Archive for the Law Library Category (12 posts)

InRetrospect: October Blogging Edition

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Here’s a sampling of some of the highlights in the Library’s blogosphere from October.

  • Teaching with the Library of Congress

Voting Rights for Women

The Women’s Suffrage primary source set is featured.

  • In Custodia Legis: Law Librarians of Congress

Welcome to Our New Front Door: A Revamped Homepage

The Law Library of Congress gets a homepage facelift.

  • Inside Adams: Science, Technology & Business

Creatures of the Night

Jennifer Harbster takes a look at bats.

  • From the Catbird Seat: Poetry & Literature at the Library of Congress

Summit in the Attic

Poetry Center Director Rob Casper talks about a Poetry Out Loud experience.

  • Picture This: Library of Congress Prints & Photos

From Player Portraits to Baseball Cards

Highlighted are photographer Paul Thompson’s 1910 baseball player portraits.

  • The Signal: Digital Preservation

If You Can’t Open It, You Don’t Own It

Writer and blogger Cory Doctorow discussed libraries, ebooks and beyond at an October event.

  • In the Muse: Performing Arts Blog

Five Questions: Xavier Zientarski, Intern

Intern from Montgomery College in Maryland talks about his time working in the Music Division.

Inquiring Minds: An Interview with John Witte

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(The following is a guest post by Jason Steinhauer, a program specialist in the Library’s John W. Kluge Center, as part of the blog series, “Inquiring Minds.”) Legal scholar John Witte served as the recent Cary and Ann Maguire Chair in Ethics and American History. Author of 220 articles, 15 journal symposia, and 26 books, …

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InRetrospect: September Blogging Edition

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Here’s a roundup of some September selections in the Library blogosphere. In the Muse: Performing Arts Blog New Dance Collections in the Performing Arts Encyclopedia (PAE) Presentations on Bronislava Nijinska and the Ballet Russes de Serge Diaghilev are now featured in the PAE.  The Signal: Digital Preservation Yes, the Library of Congress Has Video Games: …

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In Retrospect: August Blogging Edition

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The Library of Congress blogosphere in August was full of great posts from our many expert curators and staff. Here is just a sampling: In the Muse: Performing Arts Blog The Musical Worlds of Victor Hebert On Aug. 16, the Library opened a new exhibition on composer Victor Herbert. The Signal: Digital Preservation Digital Preservation …

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Legal Cleanup on Aisle 4!

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If someone set a bowl of cheese curls in front of you and declared it “breakfast,” would you be able to discern it from cereal? Even if you’re the type who likes cold pizza at 7 a.m., odds are you would not be too quick to pour on the milk and dive in with a …

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In Retrospect: June Blogging Edition

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Here’s a roundup of what’s been going on in the Library of Congress blogosphere in June. In the Muse: Performing Arts Blog “How to Find Your Snooky Ookums: A Guide to the Irving Berlin Collection” Pat Padua presents a guide to the Irving Berlin Collection. The Signal: Digital Preservation “Every Format on the Face of …

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In Retrospect: May Blogging Edition

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In addition to the Library of Congress blog that you’re reading right now, the institution has brought several other blogs into the fold. And, let me tell you, they are writing about some great things. From time to time, I hope to give a shout out to these blogs and direct your attention to what …

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Like a Phoenix, From the Ashes

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Two hundred years ago today, President James Madison set pen to paper to write a message to Congress.  His intent was to talk them into making the nation’s first formal declaration of war – on Great Britain, which was squashing U.S. exports as a side effect of a British naval blockade against Napoleon’s France. But …

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Teaching the Fourth “R”

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The following is a guest post from Audrey Fischer of the Library’s Public Affairs Office. While others critique the nation’s schools’ effectiveness in teaching the three Rs—reading, ‘riting and ‘rithmetic—actor and activist Richard Dreyfuss is on a crusade to teach the fourth R—republican democracy. His cause célèbre is the restoration of civics education, to ensure …

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THOMAS Gets New Features

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The folks who manage our popular THOMAS legislative information website have been taking advantage of the August congressional recess to make some upgrades. Enhancements include optimization for mobile devices, easy links to social media and links to the legislatures of all 50 states, D.C. and U.S territories. There’s more on the Law Library’s new blog, …

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