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An Interview with Endia Sowers Paige, Legal Reference Librarian

Posted by: Hanibal Goitom

This week’s interview is with Endia Sowers Paige, a legal reference librarian with the Public Services Division of the Law Library of Congress. Describe your background I am from South Carolina, but I grew up living in several places including North Carolina, Michigan and Germany. I spent childhood summers at my grandmother’s house in rural …

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An Interview with Ghidaa Bajbaa, Foreign Law Intern

Posted by: Kelly Buchanan

Today’s interview is with Ghidaa Bajbaa, a foreign law intern currently working with George Sadek on research related to the laws of various countries in the Middle East. Describe your background. I was born and raised in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.  I obtained my bachelor degree in law from King Abdulaziz University and then registered at …

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An Interview with Hector Morey, African Section Head in the African, Latin America and Western European Division

Posted by: Hanibal Goitom

The following is an interview with Hector Morey, head of the African Section in the African, Latin American and Western European Division, Library of Congress. Describe your background. I am originally from Puerto Rico, where I also went to college with the plan to study psychology and earn a doctoral degree in clinical psychology. After …

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An Interview with Elizabeth Pugh, General Counsel

Posted by: Liah Caravalho

In celebration of Women’s History Month, this week’s interview is with Elizabeth Pugh, general counsel of the Library of Congress. Ms. Pugh has had an illustrious legal career in the federal government that spans over thirty years. Prior to joining the Library, she served at the Department of Housing and Urban Development, Department of Education, …

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An Interview with Anna Bryan, Rare Book Cataloger

Posted by: Nathan Dorn

This week’s interview is with Anna Bryan, cataloger in the Rare Materials Section, U.S./Anglo Division, Acquisitions and Bibliographic Access at the Library of Congress. Describe your background. I am one of those rare DC natives, born at George Washington University Hospital, lived on a farm in Oxon Hill, then moved to Hyattsville when I was 7. …

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An Interview with Randall Hicks, Scholar-in-Residence

Posted by: Liah Caravalho

This week’s interview is with Randall Hicks, Scholar-in-Residence at the Law Library of Congress and International Relations Officer in the Office of Child Labor, Forced Labor, and Human Trafficking (OCFT) at the United States Department of Labor. As Scholar-in-Residence, Randall is conducting research on the cultural foundations of law and their impact on rule of …

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An Interview with Robert Patrick, Director of the Veterans History Project

Posted by: Kelly Buchanan

Once again, for Veterans Day, we decided to highlight the Veterans History Project (VHP) of the Library of Congress American Folklife Center. The VHP was established following the passage of the Veterans’ Oral History Project Act in October 2000, with the primary purpose of collecting “video and audio recordings of personal histories and testimonials of American …