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Archive: February 2014 (11 Posts)

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Inquiring Minds: A Study of Mental Health

Posted by: Erin Allen

(The following is a guest post by Jason Steinhauer, program specialist in the Library’s John W. Kluge Center.) Manuella Meyer is the David B. Larson Fellow in Health & Spirituality at the Library’s John W. Kluge Center and assistant professor of history at the University of Richmond. Her research examines the socio-political and medical terrain …

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Conservation Corner: Rare Drawing by Martin Ramirez Conserved and Unveiled

Posted by: Erin Allen

(The following is a guest post by Holly Krueger, head of the Paper Conservation Section of the Library of Congress Preservation Directorate.) Last December, the Library of Congress unveiled a remarkable drawing by the “outsider artist,” Martin Ramirez. The drawing depicts a Madonna figure standing on a blue globe surrounded by canyons filled with anthropomorphic …

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My Job at the Library: Karen Keninger

Posted by: Erin Allen

Karen Keninger, director of the National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped in the Library of Congress, discussed new technological developments in the interview excerpted below. What are your responsibilities as the Director of the National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped? The National Library Service (NLS) program has approximately 120 …

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Conservation Corner: Historical Book Repair

Posted by: Erin Allen

(The following is a guest post by Dan Paterson, preservation specialist in the Book Conservation Section of the Conservation Division.) In preparation for display, Conservation Division staff recently treated a historical 17th century book of Spanish laws for governing settlements in the New World. “Recopilacion de Leyes de Los Reynos de Las Indias,” printed in …

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A Novel Approach: The Library in Fiction

Posted by: Erin Allen

(The following is a story written by Abby Yochelson, reference specialist in English and American Literature in the Humanities and Social Sciences Division, for the January-February 2014 issue of the Library of Congress Magazine. You can download the issue in its entirety here.)  From murder to alien attack, the Library of Congress has provided novelists with …

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Celebrating African American History: Rich Library Resources

Posted by: Erin Allen

February is African American History Month, an annual celebration that has existed since 1926. This year’s theme, according to the Association for the Study of African American Life and History is “Civil Rights in America.” Much of the credit for commemorating African-American heritage can go to historian and Harvard scholar Carter G. Woodson, who, in 1926, …

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Library in the News: January 2014 Edition

Posted by: Erin Allen

With the new year, the Library of Congress rang in lots of news. Here is a sampling of the headlines. The Library last month announced its acquisition of the collection of jazz great Max Roach. “Admiration, invective, scrutiny — the sense you get is of a man determined enough to take it all,” wrote Ben …

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InRetrospect: January 2014 Blogging Edition

Posted by: Erin Allen

The Library of Congress welcomed the new year with a variety of blog posts. Following are a sampling of stories. In the Muse: Performing Arts Blog Beautiful Dreamer: Remembering Stephen Foster Cait Miller commemorates the 150th anniversary of the composer’s death. In Custodia Legis: Law Librarians of Congress I’ll be damned if I don’t do …