The German National Library, Leipzig – Pic of the Week
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The picture of the week highlights the German National Library.
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Cornell University Law Library – Pic of the Week
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I was in Ithaca, N.Y. recently for a meeting of the Northeast Foreign Law Libraries Cooperative Group (NEFLLCG) hosted by Cornell University Law Library. This group meets semiannually to discuss collection development issues, new acquisitions, and ensure the law collections in the region sufficiently represent foreign jurisdictions. Whenever I attend a conference or meeting, in …
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Codrington Library – Pic of the Week
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Earlier this month I attended the International Association of Law Libraries (IALL) annual course on law and legal information. This year’s course was held at the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom and the theme was Common Law Perspectives in an International Context. In addition to excellent lectures on common law in the UK, there …
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National Library of Catalonia – Pic of the Week
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In September I attended the International Association of Law Libraries’ (IALL) annual course on international law and legal information. This year’s course, Catalan Law and Legal Information in a Global Context, was held in Barcelona, Spain. In addition to a full schedule of lectures by legal experts in Catalan law, there were several site visits. …
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Library of Celsus – Pic of the Week
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With daily posts on In Custodia Legis, it may appear that we never take a vacation. Fortunately, the blog team is big enough that we do have the opportunity for the occasional getaway. This leads to the old grammar school question, what did you do on your summer break? Today’s pic of the week answers …
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The Law Society of Upper Canada – Pic of the Week
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Last week my colleague Tariq and I traveled to Toronto for the International Association of Law Libraries’ (IALL) 31st annual course on international law and legal information. Living up to its name, attendance at the conference was made up of law librarians from six continents representing twenty countries. As is the custom, the theme of …
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Bibliothèque Nationale de Tunisie: Pic of the Week
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I was recently in Tunisia and, as is typical of Law Library staff, could not resist searching out the country’s National Library in Tunis. While the library is now housed in a modern, state of the art structure, I was able to track down its more historic location. This task was easier said than done …
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American Bar Association in the Library – Pic of the Week
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Earlier this week, the American Bar Association’s Standing Committee on the Law Library of Congress paid a visit to Capitol Hill. The Committee is composed of legal professionals from across the United States and “serves as the voice of the legal profession concerning the Law Library of Congress (LLC)“. The Standing Committee is the second-oldest …
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Southeast Asia to Washington, DC – Pic of the Week
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I am often asked how the Law Library acquires so much foreign material. While we have DC-based staff members who work with foreign book dealers and publishers, the Library of Congress also has six overseas offices which acquire, catalog, and preserve library materials from countries where it has been more difficult to obtain such items …
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