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Posted by: Liah Caravalho
On Wednesday, March 11, 2015, the Law Library of Congress hosted Meg McAleer, senior archives specialist from the Manuscript Division for a power lunch program in celebration of Women’s History Month to discuss civil rights activist Rosa Parks and her experience processing the Rosa Parks Manuscript Collection. Rosa Parks made her indelible mark on American …
Posted in: Collections, Event
Posted by: Nathan Dorn
On February 15, the Law Library of Congress in cooperation with the John W. Kluge Center hosted John Hessler, Senior Cartographic Librarian in the Geography and Map Division of the Library of Congress, and a Kluge Staff Fellow, as a guest speaker for the Law Library’s Power Lunch series. Mr. Hessler’s lecture, “Written in Stone: Roman Land …
Posted in: Collections, Law Library
Posted by: Nathan Dorn
Recently, the Law Library welcomed Ms. Jolande Goldberg, Law Classification Specialist at the Policy and Standards Division of the Library of Congress, as a guest lecturer for the Law Library’s Power Lunch series. A longtime employee of the Library of Congress, Jolande Goldberg is well known as the principle architect of the K schedule – …
Posted in: Collections, Event, Law Library
Posted by: Margaret Wood
The following is a guest post by Matthew Braun, Legal Reference Specialist at the Law Library of Congress. On December 12, 2011, the Copyright Clearance Center, a global broker for copyrighted material, presented a program titled Orphan Works and Fair Use in the Digital Age. This program featured separate question and answer sessions with Maria Pallante, …
Posted in: Guest Post, Law Library
Posted by: Andrew Weber
One thing that has not been conveyed in our pictures to date is just how close the Supreme Court of the United States is to the Library of Congress. Christine’s historic bird’s eye view post provides an overhead shot of the area. This week’s Pic of the Week shows the back of the Supreme Court Building …
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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: Ruth Levush
One of the greatest advantages of working at the Law Library’s Global Legal Research Center is the ability to interact with experts in foreign law from around the globe and learn from their legal experience. Having visited China ten years ago, and having appreciation for the long and impressive history of that country, I particularly …
Posted in: Global Law, Guest Post
Posted by: Hanibal Goitom
In my previous post, which I wrote as a guest blogger (before I had the privilege of joining the club – AKA the Law Library’s blog team), I spoke about the awesome Law Library of Congress tradition known as Power Lunch. I recently attended a Power Lunch talk on China’s family planning policy (commonly known as …
Posted in: Education, Global Law
Posted by: Andrew Weber
Our latest interview is with Kimberly Allen, Planning Officer for the Law Library of Congress. Describe your background. I was born and raised in Allegan, a small town in southwestern Michigan. My family still resides in that area so I make the occasional pilgrimage back to visit. I attended the University of Michigan in Ann …
Posted in: Interview, Law Library