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Posted by: Barbara Bavis
Today’s interview is with Rose Likins, a field study student from the Master of Library and Information Science Program at the University of Maryland, who is assisting in the Public Services Division at the Law Library of Congress. Describe your background. As the oldest of five children in an Air Force family, I had the …
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Posted by: Jennifer González
Today’s interview is with Julie McVey, a metadata technician working with the Digital Resources Division this summer on our digitization projects. Describe your background. I’m from a small town in Arkansas near Little Rock and moved to the D.C. area with my husband in fall 2014 for graduate school. I’ve always been passionate about history …
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Posted by: Jennifer González
Today’s interview is with Kevin Sitarski, a remote metadata intern working with the Digital Resources Division. Describe your background I am originally from the picturesque Finger Lakes Region of Upstate New York, where my first job during high school was working as a page at the local public library. My early work experiences, including 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: Jennifer González
Today’s interview is with Sara Hoover who works remotely as a volunteer metadata technician with the Digital Resources Division. Describe your background. I was born in Salt Lake City, Utah, but grew up in Blacksburg, Virginia. Blacksburg is home to Virginia Tech and growing up in a college town gave me an early appreciation for …
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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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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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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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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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