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Posted by: Christine Sellers
This week’s interview is with Frank Herch, a Legal Reference Consultant in the Public Services Division. Describe your background. I grew up on the far South Side of Chicago and became a Californian, circa Oakland, in my teen years in the early 1960’s. My love of law librarianship and passion for music, especially jazz, are …
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Posted by: Christine Sellers
Judith Gaskell, Librarian of the Supreme Court of the United States, who will be retiring soon, was our guest and presenter at a recent Law Library of Congress Power Lunch. She discussed the history of the Supreme Court Library, the history of the Office of the Librarian of the Supreme Court, and her role as …
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Posted by: Nathan Dorn
This month marks the ten year anniversary of Italian scholar Barbara Frale’s discovery of lost medieval documents relating to the trial of the Knights Templar. Frale, a scholar of medieval paleography, was doing historical research at the Vatican Secret Archive when she uncovered a fourteenth century manuscript which recounts a previously unknown chapter in the history …
Posted in: Collections, Education, Law Library
Posted by: Christine Sellers
In the Reading Room of the Law Library of Congress, behind our reference desk is a ready reference section. The ready reference section of any library contains resources that are frequently used by both patrons and librarians in doing legal research. In the Law Library’s section, we have resources such as the District of Columbia …
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Posted by: Andrew Weber
Just like in July, our top post was Kelly’s Inspiring Story of Nelson Mandela. I think this is the first time a post has been number one two months in a row. We also got to celebrate the blog’s first birthday at the beginning of August. There are now more than 15,000 email subscribers to In …
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Posted by: Christine Sellers
When I first read about the Library of Congress acquisition of Marilyn Church courtroom drawings in the Library’s Information Bulletin, I was immediately intrigued. The intersection of two of my interests and degrees – an art history major in college and a J.D. – fascinated me. Artist Marilyn Church captured some of the most dramatic …
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Posted by: Christine Sellers
The following is a guest post by Megan Lulofs, a Legal Information Analyst in the Public Services Division. About a month ago, I received a seemingly simple question through our Ask A Librarian service: was there ever a New York court case between a Barnum and a Hannum in 1869 or 1870, and if so, …
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Posted by: Hanibal Goitom
This week’s interview is with Kimberly Zellars, Program Specialist at the Law Library of Congress. Describe your background. I am a native Washingtonian, born and raised in Southwest Washington, DC. I am a middle child with an older sister and younger brother, southern parents, and a Catholic school education. What is your academic/professional history? I …
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Posted by: Christine Sellers
The following is a guest post by Margaret Wood, a Legal Reference Specialist in the Public Services Division. When the House of Representatives agreed to increase the debt ceiling limit on Monday, August 1, 2011, the roll call vote posted by the Clerk of the House linked to S. 365, a bill then titled “To …
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