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Posted by: Betty Lupinacci
In this edition of On the Shelf we’re examining a rather large title both in size of the individual volumes and the total number of volumes that comprise a complete set. Staatskoerant is the current official government gazette of the Republic of South Africa. The title has been published continuously since 1961 when South Africa …
Posted in: Collections, Global Law
Posted by: Betty Lupinacci
Recently, the Collection Services Division’s own Julius Lyons celebrated 40 years at the Library of Congress (32 of which have been in the Law Library). In Library years that’s perhaps not too surprising. What makes it so remarkable to us in the Law Library is that Julius hasn’t changed a bit. He is still the …
Posted in: Collections
Posted by: Betty Lupinacci
It’s beginning to feel a lot like Christmas in the Processing Section of the Law Library. Monday morning we received five large boxes shipped from the Nairobi field office of the Library of Congress. It’s always fun when these deliveries arrive as we never know what we’ll find. The last shipment from Nairobi was mostly …
Posted in: Collections, Global Law
Posted by: Betty Lupinacci
This week’s interview is with Tanya London, lead technician in the Stacks Services section of the Law Library’s Collection Services Division. Tanya recently held an extended temporary position as a program specialist in the Law Library’s Office of Legislative and External Relations. Describe your background. I have a Bachelor of Arts degree in History/Political Science from Virginia Union University. …
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Posted by: Betty Lupinacci
Today’s guest post is by Janice Hyde, director of the Law Library Global Legal Collection Directorate. In a previous post prepared by my colleague Robert Brammer, he noted that Kentucky outlawed dueling in 1799. I learned recently that this practice was legal for many more years in the District of Columbia and for even longer …
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