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Posted by: Donna Sokol
The sight of construction cranes in Washington DC is nothing new; the city is constantly changing and renewing. The cranes and I-beams peeking above the trees near the Washington Monument hearken the arrival of the newest Smithsonian museum: the National Museum of African American History and Culture (NAAHC). In the 15 years I’ve been in …
Posted by: Donna Sokol
The following is a guest post from Pamela Barnes Craig, retiring Instruction/Reference Librarian in the Law Library of Congress. It is cross posted on Teaching with the Library of Congress. Describe what you do at the Library of Congress and the materials you work with. Pam Craig talks with teachers at the 2013 Summer Teacher …
Posted in: Congress, Gov 2.0, Interview, Law Library
Posted by: Donna Sokol
The following is a guest post by David Mao, Law Librarian of Congress. He has previously guest posted New Year’s Greetings, Justifying Speed, Food for Thought, Another Trip Down Memory Lane, 2012 Burton Awards – Pic of the Week, Shreddy: From the Office of the Law Librarian – Pic of the Week, From the Desk of the Law …
Posted in: Congress, Guest Post, Pic of the Week
Posted by: Donna Sokol
The recent passing of Senator Inouye [D-HI] led to a discussion among some friends about who can lie in state in the Capitol. I asked the Law Library’s instructional librarian, Pam Craig, whether it took an act of Congress to permit this. And indeed it does. To allow the Capitol’s rotunda to be used for …
Posted in: Congress