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The Law Library of Congress
Christine Sellers, Legal Reference SpecialistRobert Newlen, Assistant Law Librarian for
Collections, Outreach and ServicesLaw Library of Congress
February 2011
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Today’s Presentation
The Library of Congress• Mission• Overview
The Law Library of Congress• Mission• Overview• Digital resources• Ask a Librarian• Social Media
Other Legal Resources Questions
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The Library of Congress
Mission
To support the Congress in fulfilling its constitutional duties and to further the progress of knowledge and creativity for the benefit of the American people.
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The Library of Congress
Overview Oldest U.S. federal cultural institution Serves as the research arm of the U.S. Congress Has a permanent staff of about 3,600 employees Largest library in the world
• Contains more than 144 million items in 420 languages including: 22 million books 3 million sound recordings 12.5 million photographs 5.3 million maps 64 million manuscripts
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The Library of Congress
Online Resources• General information• Resources for specific audiences• Digital Collections• World Digital Library• Online Catalog• Inter-Library Loan
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The Law Library of Congress Overview Established by law in 1832 as a
separate department of the Library of Congress Largest law library in the world
• Over 2.78 million volumes that include U.S. state and Federal materials, foreign codes, constitutions, official gazettes, law reports, treatises, serials, and laws from all historical periods
• Covering some 267 existing nations and jurisdictions• Working reference collection of approximately
65,000 volumes in the public reading room • Has a staff of about 20 attorneys with law degrees
from various countries who build the collection and use it to respond to research/reference requests
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The Law Library of Congress
Mission The mission of the Law Library of
Congress is to provide research and legal information to the U.S. Congress as well as to U.S. Federal Courts and Executive Agencies, and to offer reference services to the public.
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Public Services Division
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Collection Services Division
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Global Legal Research Center
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The Law Library of Congress
Online Resources
• Current Legal Topicshttp://www.loc.gov/law/help/current-topics.php
• Global Legal Monitor http: //www.loc.gov/lawweb/servlet/lloc_news
• Guide to Law Online http://www.loc.gov/law/help/guide• Global Legal Information Network (GLIN) http://www.glin.gov• THOMAS http://thomas.loc.gov• Century of Lawmaking for a New Nation
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/amlaw/
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Current Legal Topicshttp://www.loc.gov/law/help/current-topics.php
• International Issues• Legal commentary• Historical Events• Commemorative Observations• Bibliographic resources
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Global Legal Monitorhttp://www.loc.gov/lawweb/servlet/lloc_news
Launched in May 2006• Worldwide legal news • Frequently updated• Can be searched by topic, country, keyword,
author or date• Persistent URLs
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Guide to Law Online http://www.loc.gov/law/help/guide.php
Legal Portal of over 9,000 links• Annotated compilation of Internet links• Organized by jurisdiction and topics• Multinational, international, U.S. and state
materials• Full text of laws, regulations, and cases• Legal commentary
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Global Legal Information Network
A cooperative, not-for-profit federation ofgovernment agencies and institutions that contribute national legal information to the GLIN database
Database contains statutes, regulations and related legal materials that originate from countries around the world
www.glin.gov
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Global Legal Information Network
Authoritative – Official – Current – Complete Four modules: statutes, regulations, and
ordinances; legal writings; judicial decisions; and legislative records
Full text of 180,000+ legal instruments from 50jurisdictions
Searchable by subject terms and legal conceptsthrough the use of a centralized thesaurus
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U.S. Congressional Documents and Debates• March 16, 1998 debut• Content (1774-1875):
Continental Congress Constitutional ConventionJournals of CongressDebates of CongressStatutes and selected bills and reports
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2010 THOMAS Updates• Bookmarking and sharing toolbar• Top bills w/email alert and RSS feed• Tip of the week w/email alert and RSS feed• Bills Presented to the President email alert and RSS feed• Increased timeout interval from 5 to 30 minutes• Improved headers and navigation• Added more browse options and more search options pages• Mobile-friendly homepage• Social media box with all the ways to connect with the Law Library
of Congress• State legislature page• Converted GPO Access link to FDsys links• Metadata enhancement for Bill Summary and Status pages
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