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Posted by: Andrew Weber
The following is a guest post by Roberta Shaffer, Law Librarian of Congress. Roberta has posted to the blog on multiple occasions including: Greetings from the Law Librarian of Congress, Happy Old Year, and The Law Library of Congress Strategic Plan Released. From the moment that I arrived in Seoul, Korea until the day I …
Posted in: Global Law, Guest Post
Posted by: Kelly Buchanan
The following is a guest post by George Sadek, Senior Legal Information Analyst. In Saudi Arabia on April 23, 2011, individuals eligible to cast their votes in the municipality election will have the right to register themselves for inclusion in the voters’ election registration lists. Half of the seats in the municipal councils across the …
Posted in: Global Law, In the News, Guest Post
Posted by: Andrew Weber
The following is a guest post by Roberta Shaffer, Law Librarian of Congress. The complete Law Library of Congress Strategic Plan Fiscal Years 2011-2016 is available in PDF. The Law Library is proud to present its 2011–2016 Strategic Plan. We have taken the overall goals set out in the Library of Congress Strategic Plan as …
Posted in: Law Library, Guest Post
Posted by: Hanibal Goitom
As the people of some African countries take to the streets to unseat their leaders, Nigerians get the opportunity to do the same this month – but instead of needing to protest, they can affect change by going to polling stations. It’s election season in Nigeria. The country, a federation of 36 states with a …
Posted in: Global Law, Guest Post
Posted by: Andrew Weber
The following is a guest post by Jacinda Gill, Supervisory Information Technology Specialist in our Information Technology Office. There was something for everyone at the 2011 Computers in Libraries Conference. As a Supervisory Information Technology Specialist at the Law Library of Congress, I would highly recommend that my peers attend this conference. I gained a …
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Posted by: Andrew Weber
The following is a guest post by Robert Newlen, the Assistant Law Librarian for Collections, Outreach and Services in the Law Library of Congress. On October 5, 2011, Professor Joseph Raz will deliver the second Kellogg Biennial Lecture on Jurisprudence at the Library of Congress. Professor Raz teaches at Columbia University Law School and is …
Posted in: Law Library, Guest Post
Posted by: Andrew Weber
The following is a guest post by Margaret McAleer, Senior Archives Specialist in the Manuscript Division of the Library of Congress. I am about to end a three-month detail in the Law Library to return to my regular job in the Library of Congress Manuscript Division, where I am a senior archives specialist. I have …
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Posted by: Kurt Carroll
The following is a guest post by Nathan Dorn, Rare Book Technician at the Law Library of Congress. In a previous post on this blog, a colleague of mine points out that the Law Library possesses significant collections in the area of religious law. An outstanding example of these, which he describes in his post, …
Posted in: Law Library, Collections, Global Law, Guest Post
Posted by: Andrew Weber
The following is a guest post by Margaret Wood, Legal Reference Specialist in our Public Services Directorate. Here in the Law Library Reading Room we are continuing our work to relocate certain collections in preparation for the Reading Room Remodeling. The purpose of this post is to give everyone an update about the collections currently …
Posted in: Law Library, Collections, Guest Post