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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 …
Posted in: Capitol Hill, My Job, Washington DC
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 …
Posted in: Books, Thomas Jefferson Building, Washington DC
Posted by: Erin Allen
Jazz’s greatest drummer once earned D’s in music in school, once wrote an essay entitled “I Hate Jazz” and once even launched a venture to break into the soft-drink market. The Library of Congress on Monday announced the acquisition of the papers of Max Roach, the groundbreaking drummer who helped birth bebop, the adventurous musician …
Posted in: Capitol Hill, Collections, Events, Manuscripts, Music, Uncategorized, Washington DC
Posted by: Erin Allen
Distinguished architectural photographer Carol M. Highsmith began donating her work to the Prints and Photographs Division at the Library of Congress in 1992. She has photographed landmark buildings and architecture in Washington, D.C. — including the Library of Congress and many monuments — and throughout the United States. Starting in 2002, Highsmith provided scans or photographs she shot …
Posted in: Abraham Lincoln, Collections, Photos, Pic of the Week, Washington DC
Posted by: Erin Allen
(The following is a guest post from Audrey Fischer, editor of the Library of Congress Magazine.) Fifty years ago, the Library installed its first computer and began charting a course to bibliographic control and global shared access. On Jan. 15, 1964, the first components of a small-scale computer system were delivered to the Library of …
Posted in: Cataloging, LC Web site, Technology, Washington DC
Posted by: Erin Allen
The inner voice of Kate DiCamillo belongs to a 10-year-old girl from a small Florida town who learned to navigate the world through books she checked out at the local library. “That connection to the 10-year-old kid, I’ve come to believe through the years, is more immediate for me than other people,” said DiCamillo, the …
Posted in: Events, Washington DC
Posted by: Erin Allen
Every year, the Library of Congress announces the addition of 25 films to the National Film Registry, and every year, media outlets far and wide run stories on the initiative. According to a Google search on the story, more than 230 news articles highlighted the selections for 2013. “To me, this honor goes on the same …
Posted in: Audiovisual, Film, News, Newspapers, Preservation, Washington DC
Posted by: Erin Allen
It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas … in the Great Hall of the Library of Congress, that is. Every year, the Library decks its hall with a tall tree, replete with lights and ornaments for the enjoyment of the institution’s patrons. Here, you can see workers are putting on the finishing touches. How …
Posted in: Photos, Pic of the Week, Thomas Jefferson Building, Washington DC
Posted by: Erin Allen
Making a splash in the news headlines was the public opening of The Seth MacFarlane Collection of the Carl Sagan and Ann Druyan Archive. The Library of Congress hosted MacFarlane, Druyan, Neil deGrasse Tyson, Bill Nye “The Science Guy” and a host of other scientists and educators during a special event in Nov. 12. Full …
Posted in: Audiovisual, Collections, Education, Events, News, Newspapers, Uncategorized, Washington DC