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Qatar’s Legal Portal – Pic of the Week

December 28, 2012 by Donna Sokol

This is a guest post by Janice Hyde, Program Officer for the Global Legal Information Network.

George Sadek and David Mao stand in front of the banner for the new Qatar legal portal, Al Meezan.

My colleague, George Sadek, and I had the privilege of accompanying Law Librarian David Mao on a recent trip to Doha, Qatar, where David offered opening remarks at a ceremony inaugurating a new portal that provides access to Qatar’s legal information. The portal was created by the Ministry of Justice with the technical assistance of ictQATAR and is known in Arabic as Al Meezan, meaning “balance.” I took this photograph of George and David following the ceremony, which received wide press coverage.

Consolation for the Disappointed 2012 Believer – Pic of the Week

December 21, 2012 by Nathan Dorn

We at In Custodia Legis are sensitive to the fact that some of our readers may be disappointed that the Mayan Apocalypse of 2012, predicted for today, has turned out to be a bust. In order to soothe your nerves, we thought it would be courteous to invite you to look at a couple of scenes …

Take a Book, Leave a Book – Pic of the Week

December 14, 2012 by Robert Brammer

We have written about many different kinds of libraries in the past, from libraries abroad to libraries on wheels, but this has to be the smallest library we have ever discussed. Situated on North Limestone Street in Lexington, Kentucky, this colorful box houses a small assortment of books, including a legal thriller by John Grisham. …

Mwalimu Julius Kambrage Nyerere – Pic of the Week

November 30, 2012 by Margaret Wood

A friend’s son, who lived in Tanzania for a year, gave me this lovely cloth which hangs in my office. The centerpiece is a picture of Julius Kambrage Nyerere who is considered the father of modern Tanzania. Mwalimu is the Swahili term for teacher which was President Nyerere’s first profession before he entered politics.

Transparency – Pic of the Week

November 23, 2012 by Donna Sokol

We’ve had an update to the Law Library of Congress physical spaces. The front doors to our main office were recently replaced with glass doors. We often talk about transparency in government, and the doors are our small symbolic contribution to making our inner workings “see-through.” The glass also lets visitors see into the …

Law Library Reading Room Scanner – Pic of the Week

November 16, 2012 by Margaret Wood

The Law Library of Congress staff is celebrating the arrival of our new scanner. The scanner is located in the Law Library Reading Room where patrons can now scan materials and download images to a flashdrive. How cool is that!

Construction of the Inaugural Platform – Pic of the Week

November 9, 2012 by Donna Sokol

This week Clare and Margaret told us about elections laws around the globe, Barbara and Robert enlightened us on the electoral college, and Ruth gave us background on the upcoming national elections for Israel. To complete our election week theme, we have a photo to share today from just across the street. Crews began constructing …

Pecos National Historical Park – Pic of the Week

October 26, 2012 by Margaret Wood

During my recent trip to New Mexico, I visited the Pecos National Historical Park. This park encompasses the remains of two Indian pueblos as well as a Civil War battlefield. The Pecos National Historical Park and Glorieta Unit of the National Historical Park were established by Pub. L. 101-313, Title II (1990). The park is 25 …

The Faces of Renaissance Law – Pic of the Week

October 19, 2012 by Nathan Dorn

How many times have you been stumbling through the dicey Latin of a fifteenth century legal treatise only to stop and wonder what sort of person was behind that pretentious turn of phrase that you just couldn’t interpret? Well, now you can catch a glimpse of the greatest legal authors of the Middle Ages and Renaissance for …

The Law Society of Upper Canada – Pic of the Week

October 12, 2012 by Kurt Carroll

Last week my colleague Tariq and I traveled to Toronto for the International Association of Law Libraries’ (IALL) 31st annual course on international law and legal information. Living up to its name, attendance at the conference was made up of law librarians from six continents representing twenty countries. As is the custom, the theme of …