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Posted by: Andrew Weber
The following is a guest post by Roberta I. Shaffer, Law Librarian of Congress. Roberta has posted to the blog on multiple occasions including: Happy Old Year, The Law Library of Congress Strategic Plan Released, and My Trip to the Future. Another year has passed and I am pleased once again to send you great cheer and …
Posted in: Collections, Congress, Global Law, Gov 2.0, Guest Post, Law Library, THOMAS
Posted by: Andrew Weber
Earlier this year, I had the opportunity to attend Summer School LEX 2011. As background, [t]he school aims at providing knowledge of the most significant ICT standards emerging for legislation, judiciary, parliamentary and administrative documents. The course provides understanding of their impact in the different phases of the legislative and administrative process, awareness of the tools based …
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Posted by: Andrew Weber
While scanning my Twitter feed, I came across a tweet by Kevin O’Keefe: We Honor the Fallen: Past ABA Journal Blawg 100 Entries Which Have Departed http://goo.gl/8ZMLu It led to a feature related to The 5th Annual ABA Journal Blawg 100 on the original 100 blawgs and the 23 that have stopped publishing. The ABA Journal started …
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Posted by: Andrew Weber
This month we premiered a retirement series that included the top new post of the month, The Final Act – Mark Strattner Reflects on Retirement. The series also featured An Interview with Alvin J. Wallace and Parting is Such Sweet Sorrow: The Retirement of Stephen Clarke. A couple of our posts were mentioned in other blogs. Dante’s …
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Posted by: Andrew Weber
This week’s interview is with Christine, a co-worker who is already familiar to loyal blog readers. She has been instrumental in our blog’s success. Not to provide too much a spoiler, but Christine is leaving the Law Library of Congress on Friday. We have worked together on many other projects over the last two years, some …
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Posted by: Andrew Weber
The following is a guest post by Constance Johnson, a Legal Research Analyst in the Law Library’s Global Legal Research Center. She previous guest posted on Water Rights at Star Island. On Friday, December 9, 2011, the Law Library of Congress will hold its fourth annual Human Rights Day celebration. International Human Rights Day is actually observed on …
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Posted by: Andrew Weber
My monthly retrospective is a little later than usual this month. I was out of the office admiring my beautiful newborn daughter. Kelly’s Inspiring Story of Nelson Mandela reclaimed our top spot by having one more page view than Clare’s Weird Laws, or Urban Legends? Clare’s item inspired a post in the Widener Law Library Blog. …
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Posted by: Andrew Weber
This week’s Pic of the Week is from Stephanie Rocío Miles, also known as the Bilingual Librarian. Stephanie recently visited the Law Library of Congress and blogged about her experience. She included several pictures from our bigger than a football field size stacks. She graciously allowed me to use my favorite for today’s Pic of the …
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Posted by: Andrew Weber
We posted 26 times in September! That is only one behind our previous high. Kelly’s Inspiring Story of Nelson Mandela finally lost its grip on our top spot that it had held in July and August. What topped it? Nathan’s fascinating post Templar Secrets at the Law Library of Congress? An old favorite from January …
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