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Helping Students Understand the Ratification of the Constitution Using 18th Century Visual Metaphors

September 11, 2024

CCDI Artist/Scholars Highlight Creative Uses of Library Materials at the Martha’s Vineyard African American Film Festival

September 11, 2024

New Finding Aids at the Music Division of the Library of Congress

September 11, 2024

Celebrate the Small Press Expo at the Library

September 10, 2024

We Go Nordic on September 26!

September 10, 2024

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Timeless: Stories from the Library of Congress

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• Laundromats, Refugee Camps and Other LOC Literacy Winners
• Postcards from America
• Viet Thanh Nguyen: Finding a Voice in 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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• We Go Nordic on September 26!
• Tell Us About Your 2024 National Book Festival Experience!
• #NatBookFest Must-Have: The In-Person Attendee Guide

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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• Patrick Tayluer: The Greatest Sea Shanty Singer You’ve Never Heard
• Homegrown Plus: Istiwanāt Live! Concert and Oral History Interview
• Announcing a New Donation to the American Folklife Center’s Internship Fund

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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• Good Wood: Using Beech to Rebind a Medieval Manuscript, Part 4
• Science and Stories: Exploring Underrepresented Narratives at the Library of Congress
• Live on Capitol Hill: It’s Preservation Night!

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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• Forecasting Respiratory Diseases for This Winter, Sept. 19 Webinar
• Business Collections Orientation September 11
• Swiping through the Credit Card Industry

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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• Upcoming US Law Webinars – October 2024
• An Interview with Jai-Len Williams, Foreign Law Intern
• Charting the Course: What is the U.S. Board on Geographic Names?

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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• More Images Newly Digitized
• Behind the Scenes: Exploring the Historic and Aesthetic Value of Photographs
• Ryan White: Through the Lens of Taro Yamasaki

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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• 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
• Welcome Back to the Classroom and to Teaching with the Library

Unfolding History: Manuscripts at the Library of Congress

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• 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”
• The Nixon Pardon

Worlds Revealed: Geography & Maps at the Library of Congress

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• “The Grand Facts of Stratigraphy”: Ives’s Strata Map
• Have Crown, Will Travel: The Circumnavigation of King Kalākaua
• Introducing the Library of Congress Geospatial Applications Hub!