The following is a guest post by Anna Price, a legal reference librarian at the Law Library of Congress. This edition of Research Guides In Focus covers another frequently-accessed Law Library guide – U.S. Supreme Court Records and Briefs. I regularly direct patrons to this guide, and rely on it for quick answers to Supreme …
Today’s Pic of the Week features our collection of Supreme Court Records and Briefs. As I was showing off our closed stacks collection to the Law Library’s two newest reference librarians, Latia Ward and Janeen Williams, it struck me that this vast collection might make for an interesting blog post. Debbie Keysor, now Chief of …
This is a guest post by Debbie Keysor, Senior Legal Reference Specialist at the Law Library of Congress. In February, Andrew Weber pointed out in “The Supreme Court and the Library — Pic of the Week” that the Law Library Reading Room is a U.S. Supreme Court Depository Library. There are currently 10 Supreme Court Depository Libraries scattered throughout …
My 11th grade English teacher* sent me a Facebook message a couple of weeks ago asking for assistance in locating the records and briefs from Brown v. Board of Education. I replied with a list of resources, including exhibits at the Library of Congress and the National Archives. In answering his question, I realized that …
Today’s guest post is by Ann Hemmens, Senior Legal Reference Librarian. Ann wrote on accessing federal materials on the Law Library’s Guide to Law Online. At the Law Library of Congress, we collect, organize, and provide access to original print records and briefs filed with the Supreme Court of the United States. We are one …
The following is a guest post by Agata Tajchert, one of the collections technicians in the Processing Section of the Law Library’s Collection Services Division. Agata heads up our preservation efforts to microfilm material that is too fragile to remain in paper form. A few years ago, after a major inventorying project, the Law Library’s …
The following is a guest post by Debora Keysor, a Senior Legal Reference Specialist in the Law Library of Congress. Debbie has previously blogged about PACER and Supreme Court Records and Briefs. The nation’s capital was once again the place to be, but not for the Cherry Blossoms this week. Thousands of people descended on …
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 …