There are multiple ways to view the United States Code online, including the Cornell Legal Information Institute, FDsys, and the Office of the Law Revision Counsel of the United States House of Representatives. In fact, you can find a link in THOMAS to the Office of the Law Revision Counsel site for the U.S. Code (on …
I was fortunate to spend Monday afternoon at the Wickersham Award Ceremony. My primary focus while there was to live tweet the event for the Law Library of Congress. I also posted a few pictures to our Facebook page. For the event, I used the hashtag #Wickersham to make it easier for others to follow …
Over the last few years the Law Library of Congress has taken dramatic steps to reach beyond our traditional website to ensure that people are aware of our services and products. We started an official Law Library of Congress Twitter account in October 2009. The account slowly acquired new followers over the first year and …
Twitter is a fun, effective tool for communicating. There’s a reason why I use it both professionally and personally. I’ve been tweeting away for the Law Library’s @LawLibCongress account for about a year and a half now. In one of my previous blog posts, I discussed “Tweeting THOMAS and Connecting with Congress.” And now, the …
Last year Clare wrote about changes to the UK government’s legislation website, and we’ve written a lot about enhancements to THOMAS, so when I got an email last week about the Australian government’s legislation website being upgraded I thought it definitely warranted some attention. The ComLaw website provides open access to Commonwealth (i.e., federal) legislation. …
While I love it when people use THOMAS, I also like the idea of other good sources enabling the public to learn about legislation that will affect us. THOMAS is an incredibly valuable tool, but there are areas of information that other sites use and enhance. I’ve mentioned two examples before, where video is added …
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 …
My how time flies. I can’t believe it was almost a year ago that we here at the Law Library of Congress entered into the twitterverse. Last October, Matt announced our @LawLibCongress account: The purpose of the Twitter feed, according to the Law Library, is “to engage Members of Congress, their staff, other law libraries, …
Discussions about how public sector agencies, courts, and parliaments can best make use of online technology to provide information in different ways and engage with people have been building momentum worldwide for a few years. In fact, earlier this month there was a big Gov 2.0 Summit held here in Washington, DC. Clare recently blogged …
Over the last twelve months, we’ve added over 775 articles to the Global Legal Monitor (GLM). During this period the top article was China: Amendment Seven to Criminal Law Passed. This works out to roughly three new articles every day we are here. The GLM articles are written by a group of about twenty five …