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Archive for 2010 (104 posts)

Madison Inside Madison – Pic of the Week

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This Pic of the Week is dedicated to our building’s namesake, James Madison.  The James Madison Memorial Building is the nation’s official memorial to President Madison.  Enter the front door of the Madison Building of the Library of Congress, pass through the security screening, and turn to the left.  Here you will find the James Madison Memorial Hall and this is what you’ll see:

James Madison

The statue is by Walter Hancock.  A few floors below Madison sit the enormous Law Library stacks.  And one floor above is our Reading Room.

An Interview With Betty Lupinacci, Lead Technician for Legal Processing Workflow Resolution

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This week’s interview is with Betty Lupinacci, Lead Technician for Legal Processing Workflow Resolution in our Collection Services Division (CSD). Describe your background I was born and raised in and around Pittsburgh, PA at a time when they still had functioning steel mills in the downtown area.  I am the third of six siblings (two […]

Lame Duck

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Now that the 111th Congress is officially over, we can start preparing for the 112th!  Since the election in November, the House and Senate were busy putting the final touches on several pieces of legislation.   This is commonly referred to as a lame-duck session.  So what is a lame-duck session? When Congress is in […]

‘Twas the Day After Christmas…

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I’ve been getting into the holiday spirit and wanted to blog about something related to the season.  I thought I could follow up my Thanksgiving Day post with something about the laws relating to Christmas Day, but then I thought that something with a little more international flavor might be interesting (I did find some […]

Discussion of the Cultural Property Rights of Indigenous People

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The following is a guest post by Steve Clarke, Senior Foreign Law Specialist. As Kelly Buchanan mentioned a couple of weeks ago, on December 10, 2010, Law Librarian Roberta Shaffer moderated a panel discussion in which each of the four participants addressed an aspect of the Cultural Property Rights of Indigenous People in recognition of […]