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Posted by: Andrew Weber
Last week we were fortunate to have a guest post by Laney Zhang, our Chinese Foreign Law Specialist. This Pic of the Week comes from inside her office. It is the map she has displayed with a China-centric perspective. Not surprisingly, it is similar to Kelly’s Pacific-centered map from New Zealand (aside from the addition …
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Posted by: Andrew Weber
The following is a guest post by Roberta I. Shaffer, Law Librarian of Congress. Roberta has posted to the blog on multiple occasions including: Happy Old Year, The Law Library of Congress Strategic Plan Released, and My Trip to the Future. Another year has passed and I am pleased once again to send you great cheer and …
Posted in: Collections, Congress, Global Law, Gov 2.0, Guest Post, Law Library, THOMAS
Posted by: Andrew Weber
If you want to know how much fun it is to be a part of the In Custodia Legis blog team, take a look at this outtake from Hanibal’s bio picture photo shoot. Hanibal enjoyed contributing guest posts so much (Nigerian Election, No Place Like Home, Interesting Topics, and Women’s Rights in Africa) that he …
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Posted by: Andrew Weber
In Custodia Legis surpassed 14,000 email subscribers in April. We also celebrated our 200th post! During the month, Roberta wrote a guest post on the release of our strategic plan. The strategic plan has been mentioned a few times since the post was published including by INFOdocket, Federal Computer Week, Library Research, and Slaw. And …
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Posted by: Andrew Weber
We occasionally highlight content on our blog that is viewed the most. There are retrospective blog posts with the top viewed posts each month, top weekly articles in the Global Legal Monitor (including what’s hot this year), the top weekly bills in THOMAS, and information about how to get top bill alerts by RSS and …
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Posted by: Andrew Weber
This week’s interview is with Sayuri Umeda, Foreign Law Specialist in our Global Legal Research Center. Describe your background. I joined the Directorate of Legal Research (which was renamed as the Global Legal Research Center in 2010) of the Law Library in 2001. I used to have only two (or three, depending on how we …
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Posted by: Andrew Weber
Kelly and I stopped by Don’s office for the interview a few days ago. I can honestly say I learned a lot during the interview (in addition to the fact that we both started here about the same time six and a half years ago). Don is the Assistant Law Librarian for Operations and Planning, …
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Posted by: Andrew Weber
This week’s interview is with David Mao, Deputy Law Librarian of Congress. Describe your background. I have been the Deputy Law Librarian of Congress since June 2010. I was born in New York City, but raised in New Jersey (about 15 miles from Exit 8). Although I’ve lived in the DC metropolitan area for more …
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Posted by: Andrew Weber
The following is a guest post by Roberta Shaffer, Law Librarian of Congress. This holiday letter is also available in PDF. With the year drawing to a close, I want to send you my best wishes for the New Year and to provide you with important Law Library of Congress updates as we head into …
Posted in: Collections, Congress, Global Law, Gov 2.0, Guest Post, Law Library, THOMAS