, Foreign Law Specialist

Posted by: Andrew Weber

This week’s interview is with Sayuri Umeda, Foreign Law Specialist in our Global Legal Research Center. Describe your background. I joined the Directorate of Legal Research (which was renamed as the Global Legal Research Center in 2010) of the Law Library in 2001.  I used to have only two (or three, depending on how we …

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Civil War Sesquicentennial

Posted by: Christine Sellers

It’s been 150 years since the start of the Civil War.  In case you were wondering, yes, I’m from South Carolina and no, I don’t call it the “War of Northern Aggression.” I remember hearing a news story about a woman serving in disguise during the Civil War and thought I’d look more into it …

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Presidents Day – Lincoln the Lawyer

Posted by: Kurt Carroll

This Presidents Day I would like to focus on one out of the forty-four.  The Law Library has a digital collection of items related to Abraham Lincoln. Lincoln and the Law presents items from our Rare Book Collection that highlight periods when Lincoln’s life (and death) were securely linked to the law. Presented in three …

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The Library of Congress and GPO Working Together

Posted by: Andrew Weber

One primary area that I work on is THOMAS and legislative information.  Because of that, I am very pleased to announce several joint initiatives between the Library of Congress and the Government Printing Office (GPO).  I’ve met a lot of great people at GPO over the last few months as some of the details of …