Positive Law: Reenacting Federal Law for Statutory Clarity

•  From January 22, 2026 2:00 pm ET until January 22, 2026 3:00 pm ET

•  Event type: Webinars

Learning outcomes: Join this session for an overview of the positive law codification process for titles of the United States Code. Attendees will learn about the process and benefits of enacting titles of the Code into positive law. 

Speaker: Katrina Hall, Senior Counsel (Codification), Office of the Law Revision Counsel

Register to attend the live training webinar, "Positive Law: Reenacting Federal Law for Statutory Clarity."
 

Open Government: Using Fed Docs to Build and Enhance Open Education Resources

•  From January 29, 2026 2:00 pm ET until January 29, 2026 3:00 pm ET

•  Event type: Webinars

Speaker: Jessica Hawkes, Government Information Librarian, Nicholls State University, Ellender Memorial Library    

Learning outcomes: Open Educational Resources (OER) have emerged as a transformative approach to expanding access to higher education by offering freely available, adaptable instructional materials. Federal Government documents, characterized by their authoritative content and public domain status, represent an underutilized resource with significant potential to enhance OER development. This session will discuss strategies for integrating Government publications, statistical datasets, and related multimedia into OER projects, including methods of identifying appropriate resources, navigating legal and copyright consideration, and collaborating effectively with faculty to embed these materials into the academic curricula. Attendees will gain insight into how Government publications can serve as primary sources and data-rich content to augment teaching and learning and leave with actionable tools and models to integrate Government information into their own OER initiatives.

Register to attend the live training webinar, "Open Government: Using Fed Docs to Build and Enhance Open Education Resources."

Recorded

Using Secondary Sources in Legal Research (LOC)
This webinar will provide an overview of secondary sources such as legal encyclopedias, treatises, and dictionaries. In addition, the webinar will provide practical examples to show how these resources are used in practice. The presentation will demonstrate how secondary sources are an important step in the legal research method and how they can guide researchers to primary sources. Many of the materials and content for this webinar have come from the research guide, "Legal Research: A Guide to Secondary Resources" from the Law Library of Congress.

025 Fall DLC: Promoting Materials in a Digital World
How do you promote Government publications in a digital world? Hear from a panel of librarians as they share
examples of displays, guides, and other tools to promote electronic materials. Learn about what works well and the resources available and tools to help you judge the effectiveness of your efforts.