One of my friends is a librarian at Palisades, and she asked me not to publish this review, because the study rooms at Palisades are already in high demand. There is a reason for this: they are FANTASTIC. Good things?…
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DCPL Study Rooms: A Study: West End
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My first study room experience was a few years ago, at the West End library. Bottom line up front: these are not my favorite study rooms. Let’s start with the good things: there are five study rooms at West End,…
DCPL Study Rooms: A Study: Chevy Chase
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Important: There is a Chevy Chase library in DC, and there is a Chevy Chase library in Maryland. Both are on Connecticut Avenue. They are miles apart, and it isn’t an issue if you use your brain in conjunction with…
DCPL Study Rooms: A Study: The Introduction
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Some home internet connectivity problems sent me to the library to do work. Some work sent me to the library to do work. DC Public Library has 26 neighborhood libraries plus the central library, and almost all of them have…
Thoughts on FOIA, Part 1
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By the title of this post, I’m implying that my thoughts on FOIA will be a series. You know me. The next post in the series might not happen for a month or eleven. They are on my to-do list,…
DC. It’s all gouda.
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I briefly considered applying for a job in Delaware. My lunch has spoken and told me I need to stay in DC.
A DC.Nerd’s heaven
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Shown here, my heaven. On the left, the 1901 District of Columbia Code, through 1924. Next to that, the 1901 Code amended through 1929, followed by five annual supplement volumes. The two dark blue volumes? The 1940 D.C. Code. With…
Hello from the Office of Public Records
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[NB: I’m not actually writing this from OPR. I hope that’s obvious.] Last week I introduced myself to the Friends of the DC Archives. In doing so, I shared my Twitter handle, and thus exposed this here blog/website. Having done so, I…
When your resources aren’t perfect
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This post is a bit of a “what would YOU do?” request for input. Let me begin with the background: I am, on behalf of my office, working on a project to digitize (*cough*scan*cough*) all of the D.C. Laws from…
Notable DC Figures: John Ross
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When I’m on track to be on time for work (which happens most of the time now that I have cats waking me up in the morning), my walk to work is filled with parents and their kids walking to…