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Posted by: Robert Brammer
Aslihan Bulut will serve as the acting Law Librarian of Congress. Aslihan brings a wealth of experience to her new role of providing strategic leadership from her current position, the deputy law librarian for collections at the Law Library of Congress, a role she has been serving in since 2019. Aslihan managed and oversaw the …
Posted in: Law Library
Posted by: Robert Brammer
Deputy Librarian for Library Collections and Services and 25th Law Librarian of Congress Jane Sánchez has passed away after a courageous battle with cancer. Jane is survived by her husband, Christopher Freitas, and her three children, Adam, Alyson, and Andrew. She will be dearly missed by her family, friends, and colleagues. Librarian of Congress Dr. …
Posted in: Law Library
Posted by: Nathan Dorn
Nathan discusses the acquisition of a document signed by Mary Coffin Starbuck of Nantucket and the Wampanoag Sachem, Wunnatuckquannum.
Posted in: Collections, Law Library, Women's History
Posted by: Bailey DeSimone
Every so often, our team comes across a Serial Set volume that contains photographs, maps, or plates. These visuals preserve moments in time, and in cases of geographical surveys, the early impressions of a landscape. In 1871, geologist Ferdinand V. Hayden led the first of his federally-funded explorations into the Wyoming territory that would later …
Posted in: Collections
Posted by: Kelly Goles
Today’s interview is with Steven Anderson, the director of the Thurgood Marshall State Law Library in Maryland. How long have you been the State Law Librarian and what is your educational background? I have been the State Law Librarian for 16 years, since 2005. I am originally from California, and I went to college …
Posted in: Interview, Law Library
Posted by: Hanibal Goitom
The following is a guest post by Tariq Ahmad, a foreign law specialist in the Global Legal Research Directorate of the Law Library of Congress. He has previously contributed posts on Islamic Law in Pakistan – Global Legal Collection Highlights, the Law Library’s 2013 Panel Discussion on Islamic Law, Sedition Law in India, and FALQ posts on Proposals to Reform Pakistan’s Blasphemy Laws, Article 370 …
Posted in: Frequently Asked Legal Questions (FALQ), Global Law, Guest Post, In the News
Posted by: Jennifer Davis
Jennifer describes the Constitution of the Colony of Maryland in Liberia and the history of Liberia.
Posted in: African American History, Collections, Law Library
Posted by: Geraldine Davila Gonzalez
Today’s interview is with Aranza Obscura, an intern working on transcribing the Herencia: Centuries of Spanish Legal Documents crowdsourcing campaign at the Law Library of Congress. Describe your background. I was born in Mexico City and grew up in a border town called Laredo in South Texas. Being steeped in both Mexican and American values allowed me …
Posted in: Interview, Law Library
Posted by: Barbara Bavis
One of the topics reference librarians get asked about most frequently at the Law Library of Congress is how to find debates, hearings, reports, and other documents that may reflect legislative intent regarding a bill as it moves through Congress. Thus, by popular request, the next entry in the new Lunch and Learn series offered …
Posted in: Education, Event, Law Library