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Posted by: Donna Sokol
This is a guest post by Ann Hemmens, legal reference librarian at the Law Library of Congress. Through an agreement with the Library of Congress, the publisher William S. Hein & Co., Inc. has generously allowed the Law Library of Congress to offer free online access to historical U.S. legal materials from HeinOnline. These titles are available …
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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
Yesterday we celebrated the fourth birthday of In Custodia Legis, and today we have reached another milestone: this is the 1,000th blog post that we’ve published! We asked David S. Mao, the Law Librarian of Congress, to write the 1,000th post. In it, he highlights some of the many different areas of interest for the Law Library …
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Posted by: Donna Sokol
This is a guest post by Jennifer Davis, a supervisory collection specialist in our Collection Services Division at the Law Library of Congress. Hurrying to work in the morning is a good time to think of to-do lists, song lyrics and snatches of poetry. Like most DC workers, I have been lucky enough to hustle …
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