The following is a guest post by David Mao, Law Librarian of Congress. He has previously guest posted 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 Librarian, The Law …
Happy New Year! Here at the Law Library of Congress we are looking forward to another busy year filled with fascinating research, great public events, and (of course) many wonderful law books—old and new! We try very hard to share our resources and expertise with as many people as possible, including through our Reading Room, …
This week we are releasing an updated look for the Law Library’s website. From time to time, the Library changes its website design and features to make it more user-friendly and better functioning. This release is more of a refreshment of the site as well as an update to its search function. We welcome you …
There is still a lot of interest in the Titanic one hundred years later as Kelly’s post topped In Custodia Legis by a wide margin this month. It was great to see many of the Library of Congress blogs post on a similar topic. It demonstrated the breadth of knowledge throughout our wonderful institution. In …
The following is a guest post by David Mao, Law Librarian of Congress. He has previously guest posted Shreddy: From the Office of the Law Librarian – Pic of the Week, From the Desk of the Law Librarian, The Law Librarian in London, and Rebellious Children and Witches. It’s hard to believe that 100 days have passed …
This month we welcomed both Tina and Jeanine to what we affectionately refer to as our blog team. Tina wasted little time in claiming the top spot with her post A Law Classification Scheme as Linked Data?. Her post was also mentioned on the Legal Informatics Blog, Infodocket, and the Law Librarian Blog. Jeanine’s first post as an official …
The following is a guest post by Legislative Fellows Program Interns Inna Grebeniuk and Irina Khakhutaishvili. Inna is a Senior Legal Adviser at the Main Legal and Experts Department, Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine and Irina is the Chief Specialist for International Relations at the Secretariat of the President, Constitutional Court of Georgia. I hope you …
The following is a guest post by Roberta Shaffer, Law Librarian of Congress. This holiday letter is also available in PDF. With the year drawing to a close, I want to send you my best wishes for the New Year and to provide you with important Law Library of Congress updates as we head into …