Have you ever wondered what it’s like to work on Capitol Hill as a Congressional staffer? Well, wonder no more. Bernadine Abbott Hoduski, library star, mother of government documents in libraries, and tireless advocate for libraries, has just published her memoir “Bernadine’s Office Building: Working in the capitol and other dangerous places.” It’s sure to be a page turner, so pick one up for yourself and one for your library while you’re at it!
Bernadine Abbott Hoduski was a long-time government documents librarian in both academic and governmental libraries, including twenty years as a professional staff member of the Congressional Joint Committee on Printing (JCP) in Washington, D.C., where she also taught government documents at Catholic University. She was the co-editor of Documents to the People, federal documents editor for the Government Publications Review, and wrote a column for The Unabashed Librarian. She is the author of Lobbying for Libraries and the Public’s Access to Government Information: An Insider’s View (Scarecrow Press, 2003), and chaired both the ALA Committee on Legislation and the GODORT Legislation Committee. She is now retired and lives in Missouri.
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