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Before Control-P: The Printing Process

January 24, 2025

The Magazine of Business: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow

January 23, 2025

Lights On!

January 23, 2025

Connections at the Heart of Knowledge and Creativity

January 23, 2025

No County for Old Management: America’s Independent Cities

January 23, 2025

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Timeless: Stories from the Library of Congress

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• The (Sun) King’s View of the World
• Kelsey Corlett-Rivera, Librarian of Congress Award Winner
• Washington’s Plot to Kidnap a British Prince

Bibliomania: Rare Books & Special Collections

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• Before Control-P: The Printing Process
• Don’t Get Out of Sorts: Composing Text
• A Year in Review, 2024

Bookmarked: Celebrating Contemporary Books & Writers at the Library

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• Join the Hero Party with Dav Pilkey!
• Jimmy Carter’s Lifelong Love of Poetry
• In Her Own Words: Meg Medina Reflects on Her Ambassadorship

Copyright: Creativity at Work

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• How the Copyright Claims Board Can Lighten the Federal Court Docket
• Celebrating Native American History Month: The Life and Legacy of Native American Artist Woody Crumbo
• The Geography of Copyright Registrations: A Look at How Registration Differs Across the Country

Folklife Today: American Folklife Center & Veterans History Project

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• The American Folklife Center: 2024 Year in Review
• Community Collections Grant: Los Pleneros de la 21 and Documenting Bomba and Plena Musicians in the Diaspora
• Carrying the Mail: Honoring the Resilience of the 6888th Postal Battalion

4 Corners of the World: International Collections at the Library of Congress

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• A Set of the Writings of the Danish Physicist Hans Christian Ørsted, Presented to His Daughter, Sophie
• Working with the Three-Dimensional and Functional Book: An Interview with Dan Paterson
• Falling Down a Research Rabbit Hole: Navigating and Using the Handbook of Latin American Studies

Guardians of Memory: Preserving the National Collection

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• 2025 marks 125 years of binding at the Library of Congress: Part One
• To Build a Better Box: Preserving Artist Books as a GCCS Intern
• Longtime staffer turns temporary assignment into a permanent position

Headlines & Heroes: Newspapers, Comics & More Fine Print

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• How to Browse All Digitized Titles in Chronicling America
• Tips for Searching in Chronicling America
• The 1874 Transit of Venus in the News

Inside Adams: Science, Technology & Business

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• The Magazine of Business: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow
• Cookbooks from Plains, Georgia and Carter Family Recipes
• Upcoming Webinar: Researching International Companies on Jan 22

Insights: Scholarly Work at the Kluge Center

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• Humanistic Research and Machine Learning: Exploring Editorial Cartoons with Newspaper Navigator
• Announcing the 2024 Kluge Staff Fellowship Selectees
• Chair in Technology and Society Ainissa Ramirez on Why Everyone Deserves a Chance to Find Science Fascinating

In Custodia Legis: Law Librarians of Congress

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• 2025 Supreme Court Fellows Program Annual Lecture to Feature U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson
• Law Library’s Newly Published Legal Report Titled, “Protective Services for Government Officials”
• A Time Capsule in Washington, D.C. in Honor of Martin Luther King, Jr.

In The Muse: Performing Arts at the Library of Congress

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• Remembering the Musical Side of President Jimmy Carter
• Acquisition Highlights for 2024 – a Top 5 List
• Reintroducing Bronislava Nijinska!

Minerva’s Kaleidoscope: Resources for Kids & Families

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• Warming Up Winter Days with Library of Congress Collections
• Her Eyes Were Watching Everything: Zora Neale Hurston at the Library of Congress
• Winter Solstice Celebrations in Library of Congress Collections

NLS Music Notes: Resources for the Blind & Print Disabled

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• New BARD Additions: December 2024
• New Editions on BARD November 2024
• New BARD Additions: October 2024

Now See Hear!: National Audio-Visual Conservation Center

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• Thursday, (7:00 PM January 23) at the Mary Pickford Theater, Library of Congress (Washington, DC)
• This Coming Month at the Packard Campus Theater — February 2025
• This Coming Weekend at the Packard Campus Theater — January 24 – 25, 2025

Of the People: Widening the Path

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• Community Collections Grants Spotlight: Documenting Bomba and Plena Musicians in the Diaspora: Los Pleneros de la 21
• Maya Freelon Reclaims Childhood for Enslaved Children at Historic Stagville
• Recording of CCDI’s Fall 2024 Awardee Project Celebration Now Available Online 

Picture This: Library of Congress Prints & Photos

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• Lights On!
• Timeliness and Timelessness, or Spot the Wall Calendar
• Want to Build a Snowman?

The Signal: Digital Happenings at the Library of Congress

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• Should Anywhere Adventures Come to Your Town?
• Celebrating Six Years of By the People
• What’s New Online at the Library of Congress: 2024 Wrap-Up!

Teaching with the Library: Primary Sources & Ideas for Educators

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• Connections at the Heart of Knowledge and Creativity
• Investigations with Data: Seeking Greater Clarity
• “Copyright and Primary Sources” Self-Paced Professional Development Module Now Available

Unfolding History: Manuscripts at the Library of Congress

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• Before the Admiral’s House Lost Its Furniture
• George Washington and the Federal Workforce
• Abraham Lincoln’s Second Inauguration: Scenes from March 4, 1865

Worlds Revealed: Geography & Maps at the Library of Congress

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• No County for Old Management: America’s Independent Cities
• A Tour of the Text
• Adding Color to the World: How Maps Got Toned