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Posted by: Betty Lupinacci
It’s beginning to feel a lot like Christmas in the Processing Section of the Law Library. Monday morning we received five large boxes shipped from the Nairobi field office of the Library of Congress. It’s always fun when these deliveries arrive as we never know what we’ll find. The last shipment from Nairobi was mostly …
Posted in: Collections, Global Law
Posted by: Betty Lupinacci
Today’s interview is with Brandon Fitzgerald, project manager of a Law Library staffing contract. Brandon does a terrific job managing a group of contractors who help keep our collections orderly and updated. Describe your background. I’m a native son of Cleveland, Ohio which for all its grit remains one of my favorite cities. After traveling …
Posted in: Collections, Interview
Posted by: Betty Lupinacci
This week’s interview is with Gabe Horchler, section head of the Law Section of Library Services’ Acquisitions & Bibliographic Access Directorate, U.S. Programs, Law & Literature Division. Gabe is in charge of cataloging all new law titles. He and his staff have also been instrumental in helping with our reclassification project for which we are …
Posted in: Collections, Interview
Posted by: Betty Lupinacci
Black Friday! A day of shopping and a day off for me. It didn’t used to be such. When I worked in a D.C. law firm, we all worked Black Friday (as well as most Saturdays, Monday holidays, Christmas Eve, New Year’s Eve and, during tax season, quite a few Sundays). As my friends were …
Posted in: Collections, Law Library
Posted by: Betty Lupinacci
I have to admit that, at the end of September, it was difficult for me to think about anything besides baseball. The Nationals were first in their Division (no comments from Giants fans, please) and, at the last game of the season, I saw my first no-hitter. Being thus preoccupied I, figured I had to …
Posted in: Pic of the Week
Posted by: Betty Lupinacci
Hey! Does the Law Library Reading Room think that they get to have all the fun? Stand back Public Services Division! We’ll see your 40,000 volume move to temporary space pending the construction of the new and improved Law Library Reading Room, and up the ante to a 2.4 million (give or take 100,000) volume …
Posted in: Collections, Law Library, Pic of the Week
Posted by: Betty Lupinacci
This week’s interview is with Tanya London, lead technician in the Stacks Services section of the Law Library’s Collection Services Division. Tanya recently held an extended temporary position as a program specialist in the Law Library’s Office of Legislative and External Relations. Describe your background. I have a Bachelor of Arts degree in History/Political Science from Virginia Union University. …
Posted in: Interview
Posted by: Betty Lupinacci
Today’s guest post is by Janice Hyde, director of the Law Library Global Legal Collection Directorate. In a previous post prepared by my colleague Robert Brammer, he noted that Kentucky outlawed dueling in 1799. I learned recently that this practice was legal for many more years in the District of Columbia and for even longer …
Posted in: Guest Post, Pic of the Week
Posted by: Betty Lupinacci
Here it is, our beloved Law Library card catalog–in its day, a glorious collection of information on all legal material in the Library of Congress’ collection, sorted by Author, Title and Subject. So admired that a smaller version was housed behind the reference desk, holding duplicate cards for those titles shelved in the Reading Room. …
Posted in: Collections, Law Library, Pic of the Week