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An Interview with Frank Corazzi, Library Technician

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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An Interview with Alex LoBianco, Public Services Assistant

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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An Interview with Margaret Wood, Legal Reference Specialist

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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An Interview with Robert Newlen, Assistant Law Librarian for Collections, Outreach, and Services

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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An Interview with Hope O’Keeffe, Associate General Counsel

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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An Interview with Bacilio Mendez II, Public Services Division Intern

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 …