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Archive: July 2012 (20 Posts)

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The Current Legislation on Citizenship in the Vatican City State

Posted by: Tina Gheen

The following is a guest post by Dante Figueroa, Senior Legal Information Analyst at the Law Library of Congress. The author would like to recognize the collaboration of  Samuel Urueta, Summer Intern, in the preparation of this posting. Currently, the Vatican City State has a population of about 800 people, which makes it one of the …

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180th Anniversary of the Law Library of Congress

Posted by: Jeanine Cali

The following is a guest post by Donna Sokol, Special Assistant to the Law Librarian of Congress.  This post is a follow-up piece to Friday’s Pic of the Week. Happy Birthday to us!  On July 14, 1832, Congress passed an act that brought the Law Library into existence.  To celebrate our 180th anniversary, we saluted …

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Visit by Professor Allan Brewer-Carías

Posted by: Jeanine Cali

The following is a guest post by  Dante Figueroa, Senior Legal Analyst at the Law Library of Congress.  Dante has posted on his Visit to the University of Costa Rica’s Law School Library and a previous visit and lecture by Professor Brewer-Carías. On June 20, 2012, Roberta Shaffer, Associate Librarian for Library Services, met with the …

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Where Can I Find a Congressional Bill?

Posted by: Hanibal Goitom

The following is a guest post by Shameema Rahman, Legal Reference Specialist in our Public Services Division.  Her most recent post was: Using Secondary Legal Resources to Locate Primary Sources. As a Law Library of Congress reference librarian I am often asked this question by our patrons.  THOMAS and the Government Printing Office’s Federal Digital System (FDsys) website are great sources …

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Library Cart – Pic of the Week

Posted by: Margaret Wood

We have written many posts highlighting materials in the Law Library’s collections, but today we are providing a glimpse of the day-to-day work which goes into keeping our collections up-to-date.  This library cart contains replacement volumes, pocket parts and softbound supplements which Alex LoBianco will file in the Law Library Reading Room.  Although the work is …

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Congressional Record App Updated to Include iPhone

Posted by: Andrew Weber

It looks like we should update our Pic of the Week showing the iPad version along with the print version of the Congressional Record now that it is also available for the iPhone.  It was with great enthusiasm that I blogged about the Congressional Record App which originally worked exclusively on the iPad.  Thanks to a recent update, …