
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
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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
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 …
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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 …
Posted in: Guest Post, Law Library
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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Posted by: Jim Martin
The following is a guest post by Elizabeth Osborne, legal reference librarian. On July 31, 2018, Justice Anthony M. Kennedy is retiring from the United States Supreme Court at age 82, after over 30 years on the bench. Kennedy was born in Sacramento, California, in 1936, to parents Anthony J., an attorney and lobbyist, and …
Posted in: Federal Judiciary, Guest Post
Posted by: Francisco Macías
Bernardo Vicente Apolinar de Gálvez y Madrid is one of those unsung heroes of American history. Today, I would like to share a few highlights about this giant of Americana. Born on July 23, 1746, in Macharaviaya—a town and municipio in Málaga within the autonomous community of Andalusia, which is situated in the south …
Posted in: Collections, Law Library
Posted by: Donna Sokol
Describe your background. I was born and raised in Sardinia, Italy. After completing my law degree, I moved to the UK, where I currently live and work. What is your academic/professional history? I hold an LL.B. and LL.M. from the University of Cagliari, Italy, and a Ph.D. inlLaw from Brunel University London, UK. During my Ph.D. …
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Posted by: Betty Lupinacci
The ABA publication Insights On Law & Society states in its Winter 2017 issue that “The birth certificate is among the first legal documents an individual might acquire.” In most jurisdictions it’s the only document one can use for obtaining a drivers’ license, proving your citizenship, obtaining a passport… just merely establishing your existence. And …
Posted in: Law Library
Posted by: Hanibal Goitom
The Law Library of Congress often produces foreign, comparative, and international law reports on a wide range of issues. We recently completed two reports on the global cryptocurrency regulatory framework. While one of the reports is a compilation of brief surveys of the legal and policy landscape surrounding cryptocurrencies in 130 countries, the other one provides more …
Posted in: Global Law, Law Library, Legal Reports