Today’s interview is with Jessica Ho-Wo-Cheong, an intern with the Global Legal Research Directorate’s Foreign, Comparative, and International Division I. Describe your background. I am a proud Canadian, born and raised in Montreal, Quebec. I just graduated from l’Université de Montreal with a civil law degree. Beforehand I completed my undergraduate degree at McGill University, Honors …
Today’s interview is with Ashley Sundin, a summer intern working in the Public Services Division of the Law Library of Congress. I have enjoyed working with Ashley during her time here, and I am sure she will go on to do great things in the profession. Describe your background. I grew up in a small town …
Today’s interview is with KC Carter, a summer intern working in the Collection Services Division of the Law Library of Congress. Describe your background. I was an army brat growing up, so we did a good bit of moving. I was born in Honolulu, Hawaii but spent the majority of my school years living in Texas …
The following interview is with Mohamed Oweis Taha. Mohamed is currently working as an intern in the Law Library’s Global Legal Research Center. Describe your background. I was born and raised in Cairo, Egypt. Influenced by my judicial family, I decided to join the English Department of Cairo University Law School, where I obtained my Bachelor …
Today’s interview is with Daria Pistriak, a staffer at Ukraine‘s Office of the Ombudsman, currently interning at the Law Library of Congress as part of her participation in the Legislative Fellows Program, a U.S. Department of State-funded program designed to expose promising young professionals from selected European countries (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Moldova, Turkey and Ukraine) to …
Today’s interview is with Stephen Schneider, user experience team lead within the Office of Strategic Initiatives (OSI) Web Services of the Library of Congress. It continues our series of Congress.gov interviews designed to highlight the people who have contributed to the new system (including Meg, Rich, Barry, Rohit, Andy, and Val). Describe your background. My background is a mash up of various …
The following is a guest post from Pamela Barnes Craig, retiring Instruction/Reference Librarian in the Law Library of Congress. It is cross posted on Teaching with the Library of Congress. Describe what you do at the Library of Congress and the materials you work with. Pam Craig talks with teachers at the 2013 Summer Teacher …
This week’s interview is with Rob Sukol, Deputy Law Revision Counsel of the U.S. House of Representatives. Rob previously did the guest post titled “The United States Code Online – Downloadable XML Files and More” on In Custodia Legis. Describe your background. I was born and raised in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The music scene in Philly grabbed …
This week’s interview is with Noriko Ohtaki, a research fellow who is at the Law Library of Congress from March until the end of May. She is at the Library of Congress to learn more about Congress.gov, including how updates are scheduled, metrics, and challenges. Her purpose in studying the U.S. approach for online publication of …
