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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
Posted by: Andrew Weber
The following is a guest post by Roberta I. Shaffer, Law Librarian of Congress. Roberta has posted to the blog on multiple occasions including: Happy Old Year, The Law Library of Congress Strategic Plan Released, and My Trip to the Future. Another year has passed and I am pleased once again to send you great cheer and …
Posted in: Collections, Congress, Global Law, Gov 2.0, Guest Post, Law Library, THOMAS
Posted by: Andrew Weber
Earlier this year, I had the opportunity to attend Summer School LEX 2011. As background, [t]he school aims at providing knowledge of the most significant ICT standards emerging for legislation, judiciary, parliamentary and administrative documents. The course provides understanding of their impact in the different phases of the legislative and administrative process, awareness of the tools based …
Posted in: Gov 2.0, Law Library, THOMAS
Posted by: Andrew Weber
While scanning my Twitter feed, I came across a tweet by Kevin O’Keefe: We Honor the Fallen: Past ABA Journal Blawg 100 Entries Which Have Departed http://goo.gl/8ZMLu It led to a feature related to The 5th Annual ABA Journal Blawg 100 on the original 100 blawgs and the 23 that have stopped publishing. The ABA Journal started …
Posted in: Collections, Law Library
Posted by: Andrew Weber
This month we premiered a retirement series that included the top new post of the month, The Final Act – Mark Strattner Reflects on Retirement. The series also featured An Interview with Alvin J. Wallace and Parting is Such Sweet Sorrow: The Retirement of Stephen Clarke. A couple of our posts were mentioned in other blogs. Dante’s …
Posted in: Law Library
Posted by: Andrew Weber
This week’s interview is with Christine, a co-worker who is already familiar to loyal blog readers. She has been instrumental in our blog’s success. Not to provide too much a spoiler, but Christine is leaving the Law Library of Congress on Friday. We have worked together on many other projects over the last two years, some …
Posted in: Interview, Law Library