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By: Nathan Dorn
This week’s interview is with Dr. Ilya Dines who is working at the Law Library for several months as a contractor describing the medieval and early modern manuscripts in the Law Library’s Rare Books Collection. Describe your background. I was born and raised in St. Petersburg, Russia. My parents, like many parents of that time, …
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By: Laney Zhang
The following is an interview with Emma Wei, who is currently working at the Law Library of Congress as a foreign law intern. Describe your background. I was born in Liuzhou, a small but beautiful city in southwest China. I attended China University of Political Science and Law in Beijing, where I received an undergraduate …
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By: Andrew Weber
This week’s interview is with Ellen Cooper who is working in the Law Library for a couple of months as part of the Library of Congress Leadership Development Program. Describe your background. I was born in the Bronx and grew up in Yonkers, New York. Although I’m a proud New Yorker, I’ve been enjoying living …
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By: Barbara Bavis
This is an interview with Latia Ward, a legal reference librarian in the Public Services Division of the Law Library of Congress. Describe your background I am originally from North Carolina and from my childhood onward, I have enjoyed conducting research and finding information in libraries. Seeking to work in a library was an outgrowth of …
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This interview is with Daina Andries, a volunteer metadata technician with the Digital Resources Division of the Law Library of Congress. Describe your background. I grew up in the suburbs of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. My dad’s family is from Pennsylvania and Michigan. My mom’s family immigrated to Wisconsin from Lithuania after World War II and eventually …
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By: Margaret Wood
This is an interview with Janeen Williams, a legal reference librarian in the Public Services Division of the Law Library of Congress. Describe your background. I was born and raised in North Carolina. My bachelor’s degree is in nursing, and I worked in Atlanta for a couple of years in the labor and delivery department of …
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By: Andrew Weber
This week’s interview is with Fred Simonton, an information technology specialist in the Office of the Chief Information Officer. Describe your background. Born in Vermont, I grew up in Hawaii, New Jersey, Massachusetts, and New York, surrounded by and participating in the arts with a decided preference for music and drawing. In my college years …
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By: Andrew Weber
The following interview is with Roswell Encina, the chief communications officer at the Library of Congress. Describe your background. I can be described as your stereotypical Navy brat–well, maybe not the brat part. My father was in the U.S. Navy and we were stationed like many military families all over. From Connecticut to Virginia all the …
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By: Margaret Wood
This is an interview with Jim Martin, senior legal information analyst with the Public Services Division. Describe your background. I am a senior legal information analyst with the Law Library. I was originally hired as a reference librarian in June of 1992. I also served as head of the Law Library Reading Room for almost …
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By: Andrew Weber
Today’s interview is with Carla Davis-Castro. Carla is a librarian who has been working on our Indigenous Law Portal. Describe your background. I am a Salvadoran American from North Carolina who loves living in DC. In the year and a half I have been at the Library of Congress, I have moved from the Congressional Research Service to …
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