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Posted by: Andrew Weber
The following is a guest post by David Mao, Law Librarian of Congress. He has previously guest posted From the Desk of the Law Librarian, The Law Librarian in London, and Rebellious Children and Witches. In a previous post I mentioned keys belonging to former Law Librarian of Congress Carlton Kenyon. This Pic of the Week shows …
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Posted by: Andrew Weber
There was a lot of chatter in the blogosphere about In Custodia Legis posts. Francisco’s History of the Mexican Constitution was mentioned and linked to in View From Casita Colibrí. I also noticed that this same posting was tweeted about a couple of times and that it is cited on Wikipedia’s article on the Constitution …
Posted in: Congress, Law Library, THOMAS
Posted by: Andrew Weber
The following is a guest post by David Mao, Law Librarian of Congress. He has previously guest posted on Rebellious Children and Witches. David has been previously interviewed in his role as the Deputy Law Librarian of Congress. Moving into my new office, I came across two curious artifacts in a drawer: a pair of old keys. One …
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Posted by: Andrew Weber
In Custodia Legis had a terrific January! We had the most page views ever in a month for the blog. We have now posted over 400 times (have you read them all?). The month was led by a trio of posts. Last year’s post on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day tops the list. People were also …
Posted in: Law Library
Posted by: Andrew Weber
I am very excited that today marks the launch of the Congressional Record App presented by the Library of Congress, an initiative of the House leadership under the guidance of the Committee on House Administration. The goal of this new free app is straightforward – easily read the daily edition of the Congressional Record on …
Posted in: Congress, Law Library, THOMAS
Posted by: Andrew Weber
We love it when other bloggers talk about In Custodia Legis. A few of our posts were discussed across the legal blogosphere this month. The Tools for My Trade? post was mentioned on the Legal Informatics Blog. Nathan’s Laws in a Crusader State was highlighted on Dum Spiro Spero. Hanibal’s post, Congratulations to the People Behind …
Posted in: Law Library
Posted by: Andrew Weber
Today is a big day for the Law Library of Congress. David Mao is taking over as the Law Librarian of Congress from Roberta Shaffer. It wasn’t that long ago that he was appointed Deputy Law Librarian of Congress. Our avid In Custodia Legis readers might remember David from his interview or previous guest post on Rebellious Children …
Posted in: Interview, Law Library
Posted by: Andrew Weber
We have now completed our first full calendar year of In Custodia Legis. Our team of bloggers covers current legal trends and subjects from around the world so you never know what the next topic of a post will be. But I can tell you what the most popular posts of the past year were. To …
Posted in: Collections, Law Library, THOMAS