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Posted by: Donna Sokol
Describe your background. I grew up in Chicago, Illinois. When I was growing up, I would always find my way to a local Chicago Public Library branch. My favorite was the Carter G. Woodson Regional Library on 95th and Halsted, which became a kind of refuge for me. I hung out so much at my …
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Posted by: Donna Sokol
Describe your background. I am from the Netherlands. My husband, our 6 year-old son, and I moved to D.C. from The Hague, as my husband is a short-term fellow at the Folger Shakespeare Library. We will be here till the end of July, after which we’ll spend a few weeks at Cape Cod before going …
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Posted by: Donna Sokol
This is a guest post by the Law Librarian of Congress, Roberta I. Shaffer, who previously held the position August 2009 through November 2011. Download the PDF format of the 2016 New Year’s Greeting and the FY2015 Law Library Annual Report. As I take down the 2015 calendars and pin the 2016 ones to the …
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Posted by: Donna Sokol
In Custodia Legis published 232 posts in 2015. Thanks to our prolific team of authors, that’s almost one post per day (not counting holidays or weekends)! Liah Caravalho and Jennifer González joined us as full-fledged members of the blog team in 2015. Liah keeps us up-to-date on Law Library events and special visitors. Jennifer’s posts …
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