A Virtual Experience
Posted by: Ellen Terrell
Sophie Lefebvre looks back on her unexpectedly virtual experience as a 2020 Junior Fellow at the Library of Congress.
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Category: Five Questions
Photographs and Firehoses
Posted by: Ellen Terrell
The Library's Junior Fellows recently started their Summer 2020 tenure - in an unexpected way.
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Five Questions: Kelsey Diemand, Librarian in Residence, Business Reference Services
Posted by: Ellen Terrell
What is your background? I hail from New England where I was born and raised in Connecticut. I attended the University of New Hampshire (UNH) and studied History, with minors in American Studies and Classics. During my time at UNH, I accepted a semester-long internship at the Smithsonian Institution Archives here in Washington, DC, and …
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Five Questions: Nathan “Nate” Smith, Librarian
Posted by: Angel Vu
What is your background? I was born and raised in the Virginia Beach area. I was accepted to Virginia Commonwealth University (Go Rams Go!) as pre-physical therapy and spent my first year heavily immersed in physical science courses. However, there was a general requirement history class that fascinated me and completely changed the course of …
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Five Questions (The Intern Edition): Mamadou Cherif Simpara
Posted by: Ellen Terrell
This post features Business Reference Section intern Mamadou Cherif Simpara’s answers to the Five Questions. What is your background? I was born and raised in Mali, a landlocked country in western Africa. However, I spent most of my vacations traveling to other countries such as France and Morocco. After graduating in 2012 with a high …
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Five Questions: Yvonne Dooley, Business Reference Librarian
Posted by: Ellen Terrell
What is your background? I am a proud native Texan that grew up in and around the City of Houston. I earned a bachelor’s degree in English from Texas Tech University in less than four years and moved to Dallas upon graduation. I took a position as a “writer” for a technical staffing firm then …
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5 Questions (ExFed Edition): Margaret “Peg” Clifton, Research Specialist
Posted by: Jennifer Harbster
Our beloved colleague and dear friend, Margaret “Peg” Clifton, a physical sciences and military science research specialist with the Library’s Science Reference Section, has retired after 31 years of service in the Federal Government. She has been a frequent contributor for Inside Adams writing about egg collecting, astronomy, Carl Sagan, time and Antarctica. Science Section …
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Five Questions (The Intern Edition): Nancy Lovas
Posted by: Ellen Terrell
What is your background? I’m a recent graduate of Berry College in Rome, Georgia, where I studied economics and minored in history. I grew up in the Metro Atlanta area, and I’ve always loved books, especially historical novels a la Little House in the Big Woods and Anne of Green Gables. In my third year …
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Five Questions (The Intern Edition): Camron T. Lee
Posted by: Jennifer Harbster
This post features the Library’s ST&B 2013 junior fellow Camron T. Lee from Utah State University. 1. What is your background I was born and raised in Utah. After graduating high school, I spent two years living in Japan and developed a passion for Japanese language, culture, and history. Since returning to the States, I …
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