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Posted by: Hanibal Goitom
Have you ever wondered how the In Custodia Legis sausage is made? Well, you are in luck. Every month the blog team meets to develop what we call the “editorial calendar.” The majority of the meeting is usually spent on handing out assignments to bloggers to generate content, including by looking at upcoming events and …
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Posted by: Robert Brammer
This year, Stetson University’s duPont-Ball Library celebrates 125 years as a federal depository library. Stetson became Florida’s first federal depository library in 1887. Federal depository libraries serve a vital role, promoting equality under law by making federal documents accessible to all. Several dignitaries were on hand to help celebrate Stetson’s achievement. Among those in attendance …
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Posted by: Donna Sokol
The following is a guest post by Peter Roudik, Director of Legal Research at the Law Library of Congress. Last weekend, during my sightseeing in Pittsburgh, I took the below picture. On this day, May 31, 95 years ago, an agreement to establish a new nation called Czechoslovakia was concluded in Pittsburgh. As that country has …
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Posted by: Jeanine Cali
On May 6, 2013, a reception was held in the Whittall Pavilion in the Thomas Jefferson Building at the Library of Congress to honor the 50th Anniversary of the treatise, Nimmer on Copyright. Co-sponsored by the U.S. Copyright Office, LexisNexis and the Law Library of Congress, the event celebrated the original work of Melville B. Nimmer …
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Posted by: Andrew Weber
The following is a guest post by Tracy North, a reference specialist in the Hispanic Division of the Library of Congress, who has been the Handbook of Latin American Studies Webmaster since 1996 and Social Sciences Editor since 2006. I noticed that she posted a link about the new school on Facebook and thought it would make a great Pic of …
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Posted by: Jeanine Cali
Following Wednesday’s Law Day program, we were fortunate to have the first draft of the Emancipation Proclamation, handwritten by President Abraham Lincoln, on display at the close of the program. The draft proclamation, which was first read by President Lincoln to his cabinet on July 22, 1862, is rarely displayed. The remarkable document features President Lincoln’s …
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Posted by: Donna Sokol
The following is a guest post by David Mao, Law Librarian of Congress. He has previously guest posted New Year’s Greetings, Justifying Speed, Food for Thought, Another Trip Down Memory Lane, 2012 Burton Awards – Pic of the Week, Shreddy: From the Office of the Law Librarian – Pic of the Week, From the Desk of the Law …
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Posted by: Nathan Dorn
“Tanta enim copia est Librorum Iuris, ut difficile omnino sit viam juris prudentiae ingredienti seligere quos in quavis parte sequator doctores.” (Burkhard Gotthelf Struve, Bibliotheca Iuris Selecta) “For so great is the abundance of lawbooks that it is altogether difficult for the beginning student of jurisprudence to select authoritative authors on the area of his …
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Posted by: Jeanine Cali
While climbing the spiral staircase of the St. Augustine Lighthouse during a family trip to Florida, I discovered its designer was Paul F. Pelz, also the architect of the Thomas Jefferson Building of the Library of Congress. The plaque features Pelz’s work, and many stop to read it because they need a break after climbing a total of 219 …
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