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Posted by: Jennifer González
Recently I had the pleasure of being welcomed for a visit at the University of Florida libraries. The University of Florida is in Gainesville, Florida about 100 miles NNW from Orlando. I was fortunate to tour their digitization and storage facilities as well as the main campus libraries, along with the law school and law library. …
Posted in: Law Library, Pic of the Week
Posted by: Jennifer González
On March 3, 1845, Florida became the 27th state to join the United States. People first reached Florida at least 12,000 years ago. Because the sea level was much lower then, Florida was nearly twice the size it is today. Florida is the site of the earliest visit to the continental U.S. by European explorers …
Posted in: Education, Law Library
Posted by: Donna Sokol
Describe your background. I grew up in Chicago, Illinois. When I was growing up, I would always find my way to a local Chicago Public Library branch. My favorite was the Carter G. Woodson Regional Library on 95th and Halsted, which became a kind of refuge for me. I hung out so much at my …
Posted in: Interview
Posted by: Jennifer González
The Law Library acquired a large collection from William S. Hein & Co., Inc. to make all volumes of several collections (like the Federal Register) available in open access to researchers. Preparing these files by adding metadata for easy searching takes a lot of work, so this summer we asked law students and library students from …
Posted in: Law Library
Posted by: Jennifer Davis
For National Poetry Month, we remember James Weldon Johnson, an educator, lawyer, statesman, poet, and song-writer.
Posted in: African American History, Law Library
Posted by: Francisco Macías
…el respeto al derecho ajeno es la paz.–Benito Juárez 210 years ago, on March 21, 1806, Benito Juárez (Benito Pablo Juárez García), one of Mexico’s most renowned leaders, was born. Ask any Mexican about Benito Juárez, and you may find them promptly reciting a well-known aphorism of his: “… el respeto al derecho ajeno es …
Posted in: Law Library
Posted by: Jennifer González
This coming Monday, February 15, we will celebrate the federal holiday, Washington’s Birthday. You may be thinking, “my calendar says Monday is ‘Presidents’ Day,’ not ‘Washington’s birthday!’” Interestingly, the federal holiday is officially called Washington’s Birthday (5 US Code 6103) and is observed on the third Monday in February as established by Public Law 90-361 …
Posted in: Education, Law Library, Pic of the Week