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Posted by: Kurt Carroll
This week’s interview is with Joan Weeks, who is working at the Law Library of Congress as a Fellow in the Library of Congress Leadership Development Program. Describe your background I guess I am a rare native of the Washington area since I was born in Alexandria, Virginia, grew up in Falls Church and graduated …
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Posted by: Kurt Carroll
Last week my colleague Tariq and I traveled to Toronto for the International Association of Law Libraries’ (IALL) 31st annual course on international law and legal information. Living up to its name, attendance at the conference was made up of law librarians from six continents representing twenty countries. As is the custom, the theme of …
Posted in: Global Law, Pic of the Week
Posted by: Kurt Carroll
The following is a guest blog by Betty Lupinacci. It is based on a presentation she gave to the American Bar Association’s Standing Committee on the Law Library of Congress. While the Library of Congress’ subject-driven classification system was developed in the late 19th, early 20th centuries, Law’s Class K portion of that schedule was …
Posted in: Collections, Guest Post
Posted by: Kurt Carroll
I was recently in Tunisia and, as is typical of Law Library staff, could not resist searching out the country’s National Library in Tunis. While the library is now housed in a modern, state of the art structure, I was able to track down its more historic location. This task was easier said than done …
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Posted by: Kurt Carroll
Earlier this week, the American Bar Association’s Standing Committee on the Law Library of Congress paid a visit to Capitol Hill. The Committee is composed of legal professionals from across the United States and “serves as the voice of the legal profession concerning the Law Library of Congress (LLC)“. The Standing Committee is the second-oldest …
Posted in: Collections, Pic of the Week
Posted by: Kurt Carroll
This week’s interview is with Richard “Ken” Sigmund, a Library Technician for Inventory and Physical Control in our Collection Services Division. Describe your background. I am a native Marylander. Baltimore is my hometown and I have also lived in Silver Spring, Lexington Park, and Prince George’s County. I recently moved into Washington, DC but I …
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