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Monticello – The Home of Independence Day

Posted by: Andrew Weber

The following is a guest post by Bacilio Mendez II, an intern in the Public Services Division of the Law Library of Congress. What do Madeleine Albright, Diane von Fürstenberg, Elaine Chao, and Pamela Anderson have in common? … No clue? … I’ll give you a hint, it’s the same thing that Albert Einstein, Mikhail Baryshnikov, Cary Grant, …

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PACER: Access and Education Program

Posted by: Andrew Weber

The following is a guest post by Debora Keysor, a Legal Reference Specialist in our Public Services Division. Starting July 1, the Law Library of Congress will be one of two law libraries to serve as test hosts of the Access and Education Program for PACER (Public Access to Court Electronic Records). Working in collaboration, …

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Blackstone, Burton, and Brevity

Posted by: Andrew Weber

The following is a guest post by Jean Marie Layton, Part-time Contractor in the Office of Collections, Outreach, and Services. William C. Burton received the Blackstone Award at the Friends of the Law Library of Congress Wickersham Awards Ceremony on June 13, 2011.  I was fortunate to attend the gathering at which the Honorable Justice John Paul …

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Live Tweeting the Wickersham Award Ceremony

Posted by: Andrew Weber

I was fortunate to spend Monday afternoon at the Wickersham Award Ceremony.  My primary focus while there was to live tweet the event for the Law Library of Congress.  I also posted a few pictures to our Facebook page.  For the event, I used the hashtag #Wickersham to make it easier for others to follow …

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May Retrospective

Posted by: Andrew Weber

In May, a lot of people learned about the actual date of Mexico’s Independence Day, in what turned out to be our most popular post of the month, Cinco de Mayo is Not Mexican Independence Day? We also celebrated with Law Day, Jewish American Heritage Month, Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month, and Eritrean Independence Day this month. It must be because …

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Building our Law Library of Congress Community

Posted by: Andrew Weber

Over the last few years the Law Library of Congress has taken dramatic steps to reach beyond our traditional website to ensure that people are aware of our services and products. We started an official Law Library of Congress Twitter account in October 2009.  The account slowly acquired new followers over the first year and …

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April Retrospective

Posted by: Andrew Weber

In Custodia Legis surpassed 14,000 email subscribers in April.  We also celebrated our 200th post! During the month, Roberta wrote a guest post on the release of our strategic plan.  The strategic plan has been mentioned a few times since the post was published including by INFOdocket, Federal Computer Week, Library Research, and Slaw. And …

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An Interview with Kimberly Allen, Planning Officer

Posted by: Andrew Weber

Our latest interview is with Kimberly Allen, Planning Officer for the Law Library of Congress. Describe your background. I was born and raised in Allegan, a small town in southwestern Michigan. My family still resides in that area so I make the occasional pilgrimage back to visit. I attended the University of Michigan in Ann …