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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 …
Posted in: Collections, Law Library
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 …
Posted in: Interview, Law Library
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 …
Posted in: Collections, Law Library, THOMAS
Posted by: Andrew Weber
This week’s interview is with Robert Gee, Chief of Law Library Public Services (and my immediate supervisor). Describe your background. I serve as Chief of Law Library Public Services, a position I have held for nearly 17 years. I was hired as a temporary legal reference librarian almost 27 years ago (in 1984) to fill …
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Posted by: Andrew Weber
I took a trip to the Capitol Building earlier this week using the tunnels that connect our buildings here on Capitol Hill. In the tunnel between the Jefferson Building of the Library of Congress and the new Capitol Visitor Center, hangs this poster with highlights of the Law Library‘s collection. P.S. You can also follow …
Posted in: Collections, Pic of the Week
Posted by: Andrew Weber
The following is a guest post by Steve Clarke, Senior Foreign Law Specialist. In Custodia Legis wasn’t around last year when our fellow Library of Congress blogs, Inside Adams and In the Muse, discussed advertising and music surrounding the big game. So I thought this year we should follow the trend and write about one …
Posted in: Guest Post, In the News
Posted by: Andrew Weber
So how did we do in January? Not bad based on our stats. Our blog was viewed more this month than any other since we started back in August. There were several guest posts for In Custodia Legis this month, including two by Roberta Shaffer, the Law Librarian of Congress. She first posted a holiday …
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