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Posted by: Kurt Carroll
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 …
Posted in: Global Law, Pic of the Week
Posted by: Nathan Dorn
After Tariq and Clare posted earlier this week on Sedition Law in England and India, I found myself thinking about revolutions. Naturally the first thing that occurred to me was that today is the anniversary of one of the great events of the French Revolution, the March on Versailles. You can see a contemporary account …
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Posted by: Kelly Buchanan
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, …
Posted in: Collections, Event, Law Library, Pic of the Week
Posted by: Hanibal Goitom
The following is a guest post by Donna Sokol, Special Assistant to the Law Librarian of Congress. Her most recent posts included a 6-installment series regarding the legal themes in the art and architecture of the Library of Congress’s Jefferson Building. Three of our law librarians were furiously live-tweeting at Wednesday’s Congress.gov launch. Thirty fingers …
Posted in: Congress, Event, Guest Post, In the News, Law Library, Pic of the Week, THOMAS
Posted by: Margaret Wood
As I mentioned in my interview last year, I grew up in New Mexico and it remains a favorite vacation spot. This August, I visited Santa Fe which is the oldest capital city in the United States. While I was there, I swung by the Palace of the Governors. The Palace of the Governors was …
Posted in: Law Library, Pic of the Week
Posted by: Tina Gheen
This summer the Architect of the Capitol is growing lovely plants like these in containers all over the Capitol campus. This one is right across the street from the Jefferson Building. Do you know what it is? I’ll give you a few hints. 1) The stem is triangular in shape, not rounded like most plant …
Posted in: Law Library, Pic of the Week
Posted by: Francisco Macías
The following is a guest post by Janice Hyde, Supervisory Program Specialist at the Law Library of Congress. After enduring weeks of Washington’s sweltering summer heat, I decided to head north in search of cooler climes and spent several days in Québec City, Canada. While there, I took a tour of the provincial Parliament and …
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Posted by: Andrew Weber
The following is a guest post by Robert Newlen, the Assistant Law Librarian for Collections, Outreach, and Services in the Law Library of Congress. Robert has previously blogged about Marsh’s Library, the National Library of Uzbekistan, Souvenirs from Moscow, and Humboldt University Law Faculty in our Pic of the Week series. On a recent trip to Finland, I spotted this colorful bookmobile. In addition to this …
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Posted by: Andrew Weber
It’s not uncommon for there to be a lot of people in front of the Madison Building. It’s also common to occasionally see a small animal or two. But rarely do I see one this relaxed while having an afternoon snack. This squirrel enjoyed a peanut just beyond the Knowledge Will inscription outside the nation’s memorial to …
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