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An Interview with Orin S. Kerr, Scholar-in-Residence

Posted by: Andrew Weber

In June, Orin S. Kerr was named the Scholar-in-Residence for the Daniel and Florence Guggenheim Foundation Program on Demography, Technology, and Criminal Justice at the Library of Congress.  As someone who is interested in law and technology, I have really enjoyed serving on the advisory board for the Guggenheim Foundation Program, which Cynthia Jordan coordinates.  Orin is also a blogger, writing for The Volokh Conspiracy (one …

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Welcome to Our New Front Door: A Revamped Homepage

Posted by: Andrew Weber

David is enthusiastic about our redesigned homepage for the Law Library of Congress (see how I stuck a link to it in already?).  He provided a little background: As part of the Law Library of Congress’s Law.gov project the Law Library began reviewing its web presence. In June of this year, we launched an updated look with features to make the website …

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Lessons Learned from AALL in Boston

Posted by: Andrew Weber

I enjoyed collecting feedback from my co-workers after last year’s American Association of Law Libraries (AALL) annual conference.  I thought it would be a good idea to continue the tradition. This year’s conference was in Boston.  In addition to snapping some library pictures while I was there, I presented with David, Tina, and Emily Feltren on …

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Law in Fresco in the Vatican Museums

Posted by: Andrew Weber

The following is a guest post by Megan Lulofs Kuhagen, a Legal Information Analyst in the Public Services Division.  Meg has previously posted on a variety of topics including States in the Senate, House Committee Hearings Video, the Cardiff Giant, the Canadian Library of Parliament, football blackouts, and librarian services. We have written about Roman law and canon law before at In Custodia Legis. On my recent trip …

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May Retrospective: Almost States, MLK, and Cinco de Mayo

Posted by: Andrew Weber

States and Cinco de Mayo were popular choices this month when linking to In Custodia Legis and also popular with our readers.  Samford University Library’s Government Documents blog liked Nathan’s post about the states we almost had.  The Lincoln Law School of San Jose Blog noted Meg’s States in the Senate post. The Law Librarian Blog thought Nathan’s …

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April Retrospective

Posted by: Andrew Weber

There is still a lot of interest in the Titanic one hundred years later as Kelly’s post topped In Custodia Legis by a wide margin this month.  It was great to see many of the Library of Congress blogs post on a similar topic.  It demonstrated the breadth of knowledge throughout our wonderful institution.  In …

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March Retrospective

Posted by: Andrew Weber

This month we welcomed both Tina and Jeanine to what we affectionately refer to as our blog team.  Tina wasted little time in claiming the top spot with her post A Law Classification Scheme as Linked Data?. Her post was also mentioned on the Legal Informatics Blog, Infodocket, and the Law Librarian Blog.  Jeanine’s first post as an official …

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Library Rules! – Pic of the Week

Posted by: Andrew Weber

Bob switched offices recently.  As most people do when they move, he started combing through the items he accumulated over the years and came across a small booklet printed by the Government Printing Office in 1939: The Library of Congress: Rules and Practice Governing the Use and Issue of Books. Thinking of the blog, he …