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April 16, 2025

It's National Librarian Day!

Today, April 16th, is National Librarian Day. While every day is a good day to be grateful and thankful for our enormously helpful Jenkins Librarians, I thought I would publicly thank Jenkins' co-executive directors, Ida Weingram and Nancy Garner, and the entire Jenkins staff for their...
HeinOnline
April 10, 2025

Proceedings and Debate from the U.S. Congress

The Congressional Record consolidates the proceedings and debates from the U.S. Congress into Daily Editions, which are later collected and published in annual volumes known as the permanent or Bound Editions. New issues typically become available before 10:00 am on a daily basis. "At the end of...
News & Events
March 13, 2025

Happy 223rd Birthday to Jenkins!

Jenkins has turned 223 years old today! Jenkins was founded in 1802 in a small room in Independence Hall and is considered America’s first law library. Jenkins has certainly come a long way in the past 223 years! Check out our historical timeline on the library's milestones that range from its...
News & Events
March 7, 2025

What are Executive Orders and Presidential Proclamations?

What is an Executive Order? Though Executive Orders aren’t defined in the U.S. Constitution, a 1957 report by the House Government Operations Committee includes a “widely accepted description” 1 : “Executive orders… are directives or actions by the President. When...
News & Events
October 31, 2024
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How to Save Your Reading History in Your Jenkins Account

Trying to remember the title of that treatise, practice guide, or sample form book you checked out of the library a while ago? Jenkins members can turn on their "Reading History" to keep track of print books that they've borrowed in the past. To protect our users' privacy, Jenkins...
News & Events
June 6, 2024

Stay Connected With Jenkins on LinkedIn

As a way for members and other interested parties to keep connected with Jenkins, we’ve branched out to LinkedIn where we'll be sharing overviews of our blogs each month. Follow us on LinkedIn for regular updates!
News & Events
May 10, 2024

Law Libraries Serving their Communities

A recent article titled How Law Libraries are Serving Self-Represented Litigants Across the Country caught my attention this week due to its informative and detailed analysis of law libraries serving the public across America. This engaging survey gathers statistics from 158 law libraries. A number...
News & Events
April 10, 2024
National Library Week 2024

Join Us For National Library Week!

On Wednesday, April 10, there'll be free breakfast and lunchtime fare at Jenkins. (Spoiler alert: it's more than just crackers and cheese.) And there'll be some Jenkins swag, as well, for those of you who successfully complete our Digital Escape Room Challenge: The Founders Folly . And one more...
News & Events
March 25, 2024
DIgital Law Librarian

Law Librarians: Indispensable Digital Stewards of Legal Information

Recently I read this blog post about digital law librarianship. It has a great closing paragraph: "In a world where the legal landscape is rapidly digitizing, law librarians have not become obsolete; instead, they have evolved into indispensable digital stewards of legal information. They continue...
Historical
March 21, 2024

Voices of Women in Law: Four Collections of Essays to Read in Celebration of Women’s History Month

The National Women's History Alliance has designated the 2024 Women's History Month theme as "Women Who Advocate for Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion”, recognizing women who work to “ eliminate bias and discrimination entirely from our lives and institutions” and who...