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Film, Video2023 Law Library of Congress Research Reports This presentation highlighted some of the Law Library of Congress legal reports published in 2023. These included reports on immigration, artificial intelligence, environmental issues and lobbying. The highlighted reports on immigration covered the topics of unaccompanied asylum-seeking minors and whether humanitarian protection can be claimed from outside the country. One area that has been of great interest internationally is the development of artificial intelligence....- Contributor: Feikert-Ahalt, Clare
- Date: 2023-11-30
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Film, VideoGIS Day 2023: Climate Cartographies Geography enthusiasts, teachers, students and professionals celebrate GIS Day across the globe with community events to highlight the benefits of geospatial science and technology in addressing the world's challenges. This year speakers from the Library's observance of GIS Day highlighted the role that geospatial data and GIS technologies can play to create positive change in the face of humanitarian challenges all around the globe....- Date: 2023-11-15
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Film, VideoFinding Pictures: Celebrating 90 Years of the Historic American Buildings Survey The Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS, est. 1933) is the nation's first federal preservation program to document America's architectural heritage. This effort, later joined by the Historic American Engineering Record (HAER, est. 1969) and the Historic American Landscapes Survey (HALS, est. 2000), is administered through the National Park Service. The series in combination have recorded America's built environment in multiformat surveys comprising drawings, photographs...- Contributor: Lavoie, Catherine - Brubacher, Ryan
- Date: 2023-11-15
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Film, VideoResearching Women and Gender at the Library: Exploring the Struggle for the ERA This year marks the 100th anniversary of the first time that the Equal Rights Amendment was introduced in Congress. Watch Elizabeth A. Novara, a historian in the Library's Manuscript Division, as she shares examples from Library of Congress collections that document the history of the struggle for the ERA.- Contributor: Novara, Elizabeth - Paranick, Amber
- Date: 2023-10-27
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Film, VideoGenealogy as a Criminal Investigation Technique in Denmark and Sweden This latest in the series of Foreign and Comparative Law webinars from the Law Library of Congress covers the use of genealogical DNA databases in criminal investigations in Nordic countries.- Contributor: Hofverberg, Elin
- Date: 2023-10-26
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Film, VideoSearching the Library of Congress Catalog for Legal Materials In this video, learn how to search the Library of Congress's catalog to find legal materials in the Law Library's collection, how to request items for delivery to the reading room for your on-site use, and how to identify materials located in various collections of the Law Library that may require special processes to request.- Contributor: Zarin, Jason
- Date: 2023-10-19
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Film, VideoMilitary Legal Resources Collection In this video, learn how to access items from the Military Legal Resources digital collection, available on the Law Library of Congress website, Law.gov.- Contributor: Zarin, Jason
- Date: 2023-10-19
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Film, VideoGoldwater v. Carter: Foreign Policy, China, and the Resurgence of Executive Branch What role does the judiciary play in foreign policy and how does it relate to the legislative and executive branches is a central question in Joshua Kastenberg's new book, "Goldwater v. Nixon: Foreign Policy, China, and the Resurgence of Executive Branch Primacy." While the Supreme Court ultimately upheld President Jimmy Carter's unilateral nullification of the Sino-American Mutual Defense Treaty with the Republic of China...- Contributor: Cartledge, Connie - Reft, Ryan - Kastenberg, Joshua
- Date: 2023-10-19
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Film, VideoFinding Pictures: Presidential Pets Dogs, cats, horses, cows - as well as far more unusual animals - have called the White House and its grounds home over the last two centuries. Watch a visual tour of the menagerie of animals that have been Presidential Pets, with images selected from the collections of the Prints & Photographs Division.- Contributor: Finefield, Kristi
- Date: 2023-10-18
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Film, VideoGeography & Map Orientation Watch a virtual orientation that will provide a general introduction to the world's largest map library, focusing on collections and resources accessible online from anywhere. Explore a treasure trove of maps, atlases, and cartographic resources followed by a Q&A session with a map librarian.- Contributor: Raines, Amelia
- Date: 2023-10-10
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Film, VideoWomen, Rain and Religion: Diola Prophets in Post-War Senegal This talk examines the history of a Diola prophetic tradition which was exclusively male before the colonial conquest, but has become predominantly female in the 20th and 21st centuries. Using a term "Emitai dabornol," which means "God sent him/her." Robert M. Baum has uncovered oral traditions concerning more than 75 indigenous leaders who claimed direct revelation from the supreme being and commanded them to...- Contributor: Miner, Edward - M. Baum, Robert
- Date: 2023-09-29
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Film, VideoIsrael: Government Reforms to Overhaul the Judiciary In this webinar, Senior Foreign Law Specialist Ruth Levush provides an overview of Israel's constitutional framework, reforms' objectives and justifications, as well as elements of the judicial reforms, objections to the reforms and their current status. The webinar also examines the impact on the legal system.- Contributor: Bavis, Barbara - Levush, Ruth
- Date: 2023-09-28
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Film, VideoFinding Pictures: Illustrating Civil War Medicine From the visible wounds inflicted by the newly-developed mini ball to the invisible spread of disease, the American Civil War's effects on combatants, their loved ones, and those charged with their care, were both visible and invisible. This webinar explains how photographers, printmakers, and eye-witness sketch artists picture the vast and complicated arena of medical care during the deadliest military conflict in U.S. history.- Contributor: Smiley, Michelle - Eaker, Jon
