The Library’s Prints and Photographs Division has added 116 photocrom travel views of the Netherlands from 100 years ago to our Flickr page, bringing the total number of photochroms on Flickr to 773.
Photochroms, published primarily from the 1890s to 1910s, are prints that were created by the Photoglob Company in Zürich, Switzerland, and the Detroit …
Archive for the ‘Social Media’ Category (18 posts)
Photochroms Give Us Holland’s Nice, Bright Colors
November 20th, 2009 by Matt Raymond
Posted in: Collections, Curators, History, LC Web site, Photos, Social Media
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Now Tweeting: Law Library of Congress
October 22nd, 2009 by Matt Raymond
Now that we have a couple of years or more of using social media to benefit the Library’s missions, we’re letting other folks around the institution get in the act.
The “Books and Beyond” series in the Center for the Book launched a Facebook page, which is essentially an online book club, with the recent National …
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Going Back, Waaay Back
October 1st, 2009 by Jennifer Gavin
(Ed. note: This post comes to us from Phil Michel, Digital Conversion Coordinator for the Prints & Photographs Division, and one of the authors of the new book Baseball Americana.)
While the baseball season winds down and the excitement of another World Series chase begins, we’re celebrating the national pastime with a new book, Baseball Americana: …
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A Dozen Ways to Experience the National Book Festival
September 25th, 2009 by Matt Raymond
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 …
Posted in: Books, Capitol Hill, Events, LC Web site, National Book Festival, News, Social Media, Technology, Washington DC
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Wired into the National Book Festival, Wirelessly
September 23rd, 2009 by Matt Raymond
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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By the Time We Got to Bookstock …
September 23rd, 2009 by Jennifer Gavin
Right now, here and there all over the world, people are sitting down with a good book and enjoying a good read.
Sprawled on the lawn, curled up on the sofa, sitting on the steps in the piazza — they’re communing with a great author, or a funny author, or an author who’s telling them how …
Posted in: Blogging, Books, Capitol Hill, Education, Events, National Book Festival, New Visitors Experience, Podcasts, Poetry, Social Media, Uncategorized, Washington DC
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Flickr Continues its European Tour
September 9th, 2009 by Jennifer Gavin
The Library of Congress’ popular site on Flickr now features a set of lovely, century-old photochrom images of buildings and scenery from Belgium. Even if you don’t know your Flemings from your Walloons, these 108 pictures of places like Antwerp and Blankenberghe, Liege, Ghent and Louvain will transport you to times of yore.
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National Book Festival: For Your Listening Pleasure
August 31st, 2009 by Matt Raymond
#nbf Heads up: The first batch of podcast interviews with 2009 National Book Festival authors are now online here, on iTunes here (link opens in iTunes client) and on iTunes U here (link opens in iTunes client).
Included in the first round are Junot Diaz, Rickey Minor, James Patterson, George Pelecanos, Nicholas Sparks and David Wroblewski–with more to …
Posted in: Books, Events, National Book Festival, News, Podcasts, Social Media, Technology, Washington DC
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But Wait … There's More!
August 4th, 2009 by Jennifer Gavin
This year’s Library of Congress National Book Festival already promises the biggest lineup of literary stars this side of the Crab Nebula. Book-lovers can look forward, on Saturday, Sept. 26, to hearing from David Baldacci, John Grisham, John Irving, Julia Alvarez, Judy Blume, Ken Burns, Gwen Ifill and Jodi Picoult–not to mention celebrity chef …
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How Green These Valleys Were, As Well …
July 24th, 2009 by Jennifer Gavin
Take a moment out of this busy day to relax at the side of a waterfall at Fairy Glen in Bettws-y-Coed Wales or go explore the castle ruins at Aberystwith, Wales. We’ve loaded 167 new color Photocrom travel views of Wales from 1890-1900 on our Flickr photostream at www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/. The set is full of castles …
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