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Posted by: Andrew Weber
This week’s interview is with Bill Wallace, an assistant general counsel from the Office of the General Counsel in the Library of Congress. Describe your background. I moved to D.C. from New York City approximately 6 years ago to attend law school. After so many years in NYC, the move was somewhat jarring. D.C. felt …
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Posted by: Andrew Weber
This week’s interview is with Amy Swantner, specialist in legislative information systems management within the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. Our Congress.gov interview series highlights some of the people who have contributed to the legislative information system (including Meg, Rich, Barry, Rohit, Andy, Val, and Stephen). Describe your background. I am an information professional with many years of …
Posted by: Andrew Weber
This week’s interview is with Jennifer Gonzalez, a digital library technician in the Law Library’s new Digital Resources Division. Jennifer is helping to review our content and serves as a web editor. Describe your background I am a Floridian, born and raised in Saint Petersburg, Florida with my two younger sisters. My family still lives in Florida, …
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Posted by: Andrew Weber
This year I attended my third American Association of Law Libraries (AALL) Annual Meeting. Two years ago in Philadelphia I did a presentation with Christine, Tammie, and Bob on THOMAS. Last year in Boston, I presented with David, Tina, and Emily Feltren on Law.gov. This year, Tammie, Jeanine, and I went to Seattle to talk …
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This week’s interview is with Jason Steinhauer. Jason is a Program Specialist in the Office of Scholarly Programs of the Library of Congress. Describe your background. I’m a New Yorker through-and-through, in everything from how fast I walk to my subsistence on pizza and bagels. I was born at Albert Einstein Hospital in the Bronx and …
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Posted by: Andrew Weber
The following is a guest post by Kimberly Ferguson, Specialist in Legislative Information Systems Management in the Library of Congress. Kimberly previous blogged about “Bills To Be Considered on the House Floor” Repository for In Custodia Legis. This week’s interview is with Andy Mendelson, a manager of legislative information at the Congressional Research Service (CRS). Andy’s contributions to Congress.gov …
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Posted by: Andrew Weber
The three weeks since we introduced Congress.gov have flown by. In my initial post on the new system, I mentioned that we will continue to enhance Congress.gov. The first set of enhancements has gone live. Jeanine has updated the About Congress.gov page to include: October 2012 Minor updates were made to the system that included: a …
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Posted by: Andrew Weber
This week’s interview is with Barry Priest, Web DevAdmin. This is the third in the new series of interviews that focus on Library of Congress staff who contributed to Congress.gov. Describe your background. My degree is in Theater Design and Technology from Purdue University. That program allowed me the flexibility to pursue interests in CAD/3D rendering, computer science …
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This week’s interview is with Meg Peters, an Information Architect in the Office of Strategic Initiatives. It is the first of a new series of interviews that focus on some of the fantastic Library of Congress staff who contributed to Congress.gov. I spent a lot of time working with Meg and a team of colleagues from …