Constitute; Gathering the World’s Constitutions
Yesterday Google announced a new project called, Constitute, which gathers the world’s constitutions. This project is a collaborating with the Comparative Constitutions Project, which originated in the University of Illinois, wanting to offer examples of constitutional provisions which countries drafting…
What exactly does the Librarian of Congress do?
So, what exactly does the Librarian of Congress do? In short, a LOT. Just from this video put together by Washington Notebook, Dr. James H. Billington gives us a great overview of what he does, and what the Library of Congress (LOC) offers all…
Congress.gov
Congress.gov was launched this Wednesday, offering us a new tool to research USA federal legislation information. The site will eventually replace THOMAS.gov, which after years of service has started showing its age. Congress.gov contains legislation from the 107th Congress (2001)…
Visiting the Law Library of Congress
Last week I had a great visit at the Law Library of Congress. My visit began with an introduction by David Mao, Deputy Law Librarians of Congress, who gave share some historical background about the library, the scope of the…
AALL 2011; First impressions
I just got back from my first AALL (American Association of Law Libraries) conference which met in Philly. In comparison to the other two conferences I have been attending regularly, AALL is a little more like ALA than SALALM. AALL…
Orientation to Legal Research and the Use of Law Library Collections
Today I spent the morning at the Law Library of Congress attending their Orientation to Legal Research and the Use of Law Library Collections session. I first learned about this event from their blog ” In Custodia Legis” and was…
Navegador Jurídico Internacional
Navegador Jurídico Internacional es un sitio web creado por el Instituto de Investigaciones Jurídicas de la UNAM que ofrece toda clase de recursos jurídicos sobre México y el resto del mundo. En la pagina inicial del sitio encontrara enlaces a…
AALL Annual Conference: FCIL Schaffer Grant for Foreign Law Librarians
Below I’m sharing part of an email I received about this year’s AALL conference, and a scholarship they are offering. Abajo comparto el un correo electrónico que recibo sobre esta beca para asistir a la conferencia anual de la asociación americana de…
E-Gov: Make It Work @ your library (ALA webinar)
This afternoon I attended an ALA webinar about E-Government. The session offered some good sites where we can find government information (local, state, and federal), shared some information about patron use of these resources, and offered some statistical information on…
Biblioteca Jurídica Virtual
The Biblioteca Jurídica Virtual is a project created by UNAM which aims to make legal material available to everyone. This virtual library of legal material began by uploading digital files of a number of items from the UNAM’s library collection,…
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