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Archive: April 2011 (23 Posts)

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The Law Library of Congress Strategic Plan Released

Posted by: Andrew Weber

The following is a guest post by Roberta Shaffer, Law Librarian of Congress.  The complete Law Library of Congress Strategic Plan Fiscal Years 2011-2016 is available in PDF. The Law Library is proud to present its 2011–2016 Strategic Plan.  We have taken the overall goals set out in the Library of Congress Strategic Plan as …

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Election Season in Nigeria

Posted by: Hanibal Goitom

As the people of some African countries take to the streets to unseat their leaders, Nigerians get the opportunity to do the same this month – but instead of needing to protest, they can affect change by going to polling stations. It’s election season in Nigeria.  The country, a federation of 36 states with a …

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An Interview with Sharon Pia Hickey

Posted by: Andrew Weber

This week’s interview is with one of our former interns from last summer, Sharon Pia Hickey. Describe your background.   I spent the summer of 2010 in Washington DC as part of the Washington Ireland Program. This program is designed to select the brightest young minds in Ireland and bring them to DC for a …

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Celebrate National Library Week

Posted by: Christine Sellers

April 10-16, 2011, is National Library Week. This year’s theme is “Create your own story @ your library.” John Grisham is the Honorary Chair. April 12th was also National Library Workers Day . “First sponsored in 1958, National Library Week is a national observance sponsored by the American Library Association (ALA) and libraries across the country …

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Not All Research is Online – Pic of the Week

Posted by: Andrew Weber

When I stopped by Hanibal Goitom’s office, I was interested to see this book that he was using.  As you can imagine some of our books are in better shape than others.  When you have the largest collection of legal materials in the world, some of them are bound to show wear and tear. Hanibal …