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Posted by: Liah Caravalho
A post about John Francis Wilkinson, an African American man, who was the longest serving employee in the history of the Library of Congress
Posted in: African American History, Guest Post, Law Library
Posted by: Andrew Weber
The following Congress.gov interview is a guest post by Kelly Yuzawa, a specialist in legislative information systems management within the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. Read the Congressional Tribute to Juanita Campbell. Briefly describe your 42 years at the Library of Congress and CRS. My 42 years at the Library of Congress have …
Posted in: Congress, Guest Post
Posted by: Andrew Weber
The following is a guest post by Christine McMahon and Amanda Colvin, Office of Programs, Strategy, and Technology, Government Publishing Office. On February 3, 2016, the Government Publishing Office launched www.govinfo.gov, a beta website that will eventually replace the Federal Digital System (FDsys) public website. FDsys, and now govinfo, provide free public access to hundreds …
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Posted by: Liah Caravalho
The following is a guest post by Tariq Ahmad, a foreign law specialist in the Global Legal Research Directorate of the Law Library of Congress. Tariq has previously contributed posts on Islamic Law in Pakistan – Global Legal Collection Highlights, Sedition Law in India, and FALQ posts on Beef Bans in India, Proposals to Reform Pakistan’s Blasphemy Laws, …
Posted in: Event, Guest Post
Posted by: Ruth Levush
The following is a guest post by Peter Roudik, director of legal research at the Law Library of Congress. Peter specializes in Russia and the former Soviet Union. He has written a number of posts on topics related to countries in that region, including posts on Christmas, Soviet Style; Soviet investigation of Nazi war crimes, lustration in Ukraine, …
Posted in: Guest Post, In the News
Posted by: Kelly Buchanan
The following is a guest post by Peter Roudik, director of legal research at the Law Library of Congress. Peter has written a number of interesting posts related to Russia and the former Soviet Union for In Custodia Legis, including posts on the Soviet investigation of Nazi war crimes, lustration in Ukraine, Crimean history and …
Posted in: Global Law, Guest Post
Posted by: Donna Sokol
This is a guest post by the Law Librarian of Congress, Roberta I. Shaffer, who previously held the position August 2009 through November 2011. Download the PDF format of the 2016 New Year’s Greeting and the FY2015 Law Library Annual Report. As I take down the 2015 calendars and pin the 2016 ones to the …
Posted in: Guest Post, Law Library