Happy Birthday to us!
The Yale Law Library Rare Books Blog turns five years old today, a good occasion for marking highlights and saying “thank you.”
Far and away the most popular posting of the last five years is “Holy diploma! Is Batman a Yale Law School alumnus?” (3 Oct. 2010), a byproduct of our exhibit, “Superheroes in Court! Lawyers, Law and Comic Books.” To date, it has been viewed 16,481 times. Thank you, Batman fans!
Coming in at number 2 on our greatest-hits list is “Images of Justice” (22 Dec. 2009), viewed over 3,700 times. Seth Quidichay-Swan put together this mini-exhibit as part of his internship in the Law Library, while he was studying for his master’s in library science from Southern Connecticut State University. Seth is now Faculty Services Reference Librarian at the University of Michigan Law Library. Other popular posts include “Freedom of the Seas: Bibliography” (23 Oct. 2009), compiled by Edward Gordon as part of the exhibit, “Freedom of the Seas, 1609: Grotius and the Emergence of International Law,” with 3,072 views, and “Capturing dealer descriptions in our online catalog” (21 Apr. 2012), with 2,549 views.
The Yale Law Library Rare Books Blog is a collaborative venture. I have been blessed with many outstanding contributors the past five years. They are:
- William E. Butler
- Dennis Curtis
- Edward Gordon
- Farley P. Katz
- Seth Quidachay-Swan
- Judith Resnik
- Sabrina Sondhi
- Alison Tait
- Michael von der Linn
- Benjamin Yousey-Hindes
- Mark Zaid
- Justin Zaremby
A number of colleagues in the blogosphere have kindly drawn attention to the Yale Law Library Rare Books Blog over the years. I am a big fan of all of them and heartily recommend them. Thanks to:
- Edinburgh Legal History Blog (John Cairns & Paul du Plessis)
- Legal History Blog (Dan Ernst et al.)
- iurisdictio-lex malacitana (José Calvo González)
- Philobiblos (Jeremy Dibbell)
- Rechtsgeschiedenis Blog (Otto Vervaart)
- Worlds of Law (Mark Weiner)
Thanks also to my colleague Jason Eiseman, head of Technology Services, for his technical support and advice.
Thanks most of all to you, my readers. I welcome suggestions and comments. You can email me at .
MIKE WIDENER
Rare Book Librarian
The image: Woodcut initial from Nicolaus Pragemann, Commentatio iuridica de genuina notione servitutis praediorum urbanorum (Ienae: Heller, 1759).
