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Posted by: Andrew Weber
What an exciting year it has been for In Custodia Legis! We added Jennifer and Betty to our blog team. We published over 200 posts (go back and read any of them you might have missed, I’ll wait). The three most-viewed months in our blog’s four year history came in September, October, and November. Towards the …
Posted in: Law Library
Posted by: Andrew Weber
On Monday, I learned the Law Library’s blog, In Custodia Legis, has earned a spot in the 2014 ABA Journal’s Blawg 100, the annual list of “the best in blogs about lawyers and the law.” We have reviewed the ABA nominations list in the past for possible blawgs to include in our archive. Being nominated, …
Posted in: In the News, Law Library
Posted by: Andrew Weber
For those of you who follow our @LawLibCongress Twitter account, you may already be aware that most everything has been removed from our Reading Room. Robert and I tweeted many pictures as books and shelves left, using the hashtag #ReadingRoomRedo. The Law Library has a temporary Reading Room set up on the ground floor of …
Posted in: Law Library, Pic of the Week
Posted by: Andrew Weber
We recently started to do some user testing on our website, Law.gov. It has been interesting to listen to the feedback because I know the answers and sometimes people are close but miss what I can clearly see. I’m sitting in my office occasionally saying things to the screen (while my phone is muted). I have sat …
Posted in: Law Library
Posted by: Andrew Weber
Whether it is our first week or our first year, we like to celebrate the milestones of In Custodia Legis. We started the blog asking What Exactly is In Custodia Legis? and have spent the last four years answering that question. In Custodia Legis is the Law Library of Congress and the people that make up …
Posted in: Law Library
Posted by: Andrew Weber
This year seems to be flying by. Our team of bloggers has posted over 100 times to In Custodia Legis so far this year. Of those 100 posts, two of the top ten most viewed have to do with time. There is also significant interest in tracing legislation and Congress.gov. Advanced Search, Browse, and Appropriations …
Posted in: Congress, Law Library, THOMAS
Posted by: Andrew Weber
This week’s interview is with Charles Dove, the Director of Asset Management at the Law Library of Congress. Describe your background. I am a native Marylander and grew up in the pastoral setting of the Ashton-Sandy Spring-Olney area. I spent my summers horseback riding with friends, rowing a home-built skiff on Triadelphia Lake, and to …
Posted in: Interview, Law Library