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Posted by: Margaret Wood
As we did with AALL, we decided to collect feedback from Law Library staff about their participation in this year’s National Book Festival (NBF). As I noted in last week’s post, this is the Law Library’s second year for participating in the National Book Festival and here is what some of the Law Library participants had to …
Posted in: Collections, Congress, In the News, Law Library, THOMAS
Posted by: Margaret Wood
This has been a busy week for the Law Library of Congress. We have unveiled Congress.gov (our new legislative website), celebrated Constitution Day, and to round the week out, we are preparing for the National Book Festival. This will be the Law Library’s second year at the National Book Festival. Our staff will be manning …
Posted in: Collections, Event, Global Law, In the News, Law Library, THOMAS
Posted by: Margaret Wood
As I mentioned in my interview last year, I grew up in New Mexico and it remains a favorite vacation spot. This August, I visited Santa Fe which is the oldest capital city in the United States. While I was there, I swung by the Palace of the Governors. The Palace of the Governors was …
Posted in: Law Library, 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 …
Posted in: Collections, Law Library, Pic of the Week
Posted by: Margaret Wood
This sign has been resident in the manager’s office in the Law Library Reading Room for many years – sitting quietly out of sight on a shelf. Our best guess is that this sign was originally used when the Law Library was still located in the Thomas Jefferson Building, before the Law Library was moved over 30 years ago to …
Posted in: Law Library, Pic of the Week
Posted by: Margaret Wood
As a reference librarian working on the reference desk in the Law Library Reading Room, I answer a whole range of questions on state and federal law and some days it feels as though every question is on a new topic. But in fact, there are some topics which are of continuing interest to our patrons, and one of them is flag …
Posted in: Congress, Education, In the News
Posted by: Margaret Wood
The Law Library of Congress was fortunate to host citizen activist Richard Dreyfuss as our speaker for this year’s Law Day program. Mr. Dreyfuss founded The Dreyfuss Initiative in 2010 with the aim of helping to ensure that today’s children learn how our government works and as adults are prepared to participate in that government. Mr. …
Posted in: Event, In the News, Law Library
Posted by: Margaret Wood
The following is a guest post by James Martin, Senior Legal Information Analyst at the Law Library of Congress. The Chicago Legal News has the distinction of being the first legal publication in the United States that was edited by a woman, Myra Bradwell. In 1868, Myra submitted a prospectus for a legal newspaper for …
Posted in: Collections, Guest Post, Law Library, Pic of the Week
Posted by: Margaret Wood
This is a guest post by Debbie Keysor, Senior Legal Reference Specialist at the Law Library of Congress. In February, Andrew Weber pointed out in “The Supreme Court and the Library — Pic of the Week” that the Law Library Reading Room is a U.S. Supreme Court Depository Library. There are currently 10 Supreme Court Depository Libraries scattered throughout …
Posted in: Collections, Guest Post, Law Library