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Posted by: Christine Sellers
This week’s interview is with Shameema Rahman, a Legal Reference Specialist in our Public Services Division. She has previously written a guest blog post for us. Describe your background. I was born in Pakistan and grew up in Bangladesh because the place of my birth changed its name after independence. Since my father was …
Posted in: Interview, Law Library
Posted by: Kelly Buchanan
We all know that there are a huge number of “days” (or weeks, or months, or sometimes the whole year!) for remembering and celebrating significant events or highlighting different issues. There are the serious ones, like Earth Day, World AIDS Day, and Law Day. And then there are some that are a bit less serious, …
Posted in: Global Law, Law Library
Posted by: Andrew Weber
November was a great month for our blog, In Custodia Legis. We posted more in November than any of our previous months. We also had more page views than any other month. Thanks for reading and sharing our content with others! Our top posts for November in terms of page views were: 1. An Interview …
Posted in: Law Library
Posted by: Andrew Weber
This week’s Pic of the Week is a portrait of John T. Vance found inside our small conference room. The portrait was donated to the Law Library by his family. According to the note by the portrait, he was the Law Librarian of Congress from 1924 until his death in 1943. Archibald MacLeish, poet, scholar, …
Posted in: Law Library, Pic of the Week
Posted by: Andrew Weber
This week’s interview is with Kevin Long, Information Technology Specialist in our Information Technology Office. Describe your background I was born and raised in Northwest Washington, DC. I’ve been married to my wife Michell for 18 years. We have two sons. My family and I have been residents of Prince George’s County, MD for over …
Posted in: Interview, Law Library
Posted by: Kelly Buchanan
Our funny and brilliant blogger of British origin, Clare, is taking a wee break at the moment – we’ve excused her from blogging duties while she looks after a very new addition to her family – congratulations, Clare!. Therefore, in the interests of maintaining a good coverage of foreign law and a broad international perspective, …
Posted in: Global Law, Law Library
Posted by: Christine Sellers
Sometimes, the online questions we get through “Ask A Librarian” are harder to answer than others, as my previous posts can attest. A couple of weeks ago, someone* inquired about a reference notation in the Internal Revenue Code of 1939, Public Law 76-1, 53 Stat. 1. At the end of Section 22 on page 9, …
Posted in: Ask A Librarian, Law Library
Posted by: Christine Sellers
The following is a guest post by Matt Braun, Legal Reference Librarian in our Public Services Directorate. Over the last five years, legal blogs (or “blawgs” = law + blogs) have increasingly become vehicles for legal scholars, practitioners, and observers from across the globe to share information on developments in various areas of law, as …
Posted in: Collections, Guest Post, Law Library
Posted by: Christine Sellers
This week’s interview is with Pamela Barnes Craig, Senior Legal Reference Librarian in our Public Services Division. Describe your background. I was born in Chicago, IL, and lived there the first nine years of my life. My stepfather was in the U.S. Army, so I’ve lived in different countries and cultures. I lived in Okinawa, …
Posted in: Interview, Law Library