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Posted by: Neely Tucker
Cheryl Regan is a veteran of the Library's exhibits office, bringing the treasures of the world's largest library to the public. Here, she answers a few questions about her work with exhibitions such as "With Malice Towards None: The Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Exhibition" and "American Treasures." The latter ran for 10 years.
Posted in: Civil War, Exhibitions, LCM, Libraries, Library Work and Employees, My Job
Posted by: Wendi Maloney
Jessica Tang, a library technician in the Asian Division, answers questions about her work and her hobbies -- the latter including writing historical fiction, letterboxing and playing as a clarinetist and fifer in the U.S. Army's 29th Infantry Division Band.
Posted in: Asian American, Asian Division, Gazette, Library Work and Employees, My Job
Posted by: Neely Tucker
Mari Nakahara, director of the Library's Center for Architecture, Design and Engineering, chooses favorite collection items related to the Vietnam Veterans Memorial. These include the original 1981 drawings submitted by the winning designer, Maya Lin, then a 21-year-old student at the Yale School of Architecture.
Posted in: Library Work and Employees, My Job, Researcher Stories
Posted by: Mark Hartsell
Megan Metcalf is the Library's collection specialist and recommending officer for LGBTQ+ studies and women's and gender studies for the general and international collections. She's also a reference librarian in the Newspaper and Current Periodical Reading Room. Here, she talks about her unique job and research.
Posted in: LGBTQ, Library Work and Employees, My Job, Women's History
Posted by: Wendi Maloney
Michael Stratmoen is a program specialist for the John W. Kluge Center. In this question-and-answer, he talks about growing up in D.C. and working with the Kluge Center's scholars and their projects.
Posted in: Copyright, Events, Gazette, Kluge Center, LGBTQ, Library Work and Employees, My Job, Washington DC
Posted by: Mark Hartsell
Carol Lynn Ward Bamford curates the Library's collections of more than 2,000 musical instruments, including the James Madison crystal flute that Lizzo played at a concert last fall, setting social media afire.
Posted in: Concerts, LCM, Library Work and Employees, Music, My Job, Preservation and Conservation
Posted by: Mark Hartsell
Jan Grinci, a reference specialist for posters in the Prints and Photographs Division, describes her work in researching, preserving and curating the Library's dazzling collection of posters.
Posted in: LCM, Library Work and Employees, My Job
Posted by: Neely Tucker
Monica Varner is collections manager for the Rare Book and Special Collections Division.This article appeared in the Library’s Gazette. Tell us about your background. I grew up in Arlington, Virginia, and went to H-B Woodlawn Secondary Program (“Hippie High”) before heading down to Lynchburg, Virginia, to study art history at Randolph College. During college, I spent a …
Posted in: Library Work and Employees, My Job, Rare Book and Special Collections
Posted by: Neely Tucker
Jeffrey Lofton is senior adviser to the Library’s chief human capital officer. Tell us about your background. I hail from Warm Springs, Georgia, best known as the home of Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s Little White House and ubiquitous red claylike soil. I attended LaGrange College and studied the more-useful-than-I-imagined triad: speech, communications and theater. Later, I …
Posted in: Library Work and Employees, My Job