Reference Desk
Ask the Librarian. She has read every room of the Library.
The Reference Desk is the Library's interactive front. Ask the Librarian a question about America's school trust lands and she will answer using the Library's own content, with citations to her sources. She has read every state dossier, every book in the Reading Room, and every primary source the Library holds. She is a prototype — still learning her institutional voice. For longer detail on how she works and what she can and can't do, see About the Librarian.
Legal reference discipline
The Legal Librarian office
The Library's legal-reference work is now tied to a named office: the law collection, hornbook verification process, legal Reference Desk standards, and the public boundary between library scholarship and live-case work.
The office is public and educational. The Library does not litigate, lobby, or become a party to cases; live-case strategy remains outside the legal-reference office.
The Librarian answers questions for Library Card holders. The Card is free. Apply for a Library Card to ask her a question.
