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Posted by: Andrew Weber
The following is a guest post by Brock Thompson, chair of LC GLOBE, the gay and lesbian employee association at the Library of Congress. Brock is also a former editor of In Custodia Legis. This spring, the Library of Congress added two small but important pieces of gay and lesbian legal history to the “Creating …
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Posted by: Christine Sellers
The following is a guest post by Robert Newlen, the Assistant Law Librarian for Collections, Outreach and Services in the Law Library of Congress. Last month I spent a week in Russia in my favorite city in the world, Moscow. One of my guilty pleasures while there was roaming the wonderful flea markets on the …
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Posted by: Francisco Macías
No, May 5th is not Mexican Independence Day. Mexico’s independence is celebrated on September 16th and shouldn’t be confused with the holiday of May 5th. The celebration of “Cinco de Mayo” commemorates the “Battle of Puebla” (May 5, 1862). In this battle, Mexican forces led by Ignacio Zaragoza Seguín (from what is now the city …
Posted in: Education, Global Law, Guest Post
Posted by: Christine Sellers
The following is a guest post by Margaret Wood, Legal Reference Specialist in our Public Services Directorate. After the excitement over last week’s royal wedding (especially the dress) celebrating Law Day might strike one as slightly anticlimactic. But annual Law Day celebrations and events mark a vital part of American society, culture and history. Law …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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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