During a recent vacation in Scotland I took several treks along the Royal Mile in Edinburgh’s Old Town. On one such walk, in the darkness of the late afternoon, I snapped a picture of Advocate’s Close and the plaque that provides brief information about it. All along the Royal Mile there are narrow alleyways called “closes,” …
This week the annual meeting of the American Society of International Law is taking place in Washington, D.C. Peter wrote about attending the conference a couple of years ago. Several of our staff members are attending various seminars, where they will learn about the latest developments in international law from scholars and practitioners from all …
Way back in April 2011 we published a Pic of the Week post showing Hanibal holding pages from an interesting-looking book. We wanted to show that we use a wide range of print resources in our day-to-day research work – including things published in 1869! I was reminded of that post recently when I walked …
Earlier this week, during the American Association of Law Libraries annual conference in San Antonio, Texas, I visited the Sarita Kenedy East Law Library at St. Mary’s University School of Law. Below are just a few of the pictures that I took while we were treated to a tour of the law library by librarian …
One evening this week I paid a visit to the Capitol Christmas Tree, which is situated on the West Front lawn of the U.S. Capitol. This year the tree traveled all the way from the Newport Ranger District of the Colville National Forest in northeast Washington state, arriving at the Capitol in late November. It …
Last weekend several Law Library of Congress staff members traveled to Seattle, Washington to attend (and present at!) the annual conference of the American Association of Law Libraries (AALL). It was an excellent conference and we all learned a lot, as well as making new connections and discussing our work with various people. In the …
The following is a guest post by Donna Sokol, Special Assistant to the Law Librarian of Congress. This was an eventful week for the Law Library! The Library of Congress’ largest single event of the year, the National Book Festival, took place this past Saturday and Sunday. In the photo below, our Stacks Services manager, …
The following is a guest post by Dante Figueroa, Senior Legal Information Analyst at the Law Library of Congress. In April it will be a year since I assumed new responsibilities as the Recommending Officer for our Italian, Roman, Vatican City, and Canon Law collections at the Law Library of Congress. During this time, it …
This week’s pics are brought to you all the way from New Zealand! I recently returned from a trip there to visit family over the holiday period. While in Wellington, I stopped in to see friends and former colleagues at the Beehive (executive wing of the parliamentary complex) and Parliament House, and also took a …