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Posted by: Christine Sellers
The old Schoolhouse Rock lesson “I’m Just a Bill” provides a quick introduction to the legislative process. However, there is more detailed information available through the Law Library of Congress on the legislative process. There is a Legislative Process page in THOMAS which contains links to very detailed guides: the House of Representatives’ “How Our …
Posted in: Congress, Education, In the News, Law Library, THOMAS
Posted by: Christine Sellers
I recently got a new smart phone and have started exploring apps that can help me keep up with Congress and do my job (Andrew has mentioned a couple before). I’ve compiled a sampling of apps for various devices. What’s your favorite app for getting in touch or keeping up with Congress? Information about Congress …
Posted in: Congress, Law Library, THOMAS
Posted by: Andrew Weber
It’s that time of year again when I get to talk about new enhancements to THOMAS.gov. While I spend a lot of time on our social media at the Law Library of Congress, THOMAS is my primary focus. Earlier this year, we announced that Constitutional Authority Statements were now on the Bill Summary and Status …
Posted by: Andrew Weber
This week’s interview is with Mike Newman, an Information Technology Specialist at the Library of Congress. Mike works with Tammie in Information Technology Service of the Library. He knows all the technical ins and outs of THOMAS.gov. Chances are if I get a call about how THOMAS works that I can’t answer, I can ask Mike …
Posted by: Andrew Weber
This week’s interview is with Tammie Nelson. Tammie is an Information Technology Specialist in ITS (which stands for Information Technology Service) here at the Library of Congress. She is wonderful at managing projects and plays a key role in our completion of so many enhancements to THOMAS.gov. Describe your background. I grew up in New …
Posted by: Andrew Weber
Twitter is a fun, effective tool for communicating. There’s a reason why I use it both professionally and personally. I’ve been tweeting away for the Law Library’s @LawLibCongress account for about a year and a half now. In one of my previous blog posts, I discussed “Tweeting THOMAS and Connecting with Congress.” And now, the …
Posted by: Andrew Weber
I seem to really love lists. I look through lists of stats daily for a variety of our websites (THOMAS, Law Library of Congress, and In Custodia Legis). A lot of people viewed the recent post Top Law Library of Congress Web Pages where I stepped back and showed our most popular Law Library pages …
Posted by: Christine Sellers
The following is a guest post by Shameema Rahman, Legal Reference Specialist in our Public Services Division. Do you know the Law Library offers two classes to the public: Orientation to Legal Research and THOMAS Orientation? Orientation to Legal Research and the Use of Law Library Collections is a basic introduction to legal sources and …
Posted in: Guest Post, Law Library, THOMAS
Posted by: Andrew Weber
One primary area that I work on is THOMAS and legislative information. Because of that, I am very pleased to announce several joint initiatives between the Library of Congress and the Government Printing Office (GPO). I’ve met a lot of great people at GPO over the last few months as some of the details of …
Posted in: Collections, Law Library, THOMAS