Today’s interview is with Katie Colson, a Junior Fellow working on metadata remediation for the Law Library of Congress blog, In Custodia Legis.

Describe your background.
I am originally from a small town in northern Idaho called Bonners Ferry. I am currently living in Urbana, Illinois, while I am a graduate student. My journey into the world of libraries began with a part-time job at the public library in Bonners Ferry during high school. I decided on a career in libraries while I was pursuing a bachelor’s degree in English literature at the University of Idaho, and working at the university’s library. Since then, I have been delving further into the depths of the library field and finding my niche in knowledge organization work.
What is your academic/professional history?
I am a graduate student at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) and I have just completed the first year o