Margaret M. Wood has been a legal reference librarian at the Law Library of Congress since 2006. She works in the Public Services Division providing research and reference assistance to Congress, the courts, executive branch agencies, and the public. In addition to doing reference work, she oversees the collections in the Law Library Reading Room. Before coming to the Law Library, she ran the Law Library at the U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters in southwest Washington and, previous to that, she spent several years working as a cataloger. Much of her spare time is devoted to watching British dramas and baking goodies for Law Library staff. She received a B.A. from Oberlin College and her M.S.L.S. from Catholic University.
Most Recent Posts
- Constitution Day: Records of the Constitutional Convention September 17th, 2018
- Marriage and Divorce 19th Century Style February 23rd, 2018
- The French National Library – Pic of the Week February 2nd, 2018
- Murder in the Cathedral – Legal Dispute Turned Deadly December 29th, 2017
- Christmastime in England: Prohibitions and Permissions December 21st, 2017
- A Little Glimpse at Treaty Research at the Law Library of Congress – International Day of Peace September 22nd, 2017
- Middlemarch and the Rocky Road to the Reform Act of 1832 September 1st, 2017
- The Queen’s Speech 2017 August 9th, 2017
- Regulating the Rag and Bone Man August 8th, 2017
- Today in History – Extinguishing the Pope’s Power in England July 18th, 2017