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 …
The following is a guest post by Jacinda Gill, Supervisory Information Technology Specialist in our Information Technology Office. There was something for everyone at the 2011 Computers in Libraries Conference. As a Supervisory Information Technology Specialist at the Law Library of Congress, I would highly recommend that my peers attend this conference. I gained a …
The following is a guest post by Robert Newlen, the Assistant Law Librarian for Collections, Outreach and Services in the Law Library of Congress. On October 5, 2011, Professor Joseph Raz will deliver the second Kellogg Biennial Lecture on Jurisprudence at the Library of Congress. Professor Raz teaches at Columbia University Law School and is …
As we wrapped up our eighth month of In Custodia Legis, I noticed that we’ve posted over 175 times. Our blog just kept growing this month. The number of page views doubled from February to March led by our two most popular posts ever: Top Law Library of Congress Web Pages and Maps, Parliaments, and …
Last week we were fortunate to have a guest post by Laney Zhang, our Chinese Foreign Law Specialist. This Pic of the Week comes from inside her office. It is the map she has displayed with a China-centric perspective. Not surprisingly, it is similar to Kelly’s Pacific-centered map from New Zealand (aside from the addition …