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    Rosalina Delgado-Jones Rosalina Delgado-Jones is the assistant business enterprises officer for the Business Enterprises Division of the Library of Congress. In her work at the Library, she manages the duplication services and the finance and accounting sections. Delgado-Jones holds a Bachelor of Science in accounting from Louisiana State University – Shreveport and a master’s in business administration from Webster University. When she is not working, she…

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    Fenella France Fenella France is the chief of the Preservation Research and Testing Division. Her research specializes in portable and nondestructive spectral imaging and spectroscopy techniques. France’s current focus is creating digital access to heritage science, and scholarly data and imaging that provides new insights and knowledge of redacted and hidden text we cannot see in collections.
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    Sarah Friedman Sarah Friedman is a legal reference librarian in the Public Services Division of the Law Library of Congress. She provides legal research services to the Law Library’s congressional, government and public patrons. Friedman holds a bachelor's in English literature and criticism from the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth and a law degree from Roger Williams University School of Law. She is currently pursuing a master's…

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    Ashley Jones Ashley Jones is a visual information specialist in the Office of Communications at the Library of Congress. She holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts in communication design from Parsons School of Design. Her primary duties are creating visually stunning and informative materials that showcase the Library's vast collections and promote its programs and services.

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    Brigid Laurie Brigid Laurie joined the Library of Congress in 2024 and immediately began working on “Collecting Memories,” the inaugural exhibition in the David M. Rubenstein Treasures Gallery. Throughout her career she’s worked with curators, subject area experts and educators to create unique exhibitions and visitor centers. Prior to joining the Library, she was a senior exhibit developer and writer at Smithsonian Institution Exhibits where she…

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    Meg Nicholas Meg Nicholas is a folklife specialist at the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress. She brings a background in historic preservation and museum interpretation to her work with the public programs and archives that are at the heart of the American Folklife Center's public mission. Her professional interests include contemporary ghost lore, the material culture of American Indian artists and communities, and…

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    Carissa Pastuch Carissa Pastuch is a reference librarian in the Geography and Map Division of the Library of Congress, where she enjoys connecting with people through maps. She writes about cartographic material for the Library's “Worlds Revealed” blog and publishes content for the Library’s X (formerly Twitter) LOCMaps account. Pastuch’s career at the Library began in 2014 as descriptions coordinator in the World Digital Library. Subsequently,…
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    Robin Pike Robin Pike is the coordinator of the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP) and the head of the digital collections services section in the Serial and Government Publications Division of the Library of Congress. In this role, she supervises the NDNP team and works with state partners from across the U.S. who contribute digitized newspapers to Chronicling America. Pike loves delving into historic newspapers to…

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    Chamisa Redmond Chamisa Redmond is a senior reference and information specialist in the Business Enterprises Division’s duplication services section at the Library of Congress. She specializes in making the Library’s vast collections accessible to the public. Redmond has worked with some of the most sought-after treasures within the Library. She has participated in several Library-wide initiatives, including serving as the vice-chair of the Library’s annual Combined…

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    Abby Shelton Abby Shelton is a digital collections specialist at the Library of Congress. She serves as a community manager for the By the People program at the Library, working with a team to manage the virtual volunteers, collections data and applications that make crowdsourced transcription work. Shelton has a Master of Science in library and information science from Drexel University and a Master of Arts…

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    George Thuronyi As the deputy director of the Office of Public Information and Education (PIE) at the U.S. Copyright Office, George Thuronyi assists the Associate Register of Copyrights and Director of Public Information and Education in providing authoritative information about copyright law to the public. PIE implements the Copyright Office’s communications plan, publishes comprehensive written and audiovisual materials, develops education and outreach programs, and responds to…

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    Lynn Weinstein Lynn Weinstein is a dedicated business librarian in the Library of Congress' Science and Business Reading Room. She has a talent for bringing to light the rich contributions of Hispanic Americans, African Americans, and women to U.S. business history through her well-crafted library guides, blogs and other resources. Her work also covers diverse subjects such as resources for justice-involved individuals, corporate social responsibility, real…

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    Jason M. Yasner Jason M. Yasner is the deputy director of the National Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled (NLS). He was appointed in July 2018, and has served in multiple leadership positions at the Library of Congress since 1994. Yasner is responsible for the day-to-day management and oversight of all financial, acquisition, human capital, and information technology activities of NLS. He provides a wide…

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    Megan Zins Megan Zins is a preservation technician in the Preservation Research and Testing Division at the Library of Congress. She has worked extensively on a multi-year research project funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, known as Assessing the Physical Condition of the National Collection (ANC). To support this effort, Zins has run numerous laboratory tests, taken countless photographs and become lost down untold research…