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Posted by: Betty Lupinacci
The ABA publication Insights On Law & Society states in its Winter 2017 issue that “The birth certificate is among the first legal documents an individual might acquire.” In most jurisdictions it’s the only document one can use for obtaining a drivers’ license, proving your citizenship, obtaining a passport… just merely establishing your existence. And …
Posted in: Law Library
Posted by: Betty Lupinacci
Once in a while we come across something unusual in the Law Library of Congress. Generally these items are from a bygone era, when things were more hands-on. Curiously, today’s object is from one of the few times when the Law Library was a little more high-tech than it is now. When the Law Library …
Posted in: Collections, Law Library
Posted by: Betty Lupinacci
Rhode Island became the first territory to renounce its allegiance to England and King George III.
Posted in: Law Library, Pic of the Week
Posted by: Betty Lupinacci
This week’s interview is with Alia Hussain, the newest technician in the Collection Services Division. With her writing background, I’m hoping she decides to contribute to our blog. Describe your background. I was born and raised in New Jersey, then moved to Chicago after graduating high school to attend college. What is your academic/professional history? …
Posted in: Interview, Law Library
Posted by: Betty Lupinacci
Here at the Law Library, we have a robust system of proofreading everything from our reports to our blog posts. So to commemorate yesterday’s National Proofreading Day we thought it would be fun to let one of our editors take the reins and talk about something near and dear to him from the proofreading world. …
Posted in: Guest Post, Law Library
Posted by: Betty Lupinacci
The following post is cross posted on the In the Muse: Performing Arts Blog. As promised, we present Part 2 of our look into Music and the Law where we polled our staff to determine their favorite songs/musical works regarding the law. The submissions were very diverse! Here we take a look at those that fit …
Posted in: Law Library
Posted by: Betty Lupinacci
The following post is cross posted on the In the Muse: Performing Arts Blog. As much as I love Christmas carols, I’m usually tired of them by mid-December as they seem to have been playing continuously since before Thanksgiving. Well, it’s the Law Library to the rescue. We polled our staff for their favorite songs about …
Posted in: Law Library
Posted by: Betty Lupinacci
The Law Library has put on a display of items from the Jewish American collection for Jewish Heritage Month.
Posted in: Collections, Jewish American History, Law Library
Posted by: Betty Lupinacci
Typical depictions of librarians (on the nicer end of the spectrum) include people who are fastidious and exacting and who keep cats. In the Law Library, we may have to add “those who are magical” to the list. (Hmm, maybe that explains the whole cat thing.) Last October I wrote about stage 1 of our …
Posted in: Collections, Law Library, Pic of the Week