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Posted by: Andrew Weber
The following is a guest post by David Mao, Law Librarian of Congress. He has previously guest posted From the Desk of the Law Librarian, The Law Librarian in London, and Rebellious Children and Witches. In a previous post I mentioned keys belonging to former Law Librarian of Congress Carlton Kenyon. This Pic of the Week shows …
Posted in: Guest Post, Law Library, Pic of the Week
Posted by: Andrew Weber
The following is a guest post by Megan Lulofs, a Legal Information Analyst in the Public Services Division. Meg has previously posted on a variety of topics including House Committee Hearings Video, the Cardiff Giant, the Canadian Library of Parliament, football blackouts, and librarian services. The U.S. Senate has a new website to showcase the history and contributions of each …
Posted in: Congress, Education, Guest Post
Posted by: Kelly Buchanan
The following is a guest post by Dante Figueroa, Senior Legal Information Analyst at the Law Library of Congress. In April it will be a year since I assumed new responsibilities as the Recommending Officer for our Italian, Roman, Vatican City, and Canon Law collections at the Law Library of Congress. During this time, it …
Posted in: Collections, Guest Post, Pic of the Week
Posted by: Andrew Weber
The following is a guest post by Megan Lulofs, a Legal Information Analyst in the Public Services Division. It has been just over one month since THOMAS started linking to live streams of House Committee Hearings. In that month, we have started tweeting hearings as they happen using the #THOMASlive hashtag, and we are interacting with Congress …
Posted in: Congress, Guest Post, THOMAS
Posted by: Margaret Wood
The following is a guest post by Jeanine Cali, a writer for the Law Library’s Outreach Team on the upcoming presentation by Professor Katherine Aron-Beller about her new book, Jews on Trial: The Papal Inquisition in Modena, 1598-1638. On Wednesday, March 21, 2012 at 12:00 p.m., the Hebraic Section of the African and Middle Eastern …
Posted in: Collections, Event, Guest Post, In the News
Posted by: Margaret Wood
The following is a guest post by Jeanine Cali, a writer for the Law Library’s Outreach Team. I took this week’s picture as I exited the Capitol South Metro station on my way to work on Wednesday. As you can see from this shot, the Madison Building is just under a block’s walking distance from …
Posted in: Guest Post, Law Library, Pic of the Week
Posted by: Clare Feikert-Ahalt
This is a guest post by the Law Librarian of Congress, David Mao, who is back from a recent business trip to London, England. Last week I attended a meeting in London, England. While there, I took the opportunity to go sightseeing. The picture to the left shows the front gate of the St. Pancras building …
Posted in: Global Law, Guest Post, Law Library
Posted by: Margaret Wood
The following is a guest post by Matthew Braun, Legal Reference Specialist at the Law Library of Congress. On December 12, 2011, the Copyright Clearance Center, a global broker for copyrighted material, presented a program titled Orphan Works and Fair Use in the Digital Age. This program featured separate question and answer sessions with Maria Pallante, …
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Posted by: Andrew Weber
The following is a guest post by Megan Lulofs, a Legal Information Analyst in the Public Services Division. This week’s pic comes from our northern counterparts, the Library of Parliament (or Bibliothèque du Parlement) of Canada in Ottawa, ON. I visited Ottawa earlier this month for their annual Winterlude festival, and to go ice skating on the Rideau Canal (an UNESCO World Heritage …
Posted in: Global Law, Guest Post, Pic of the Week