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(The following is a guest post by Patricio Padua of the Library’s Collections and Services Division, h/t to Bryan Cornell in the Recorded Sound Reading Room.)
Some years ago, a monk decked in an elegant black robe visited the Recorded Sound Reading Room in search of the music of his elders: Coptic Chant, which comes out …

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Chapter two is now online, exclusively at read.gov.  This episode was penned by Katherine Paterson.
What will happen next??  Find out in chapter 3, by Kate DiCamillo, on Oct. 23.  And don’t forget our new social media sharing tool, so that you can easily alert friends on your social network of choice.

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Have you caught the “Exquisite Corpse” fever yet?
It’s catching on even halfway around the world!

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Whether you can be in Washington tomorrow or not, there are many ways for everyone to be a part of the 2009 National Book Festival.  I came up with at least a dozen:
1. Attend!  It’s tomorrow (Sept. 26) from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. EDT on the National Mall (between 7th and 14th), rain or …

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The next two days for us will be a whirlwind of events as we celebrate the ninth annual edition of the National Book Festival.  But there’s one aspect I just absolutely had to call out.
Our folks have been busily working behind the scenes on a revamp of our literacy.gov website, which promotes lifelong literacy and …

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Jennifer posted earlier today about Saturday’s National Book Festival, but I had to get in my two cents.
The NBF is special to me for more than one reason.  First, it’s something on which a huge team of talented folks including me work intensively for about five or six months every year.  It’s hard to describe …

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When revolutionary-turned-president Thomas Jefferson still walked the streets of Washington, D.C., there were people who wanted to give him a good jab with their index finger and hand him a piece of their minds.
These days, here on Capitol Hill, you can give Thomas Jefferson a jab … and dig a little deeper into his mind.
It’s …

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Strictly Business

With all the various reading rooms available at the Library, did you know there is one with a reference alcove dedicated to business?
The 5th floor of the John Adams Building on Capitol Hill, home to the Science & Business Reading Room, has a staff of business reference specialists to assist with your business-related questions and …

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It’s sometimes said that if you want a really steady income, become an undertaker.
There’s no doubt right now that times are tough all over.  The news media is among the industries that have been hit especially hard–in this case, by factors including changing technology and news-consumption habits, but also by lower ad revenues from the …

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Blog. Twitter. YouTube.  iTunes.  Yeah, we speak Web 2.0.
You nation’s Library has millions of stories to tell, so we’re trying to tell them as many places and to as many people as possible–whether on our own website or elsewhere.  And now you can add another biggie to the list: iTunes U.
For those who don’t know, …

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