Jefferson’s Cipher – Pic of the Week
Posted by: Donna Sokol
Thomas Jefferson was an avid inventor of multiple ciphers used to encrypt confidential information.
Posted in: Law Library, Pic of the Week
Archive: August 2018 (20 Posts)
Do People Look at Legislation on Their Phones? Yes, They Do!
Posted by: Andrew Weber
The following is a guest post by Leah K. Ibraheem, the web metrics analyst in the Office of the Chief Information Officer of the Library of Congress. Natalie shared the news when we hit a big metrics milestone last year of more than a million page views and visits in a single day. I track metrics across the Library …
Posted in: Congress
An Interview with Robert MacNeish, Collection Services Intern
Posted by: Betty Lupinacci
Today’s interview is with Robert MacNeish, an intern working in the Collection Services Division, Law Library of Congress. Describe your background. My name is Robert MacNeish. I am half-American and half-Italian. My mother, who also works for the Library of Congress, is from Sicily and my father is from Florida. I am the middle child …
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Good Friends or Neighbors: Compurgators in Medieval Times
Posted by: Ruth Levush
The following is a guest post by Dante Figueroa, a senior legal information analyst at the Law Library of Congress. Dante has contributed a number of In Custodia Legis blog posts, including on The Rehabilitation of Dante Alighieri, Seven Centuries Later, Resources and Treasures of the Italian Parliamentary Libraries, Legislation Protecting Italian Cultural Heritage, Proposed Anti-Sect Legislation …
Posted in: Collections, Global Law
The Law Library of Congress at the Annual Meeting of the American Association of Law Libraries
Posted by: Jim Martin
The following is a guest post by Elizabeth Osborne. Beth most recently wrote about the retirement of Supreme Court Associate Justice Anthony Kennedy. Librarians at the Law Library recently returned from the 2018 American Association of Law Libraries (AALL) Annual Conference in Baltimore, Maryland. The conference is an opportunity for legal information professionals to share knowledge and connect with colleagues from across …
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Trinity College Library in Dublin, Ireland – Pic of the Week
Posted by: Geraldine Davila Gonzalez
The Trinity College Library opened in 1592 and it’s the largest library in Ireland with currently over 6 million printed volumes reflecting over 400 years with collections of books, journals, manuscripts, and music.
Posted in: Law Library, Pic of the Week
A Congress.gov Interview with Leah K. Ibraheem, Web Metrics Analyst
Posted by: Andrew Weber
This week’s interview is with Leah K. Ibraheem, web metrics analyst within the Office of the Chief Information Officer of the Library of Congress. Describe your background. This is at least my fifth career in the past 20 or so years. I have also worked as a meeting & convention planner, an inventory manager, a database marketing manager, a …
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An Interview with Robyn Dodds, Global Legal Research Intern
Posted by: Kelly McKenna
Describe your background I am from a small town called Banbridge, County Down, in Northern Ireland. I am in Washington, D.C., for eight weeks this summer as a member of the Washington Ireland Program (WIP) Class of 2018. WIP, now in its twenty-fourth year, aims to support young leaders committed to building a future of peace and …
Posted in: Law Library, Interview
Congress.gov New, Tip, and Top for August 2018
Posted by: Robert Brammer
At the end of July, Andrew wrote about the updates to Congress.gov, which included enhancements to House committee search functionality; adding a legislative interest column to the House: Legislation with Actions Related to Committees browse page; and the ability to search on legislative interest from the Committees section of the Advanced Search page. Adrienne provides more …
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