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Posted by: Kurt Carroll
Describe your background I am a native of the Washington, DC metropolitan area, but I have strong Italian roots. My father’s parents were immigrants from Italy. My mother was born in Italy and moved to the United States at the age of 11. My parents, who recently celebrated their 45th wedding anniversary, met on a …
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Posted by: Christine Sellers
This week’s interview is with Alex LoBianco, a Public Services Assistant in the Law Library Reading Room. Describe your background. I was born and raised in Washington, DC, with my immediate family and maternal grandparents living nearby. My parents and grandparents were Italian immigrants so we spoke Italian at home and English outside. What is …
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Posted by: Clare Feikert-Ahalt
This week’s interview is with Róisín Fitzpatrick, one of our interns here for the summer. Describe your background. I am from Ireland and live in a very rural area called Loch Gowna, Cavan. I was lucky enough to be accepted onto the Washington Ireland Program for this summer. This is a leadership program that brings …
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Posted by: Christine Sellers
This week’s interview is with Margaret Wood, a Legal Reference Specialist in the Public Services Division. Describe your background. I was born in Boston, Massachusetts, where my father, a solid state theoretical physicist, taught at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. When I was five we moved to Los Alamos, New Mexico, where my dad went …
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Posted by: Kelly Buchanan
This week’s interview is with George Sadek, Senior Legal Information Analyst for the Global Legal Information Network (GLIN). George is no stranger to In Custodia Legis, having written three guest posts for us. Describe your background. I was born in Egypt and immigrated to the United States in 1999. I have worked in the field …
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Posted by: Christine Sellers
This week’s interview is with William Mahannah, an Assistant Reference Librarian in the Public Services Division. Describe your background. Baltimore, MD, is my home. While my immediate family is deceased, I am extremely fortunate in having a great god-niece who will receive a Ph.D. in biophysics this year. Her progress is a continual joy. What …
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Posted by: Andrew Weber
This week’s interview is with Robert Newlen. He is the Assistant Law Librarian for Collections, Outreach, and Services. Robert is an active participant on our blog. He reviews items before posting. Robert has been extremely busy leading up to this week coordinating the Wickersham Award Ceremony. Describe your background. I am a …
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Posted by: Andrew Weber
This week’s interview is with Hope O’Keeffe. Hope works in the Office of General Counsel of the Library of Congress. There are many attorneys who work in the Library of Congress who work outside of the Law Library. Among other duties, she helps work out agreements so we can use social media like Twitter, Facebook, …
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Posted by: Christine Sellers
This week’s interview is with Bacilio Mendez II, an intern in the Public Services Division of the Law Library of Congress. Describe your background. I’m a gay, first-generation, Puerto Rican from Reading, Pennsylvania. Most people recognize the name of my hometown because of the long-defunct railroad that lives on Monopoly boards, but thanks to my …
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