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Mapping in the Islamic Tradition—Fall Presentation

September 13, 2024

Everything Including the Kitchen Sink

September 13, 2024

The Latest: 2024 National Book Festival Sessions Are Online

September 13, 2024

A Short Review of the “Review of Reviews”

September 13, 2024

Homegrown Plus: Somapa Thai Dance Company and Orchestra Concert and Interview

September 13, 2024

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Timeless: Stories from the Library of Congress

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• Inventing the Capitol Building
• Laundromats, Refugee Camps and Other LOC Literacy Winners
• Postcards from America

Bibliomania: Rare Books & Special Collections

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• An Honest Man and a Good Writer: 100 Years of James Baldwin
• Sebastian Gryphius and the Gryphius Collection
• Testament of Survival: An American Bible and the 1814 Burning of Washington

Bookmarked: Celebrating Contemporary Books & Writers at the Library

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• The Latest: 2024 National Book Festival Sessions Are Online
• We Go Nordic on September 26!
• Tell Us About Your 2024 National Book Festival Experience!

Copyright: Creativity at Work

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• #ICYMI: Recap of the Copyright Office’s Webinar on Leveling Up Your Copyright Public Records Search
• Inside the Copyright Office’s Report, “Copyright and Artificial Intelligence, Part 1: Digital Replicas”
• Celebrating Pride Month: Poets Who Explore Identity and Authenticity Through Creative Expression

Folklife Today: American Folklife Center & Veterans History Project

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• Homegrown Plus: Somapa Thai Dance Company and Orchestra Concert and Interview
• Patrick Tayluer: The Greatest Sea Shanty Singer You’ve Never Heard
• Homegrown Plus: Istiwanāt Live! Concert and Oral History Interview

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

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• The Ostroh Bible at the Library of Congress
• Finance, Flight, and Fridge: Exploring the advertisements in “Iṇḍiyā Tuḍē: Vārṣika Sāhitya Sañcika”
• Encontrando a Rómulo Gallegos en el Archivo de la PALABRA

Guardians of Memory: Preserving the National Collection

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• Explainette!? A 1950’s Training Time Capsule
• Good Wood: Using Beech to Rebind a Medieval Manuscript, Part 4
• Science and Stories: Exploring Underrepresented Narratives at the Library of Congress

Headlines & Heroes: Newspapers, Comics & More Fine Print

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• Celebrate the Small Press Expo at the Library
• 250 Years Ago: News of the First Continental Congress
• Happy International Dog Day!

Inside Adams: Science, Technology & Business

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• A Short Review of the “Review of Reviews”
• Forecasting Respiratory Diseases for This Winter, Sept. 19 Webinar
• Business Collections Orientation September 11

Insights: Scholarly Work at the Kluge Center

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• Chair in Technology and Society Ainissa Ramirez on Why Everyone Deserves a Chance to Find Science Fascinating
• Weather Control, Vichy France, and Early America: A Summer of Research as a Kluge Center Intern
• Roth, the Patient as a Nice Jewish Boy

In Custodia Legis: Law Librarians of Congress

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• An Interview with Ivana Hristova, Foreign Law Intern
• Upcoming US Law Webinars – October 2024
• An Interview with Jai-Len Williams, Foreign Law Intern

In The Muse: Performing Arts at the Library of Congress

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• New Finding Aids at the Music Division of the Library of Congress
• Jim Belushi Visits the Library of Congress
• Restoring the Buchla 100

Minerva’s Kaleidoscope: Resources for Kids & Families

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• Go Back to School with the Library of Congress’ Collections
• September Family Day Celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month
• Summer Cooking with the Library of Congress

NLS Music Notes: Resources for the Blind & Print Disabled

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• New BARD Additions: August 2024
• NLS Music Section Moves to John Adams Building on Capitol Hill
• New BARD Additions: July 2024

Now See Hear!: National Audio-Visual Conservation Center

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• This Coming Weekend at the Packard Campus (September 13 – 14, 2024)
• 70-Millimeter Film at the Library of Congress
• This Coming Weekend at the Packard Campus Theater (September 6 – 7, 2024)

Of the People: Widening the Path

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• CCDI Artist/Scholars Highlight Creative Uses of Library Materials at the Martha’s Vineyard African American Film Festival
• First Community Collections Grant Project Goes Online! Traditional Weaving in Micronesia
• CCDI’s 2024 Summer Fuse Recording Now Available!

Picture This: Library of Congress Prints & Photos

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• Everything Including the Kitchen Sink
• More Images Newly Digitized
• Behind the Scenes: Exploring the Historic and Aesthetic Value of Photographs

The Signal: Digital Happenings at the Library of Congress

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• What’s New Online at the Library of Congress: August 2024
• Nominations sought for the 2024-2025 U.S. Federal Government Domain End of Term Web Archive
• Recommended Formats Statement: Updates for 2024-2025

Teaching with the Library: Primary Sources & Ideas for Educators

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• Join Us at Association of Rural and Small Libraries Conference
• Helping Students Understand the Ratification of the Constitution Using 18th Century Visual Metaphors
• Presidential Elections and Voting in U.S. History: A Resource for Teachers from the Library of Congress

Unfolding History: Manuscripts at the Library of Congress

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• Hispanic Heritage: Oscar Hijuelos Papers Newly Available in the Manuscript Division
• Made at the Library: “Conflict of Command: George McClellan, Abraham Lincoln, and the Politics of War,” with George C. Rable
• George Washington and the “Spirit of Association”

Worlds Revealed: Geography & Maps at the Library of Congress

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• Mapping in the Islamic Tradition—Fall Presentation
• “The Grand Facts of Stratigraphy”: Ives’s Strata Map
• Have Crown, Will Travel: The Circumnavigation of King Kalākaua