- Date: 2023-09-20
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Film, VideoMangyan Scripts, Literary Heritage, and Collections "Mangyan" is a term often used to refer to several Indigenous communities on the island of Mindoro in the Philippines. This virtual panel event focuses on Mangyan scripts and literary heritage, which have persisted through the centuries despite the experiences of Spanish, and then American rule. It also highlights Mangyan collections at the Library of Congress, the Mangyan Heritage Center, Newberry Library, and Yale...- Date: 2023-09-20
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Film, VideoConstitution Day: Actual Malice: Civil Rights and Freedom of the Press in New York Times v. Sullivan University of Buffalo School of Law Professor Samantha Barbas discusses the roots of the U.S. Supreme Court's New York Times v. Sullivan decision which created the "actual malice" standard that a public figure must prove in a successful suit for defamation. Professor Barbas's lecture focuses on describing the origins of the New York Times v. Sullivan decision in the context of the 1960s Civil...- Contributor: Bulut, Aslihan - Barbas, Samantha - Dennis, Jeanne
- Date: 2023-09-14
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Film, VideoCommunity-Driven Archives: Local Needs/Global Practices in Safeguarding Living Cultural Heritage Hosted by the American Folklife Center, home to one of the oldest and largest ethnographic archives in the world, Community-Driven Archives comprises two roundtable discussions, bringing together scholars and professionals to share and discuss examples of community-guided documentation and archival preservation work. The discussions will foreground issues of ethics, equity, community self-representation, ownership, and access, from international perspectives.- Date: 2023-09-08
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Film, VideoChronicling America: "Turning Points in History" Explore Turning Points in History and learn to use Chronicling America, a freely-available collection of historic American newspapers at the Library of Congress for research in this year's National History Day theme, "Turning Points in History." Watch Reference Librarian, Amber Paranick and Digital Conversion Specialist, Mike Saelee for a presentation on Chronicling America, its search interface, how to navigate the challenges of working with...- Contributor: Saelee, Mike - Yarasavage, Nathan - Paranick, Amber
- Date: 2023-09-06
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Film, VideoTurkey: Law of Elections Foreign Law Specialist Kayahan Cantekin discusses the history, constitutional basis, roadmap and current Turkish law of elections.- Contributor: Cantekin, Kayahan
- Date: 2023-08-31
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Film, VideoScandal and Intrigue in 1920s America When Harry Daugherty secured a federal court injunction against a burgeoning nationwide railroad strike in September of 1922, little did the sitting attorney general realize the series of events he set into motion. In Montana, the state's soon-to-be-elected populist senator Burton Wheeler set his sights on Daugherty -- first using him as a whipping post for his election to the Senate, then later seeking...- Contributor: Masters, Nathan
- Date: 2023-08-23
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Film, VideoCopyright Public Modernization Committee Meeting The Library created the Copyright Public Modernization Committee (CPMC) in 2021 at congressional request to enhance communication and provide a public forum for the technology-related aspects of the U.S. Copyright Office's modernization initiative. The goal of the committee is to expand and enhance communication with external stakeholders on IT modernization of Copyright Office systems, and to provide a bi-annual public forum for sharing information...- Date: 2023-08-16
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Film, VideoMaps in the Classroom Watch this virtual orientation that will provide an introduction to the world's largest map library, with a special focus on resources for teachers and educators. Explore a treasure trove of maps, atlases and cartographic resources that you can use in your classroom. The presentation will be followed by a Q&A session with map librarians and education specialists.- Contributor: Roskin, Celia - Raines, Amelia
- Date: 2023-08-08
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Film, VideoClimate Change Litigation in Europe and Australia Law Division specialists discuss the context for and types of climate change cases being litigated in Europe and Australia; and examples of major cases, including cases against corporations and governments. Similarities and differences between the jurisdictions are highlighted in this series of the webinar.- Contributor: Gesley, Jenny - Buchanan, Kelly
- Date: 2023-07-27
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Film, VideoFinding Pictures: I Want You to Learn About the Library's Poster Collection Watch an overview of the poster holdings in the Prints & Photographs Division of the Library of Congress. See collection highlights and learn how to use the collection in-person and online.- Contributor: Grenci, Jen
- Date: 2023-07-19
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Film, VideoDoing Private Company Research Are you an investor or are you just researching researcher looking at publicly traded companies? If so, there is a wealth of information out there and much of it is free and accessible. In this webinar, Business Reference Services librarians will introduce attendees to some of the sources that are available to find financials, ownership, SWOT analysis, and investment reports.- Contributor: Terrell, Ellen
- Date: 2023-07-18
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Film, VideoCommunity Collections Grants Informational Webinar In this public informational webinar, AFC staff offered an overview of the Library's Of the People initiative and the Community Collections Grant program that is part of the initiative. Additionally, staff provided guidance on navigating the Notice of Funding Opportunity document, described hypothetical and illustrative project examples, and gathered questions from participants.- Contributor: Fenn, John - Stefano, Michelle
- Date: 2023-07-12