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Posted by: Ruth Levush
Describe your background I was born in Minsk, Belarus, and moved to the United States as a child. I earned my undergraduate degree in Spanish and Continental European Comparative Literature at Boston University. I’ve always loved to read, and wanted to work with books for as long as I can remember. My first dream job …
Posted in: Interview, Law Library
Posted by: Nathan Dorn
Recently, the Law Library welcomed Ms. Jolande Goldberg, Law Classification Specialist at the Policy and Standards Division of the Library of Congress, as a guest lecturer for the Law Library’s Power Lunch series. A longtime employee of the Library of Congress, Jolande Goldberg is well known as the principle architect of the K schedule – …
Posted in: Collections, Event, Law Library
Posted by: Francisco Macías
“The Spanish nation is the gathering of all Spaniards from both hemispheres.”–Chapter I, Title I, Article 1 You may recall that last month I posted a “pic of the week” titled “Banner Proclaiming the Spanish Constitution of 1812.” Well, on that subject, two hundred years ago today, on Thursday, March 19, 1812, the Constitution of …
Posted in: Collections, Law Library
Posted by: Clare Feikert-Ahalt
Last year, Kurt looked into the origins of Saint Patrick’s Day and examined some of the Law Library’s Rare Book Collection holdings that relate to this day. I thought that I would do a slightly different take on the day and see how, despite the volatile history, it is celebrated in England. The celebrations are, …
Posted in: Global Law, In the News, Law Library
Posted by: Kelly Buchanan
The following is a guest post by Dante Figueroa, Senior Legal Information Analyst at the Law Library of Congress. In April it will be a year since I assumed new responsibilities as the Recommending Officer for our Italian, Roman, Vatican City, and Canon Law collections at the Law Library of Congress. During this time, it …
Posted in: Collections, Guest Post, Pic of the Week
Posted by: Jeanine Cali
“I wanted you to see what real courage is, instead of getting the idea that courage is a man with a gun in his hand. It’s when you know you’re licked before you begin but you begin anyway and you see it through no matter what. You rarely win, but sometimes you do.” ~Harper Lee, …
Posted in: Event, In the News
Posted by: Andrew Weber
This week’s interview is with Danna Cassise. Danna is a Senior Employee Relations Specialist at the Library of Congress. Describe your background. I was born, raised, and educated in Kailua, Hawai’i, which is a sleepy beach town on the island of Oahu. I’ve lived in Eugene, OR; Atlanta, GA; San Francisco, CA; San Diego, CA; …
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Posted by: Andrew Weber
The following is a guest post by Megan Lulofs, a Legal Information Analyst in the Public Services Division. It has been just over one month since THOMAS started linking to live streams of House Committee Hearings. In that month, we have started tweeting hearings as they happen using the #THOMASlive hashtag, and we are interacting with Congress …
Posted in: Congress, Guest Post, THOMAS
Posted by: Hanibal Goitom
As part of my daily duties as a member of the Global Legal Research Center (GLRC) at the Law Library of Congress, I often rely on the collections and expertise of the Africa and Middle Eastern Division (AMED) of the Library of Congress. Created in 1978, AMED has three sections (African, Hebraic, and Near East) …
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