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An Interview with Lourdes Johnson, Herencia Crowdsourcing Intern

Posted by: Geraldine Davila Gonzalez

Today’s interview is with Lourdes Johnson, an intern working on transcribing the Herencia: Centuries of Spanish Legal Documents crowdsourcing campaign at the Law Library of Congress. She will be a panelist in our upcoming Lunch & Learn Webinar: A Conversation with the Herencia Crowdsourcing Interns.  Describe your background I was born and raised in the city of …

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Join us to Celebrate Herencia’s First Anniversary

Posted by: Geraldine Davila Gonzalez

The Law Library of Congress is proud to announce our all-virtual festivities to celebrate the first anniversary of our crowdsourcing campaign, Herencia: Centuries of Spanish Legal Documents. In a year, we were able to complete over 2,000 pages! We are so grateful and proud of all of our volunteers for helping us reach our goal …

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An Interview with Courtney Kennedy, Herencia Crowdsourcing Intern

Posted by: Kelly Goles

Today’s interview is with Courtney Kennedy, an intern working on transcribing the Herencia: Centuries of Spanish Legal Documents crowdsourcing campaign at the Law Library of Congress. She will be a panelist in our upcoming Lunch & Learn Webinar: A Conversation with the Herencia Crowdsourcing Interns.  Describe your background: I am originally from Texas. I moved to Norman, …

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An Interview with Teresa Kane, Herencia Crowdsourcing Intern

Posted by: Geraldine Davila Gonzalez

Today’s interview is with Teresa Kane, an intern working on transcribing the Herencia: Centuries of Spanish Legal Documents crowdsourcing campaign at the Law Library of Congress. She will be a panelist in our upcoming Lunch & Learn Webinar: A Conversation with the Herencia Crowdsourcing Interns.  Describe your background. I am currently a junior at the …

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A Close Look at Spain’s 1817 Health Guidelines: Avoiding the Spread of Disease

Posted by: Geraldine Davila Gonzalez

The following is a guest post by Alice Pérez Ververa, an intern with the Digital Resources Division of the Law Library of Congress. She is a current student of the Information School at the University of Washington. This document was a mandate with 24 instructions written by Spanish government and health authorities on handling the …

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A Holiday Message from Deputy Librarian for Library Collections and Services and Law Librarian of Congress Jane Sánchez

Posted by: Robert Brammer

This is a guest post by Deputy Librarian for Library Collections and Services and Law Librarian of Congress Jane Sánchez. I want to extend a heartfelt thank you to everyone for your unwavering support of the Law Library of Congress during this challenging year. We faced incredible obstacles and sudden transitions this year. Through it …

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Collections and Digitization Projects of the Vatican Apostolic Library

Posted by: Jim Martin

The following post is written by Dante Figueroa, a senior legal information analyst at the Law Library of Congress. He has recently written for In Custodia Legis on the Italian Parliamentary Library; Spanish Legal Documents (15th to 19th Century); Recent Legislation Enacted by Italy to Tackle COVID-19; and Italy: A New Silk Road Between Italy …

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The Roman Senate as Precursor of the U.S. Senate

Posted by: Jennifer Davis

The following post is written by Dante Figueroa, a senior legal information analyst at the Law Library of Congress. He has recently written for In Custodia Legis on the Italian Parliamentary Library; Spanish Legal Documents (15th to 19th Century); Recent Legislation Enacted by Italy to Tackle COVID-19; and Italy: A New Silk Road Between Italy and China – the Belt …