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Posted by: Andrew Weber
As the first third of the year draws to a close, I thought it would be nice to take a look at the metrics for a few different resources on Congress.gov and the Law Library’s website. I find it helpful, when thinking about how to update and improve our website, to review what gets the most attention from our …
Posted in: Congress, Law Library
Posted by: Andrew Weber
The following is a guest post by Andrew Winston, a legal reference librarian in the Public Services Division of the Law Library of Congress. Andrew interviews the Virginia State Law Librarian, Gail Warren. We have previously interviewed another state law librarian, Jennifer Frazier, from Kentucky. How long have you been the Virginia State Law Librarian, and …
Posted in: Guest Post, Interview, Law Library
Posted by: Andrew Weber
The following is a guest post by Kimberly Allen, our planning officer for the Law Library of Congress and editor for In Custodia Legis. Spring may well be my favorite time of year, and I believe there is nowhere more gorgeous than D.C. in the springtime. It comes upon us quickly after the cold weather …
Posted in: Guest Post, Pic of the Week
Posted by: Andrew Weber
There is more than one “court” near the Library of Congress. The most obvious is the Supreme Court of the United States, which–just as the Law Library–was once also in the Capitol Building. There is also “The Court of Neptune Fountain,” which is at the front of the Thomas Jefferson Building of the Library of …
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Posted by: Andrew Weber
Back in January, Nicolas kicked off our ”FALQs” (aka “Frequently Asked Legal Questions“) series with a post on terrorism in France. He was asked on Twitter to continue the series with a post on freedom of speech in France. He has previously blogged about ”How Sunday Came to be a Day of Rest in France,” “Napoleon Bonaparte …
Posted in: Frequently Asked Legal Questions (FALQ), Global Law, Guest Post, In the News
Posted by: Andrew Weber
Since introducing Congress.gov in September 2012, we have continued to add the databases from THOMAS to the new system. We launched with legislation, followed soon thereafter by the Congressional Record, Committee Reports, and nominations. Today, we are releasing treaty documents. You can select “All Sources” and search across all of these data sets at once, something …
Posted by: Andrew Weber
First, the books left. Next, the shelves left. Then, everything else left. We also found a few items along the way. Now, things are coming! Compact shelving has made its way into our Reading Room for the first time. I was excited to see this when I received the new photos from the Architect of the …
Posted in: Law Library
Posted by: Andrew Weber
As winter winds its way to a close, snow has continued to fall this week in Washington. Kelly sent me a link to today’s Pic of the Week suggesting I tweet it. I liked it so much I thought it deserved to be today’s post. Not only is it a fun photo, but it has Congressional …
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Posted by: Andrew Weber
Moving from a 20-year-old system to our new, modern Congress.gov platform has many advantages. One of these is that, starting today, email alerts are available on Congress.gov. There are three different types of alerts in this initial release: Member of Congress, legislation, and the Congressional Record. Bill and member alerts were an often-requested feature on …