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Posted by: Jeanine Cali
The following is a guest post by Donna Sokol, Special Assistant to the Law Librarian of Congress. This post is a follow-up piece to Friday’s Pic of the Week. Happy Birthday to us! On July 14, 1832, Congress passed an act that brought the Law Library into existence. To celebrate our 180th anniversary, we saluted …
Posted in: Event, Law Library
Posted by: Hanibal Goitom
The following is a guest post by Shameema Rahman, Legal Reference Specialist in our Public Services Division. Her most recent post was: Using Secondary Legal Resources to Locate Primary Sources. As a Law Library of Congress reference librarian I am often asked this question by our patrons. THOMAS and the Government Printing Office’s Federal Digital System (FDsys) website are great sources …
Posted in: Ask A Librarian, Collections, Law Library, THOMAS
Posted by: Jeanine Cali
Today’s interview is with Lena Gómez, Law Library Reading Room Technician. We are happy to give the public a brief glimpse into her life; and as this is a parting interview of a colleague for whom we augur a brilliant future, we would like to take this opportunity to wish her much success in her …
Posted in: Interview, Law Library
Posted by: Jeanine Cali
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 …
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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: Kelly Buchanan
Last week, in the course of researching a Global Legal Monitor article about the possibility of New Zealand introducing a law requiring plain packaging of cigarettes, I discovered that the New Zealand Legislation website has recently been updated! Such things are quite exciting to some of us here at the Law Library, as you may …
Posted in: Global Law
Posted by: Kelly Buchanan
The following is a guest post by Dante Figueroa, Senior Legal Information Analyst at the Law Library of Congress. On March 28 and 29, 2012, I had the opportunity to attend a seminar on the subject of “The Political Question Doctrine in U.S. Constitutional Law,” which was organized by the Supreme Court of Costa Rica‘s …
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Posted by: Jeanine Cali
The following is a guest post by Dante Figueroa, Senior Legal Information Analyst at the Law Library of Congress. On Wednesday, March 21, 2012, I had the opportunity and pleasure to introduce Professor Katherine Aron-Beller at the presentation of her new book, Jews on Trial: The Papal Inquisition in Modena, 1598-1638. As previously posted on …
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Posted by: Jeanine Cali
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 …
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