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Posted by: Andrew Weber
Whether it is our first week or our first year, we like to celebrate the milestones of In Custodia Legis. We started the blog asking What Exactly is In Custodia Legis? and have spent the last four years answering that question. In Custodia Legis is the Law Library of Congress and the people that make up …
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Posted by: Andrew Weber
Last month kicked off a new series featuring the top ten most-viewed posts from the previous month. There was some great content in April and, thankfully, that has continued in May. Barbara’s Beginner’s Guide post on nonprofit organizations proved to be very popular. On a more personal note, I also enjoyed all the history of …
Posted in: Law Library
Posted by: Andrew Weber
The following is a guest post by Elizabeth Moore, a librarian at the Law Library of Congress. Karin is our second patron to be interviewed. Alexander Hoffman was the first. Describe your background. Karin Linhart was recently here for five weeks in the Law Library of Congress doing research for her post-doctoral thesis. Karin is a native of Lauda, …
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Posted by: Andrew Weber
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 …
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Posted by: Andrew Weber
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 …
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Posted by: Andrew Weber
Today is a big day for the Law Library of Congress. David Mao is taking over as the Law Librarian of Congress from Roberta Shaffer. It wasn’t that long ago that he was appointed Deputy Law Librarian of Congress. Our avid In Custodia Legis readers might remember David from his interview or previous guest post on Rebellious Children …
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Posted by: Andrew Weber
The following is a guest post by Roberta I. Shaffer, Law Librarian of Congress. Roberta has posted to the blog on multiple occasions including: Happy Old Year, The Law Library of Congress Strategic Plan Released, and My Trip to the Future. Another year has passed and I am pleased once again to send you great cheer and …
Posted in: Collections, Congress, Global Law, Gov 2.0, Guest Post, Law Library, THOMAS
Posted by: Andrew Weber
This week’s Pic of the Week is from Stephanie Rocío Miles, also known as the Bilingual Librarian. Stephanie recently visited the Law Library of Congress and blogged about her experience. She included several pictures from our bigger than a football field size stacks. She graciously allowed me to use my favorite for today’s Pic of the …
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Posted by: Andrew Weber
Thanks for visiting In Custodia Legis in June! Our page views went up from May, our email subscribers surpassed 14,500, and we posted our 250th item. Christine talked about Congressional apps for a variety of mobile devices, which was our most popular post. I blogged about our latest tweaks to THOMAS. Somehow we even managed …
Posted in: Law Library, THOMAS