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Archive for August 2019 (15 posts)

The Law Library of Congress at the 19th Annual National Book Festival

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2019 National Book Festival Poster [Illustration by Marian Bantjes]

This Saturday, August 31, join us for our 19th Annual National Book Festival. Starting at 9:00 a.m. at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center, more than a hundred best-selling authors, novelists, historians, poets, and children’s writers will take the stage, including U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

While at the festival, come visit the Law Library of Congress table located at the Expo Floor, where you can learn more about our services in a fun game of trivia, get one of our popular gavel pencils, and interact with our librarians. The full National Book Festival schedule can be found here: //www.loc.gov/events/2019-national-book-festival/schedule/

For more information about the National Book Festival, please visit: //www.loc.gov/events/2019-national-book-festival/festival-information. Also, check out the National Book Festival Blog, where you can find more information about this year’s festival, the featured authors and tips on how to organize your day.

We hope to see you there this weekend!

An Interview with Breshan Bryant, Collection Services Technician

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Today’s interview is with Breshan Bryant, the newest technician in the Law Library’s Collection Services Division (CSD).  We’re very happy to have her aboard. Describe your background. I was born in Mobile, Alabama, but grew up in Prince George’s County, Maryland. I am the best of four siblings and the proud aunt of seven nieces […]

An Interview with Alison Trulock, an Associate Archivist in the Office of Art and Archives within the Office of the Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives

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What is your academic and professional history? I graduated with a BA in English and worked for about five years in editorial and project management positions in the book publishing industry. I decided to go back to graduate school, intending to be a librarian. I attended the School of Information at the University of Michigan-Ann […]

Suffrage for Swiss Women – A More than 100-Year-Long Struggle

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The following is a guest post by Anne-Cathérine Stolz, a foreign law intern working with Jenny Gesley in the Global Legal Research Directorate, Law Library of Congress. On June 14, 2019, Swiss women organized a strike to highlight the gender inequalities in Swiss society and particularly disparities in wages. This was the second time Swiss women have gone on […]