Top of page
Posted by: Betty Lupinacci
I never know where the inspiration of an On the Shelf post will come from. Today’s stems from a patron request for an item which Ann Hemmens subsequently brought back to me for preservation work. As the 1941 D.C. Building Code sat on my desk, I thought about how many times I’ve told friends and …
Posted in: Collections
Posted by: Betty Lupinacci
Today’s interview is with Michael (“Mookie”) Goodson, an intern in the Collection Services Division. Mookie has the enviable task of conducting preliminary research, identifying U.S. and foreign legal collection items, related to baseball and the law for next year’s Library-wide exhibit: Baseball Americana. Describe your background. I am one of five children (the son of …
Posted in: Collections, Interview
Posted by: Betty Lupinacci
As we’ve noted in the blog before, the Class K schedule was not completed until the 1960s. Prior to that, law material was either classified under the old “LAW” scheme or in the JX class. Our serials cataloger, Brian Kuhagen, is working hard to put everything in order under the K schedule. His latest projects …
Posted in: Collections
Posted by: Betty Lupinacci
This week’s interview is with Alia Hussain, the newest technician in the Collection Services Division. With her writing background, I’m hoping she decides to contribute to our blog. Describe your background. I was born and raised in New Jersey, then moved to Chicago after graduating high school to attend college. What is your academic/professional history? …
Posted in: Interview, Law Library
Posted by: Betty Lupinacci
Whenever I plan any travel stateside, I go online to search for interesting places to visit along the way. My choice usually winds up being the World’s Largest Ball of Twine or some such oddity. But when planning a recent trip to Asheville, North Carolina, I found that they had a public law library. Perhaps …
Posted in: Pic of the Week
Posted by: Betty Lupinacci
Here at the Law Library, we have a robust system of proofreading everything from our reports to our blog posts. So to commemorate yesterday’s National Proofreading Day we thought it would be fun to let one of our editors take the reins and talk about something near and dear to him from the proofreading world. …
Posted in: Guest Post, Law Library
Posted by: Betty Lupinacci
Today’s Pic of the Week features our collection of Supreme Court Records and Briefs. As I was showing off our closed stacks collection to the Law Library’s two newest reference librarians, Latia Ward and Janeen Williams, it struck me that this vast collection might make for an interesting blog post. Debbie Keysor, now Chief of …
Posted in: Collections, Pic of the Week
Posted by: Betty Lupinacci
The following is a guest post by Janice Hyde, assistant law librarian for the Law Library’s Global Legal Collections Directorate. Janice has previously contributed to this blog with posts such as: Crossing State Lines to Settle Squabbles – Pic of the Week, Archived Legal Materials from Official Gazettes Now Available Through Law.gov and A View …
Posted in: Guest Post