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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 …

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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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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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Justice Kennedy Retires from Supreme Court

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 …

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Interview with Rossana Deplano, Law Library Scholar-in-Residence

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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You Ott to Know: Using Legal Documents to Change Baseball History

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 …

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Our New Reports on Regulation of Cryptocurrency Around the World

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 …