What’s behind the name? “Ex Libris Juris” is Latin for “from the books of law” and much of the information here will relate to the legal information collected and curated by the Law Library. Additionally, “Ex Libris” has long appeared on bookplates – labels appearing inside the front cover of books – and has acquired the connoted meaning “from the library of” to show ownership of the book. Using this connotation, the phrase becomes “from the library of law” and better describes the posts about digital resources, event announcements, and research tips that will regularly appear here.
In honor of Native American Heritage Month, the Harris County Robert W. Hainsworth Law Library is proud to feature a special traveling exhibit: 100 Years After the Indian Citizenship Act: The Continuing Struggle to Guarantee Voting Rights to Native Americans.
In 2016, during Geography Awareness Week, Ex Libris Juris featured a brief discussion of GIS mapping technology and its applications for understanding Access to Justice (A2J). In the years since, opportunities for GIS data analysis in the A2J community have only grown. Today, November 20, is GIS Day, the perfect time to highlight additional uses of GIS software for analysis of datasets relevant to law. An assortment of GIS applications for legal contexts are mentioned in the list below, alongside two additional short compilations—a sampling of StoryMaps and a beginner’s collection of mapping tools for your own GIS projects.
The Heart Gallery is a traveling exhibit made up of portraits featuring children currently in foster care in the Houston area. Each portrait also includes the child’s name and age. A short biography on each child can be found on the Heart Gallery’s website. The goal of the art exhibit is to find families for these children by actively showing and hosting exhibits in the community.
People with disabilities represent over 1 billion people across the planet and around 13 percent of the U.S. population. October is National Disability Employment Awareness Month (NDEAM), an opportunity to recognize the contributions that people with disabilities add to America’s workforce and economy. NDEAM is also an opportunity to learn about the advancements made by disability rights activists in advocating for equality and equity in the workplace.