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Archive: October 2019 (18 Posts)

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Save the Date: 2019 Kellogg Biennial Lecture in Jurisprudence

Posted by: Donna Sokol

Save the date on your calendars! The Law Library will present the Frederic R. and Molly S. Kellogg Biennial Lecture in Jurisprudence on Wednesday, December 4 at 5:00 p.m. Are you on our email list? Subscribe to Law Library News & Events today to ensure you get the notification when registration opens in November!

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An Interview with Elizabeth Boomer, Legal Research Analyst

Posted by: Ruth Levush

Today’s interview is with Elizabeth Boomer, a legal research analyst in the Global Legal Research Directorate of the Law Library of Congress. Describe your background. I was born in Kansas and grew up in a small university town in Illinois, home of Western Illinois University. As a teenager, I couldn’t wait to move to the “big city,” but I …

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Library of Congress and U.S. Government Publishing Office Digitizing U.S. Congressional Serial Set

Posted by: Donna Sokol

The Law Library of Congress, in collaboration with the U.S. Government Publishing Office, has started a large multi-year effort to digitize and make accessible volumes of the U.S. Congressional Serial Set dating back to the first volume published in 1817. The U.S. Congressional Serial Set is an official, bound collection of reports and documents of …

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Congress.gov New, Tip and Top for October 2019

Posted by: Margaret Wood

Robert brought us the last Congress.gov update in late September.  That update included new enhancements to the Congressional Committee Schedule page.  Legislation pages now link an associated committee’s meeting pages from the overview box. In response to user requests, the weekly Committee Schedule now has a compact/expanded view option. Chamber of Origin, House, Senate, and Joint …