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25 for 25, "Artificial You: AI and the Future of Your Mind" by Susan Schneider

November 18, 2025

Teaching About Community and Place with Library of Congress Maps

November 18, 2025

25 Years of the Veterans History Project

November 18, 2025

Shop Closing Laws in Germany

November 18, 2025

This Coming Month at the Packard Campus Theater: December 2025

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Timeless: Stories from the Library of Congress

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• Broadway Comes to the Library, and the Library Goes to Broadway
• The Genius of Stephen Sondheim: Forever at the Library
• Nobody Would Edit Shakespeare, Right? Right?

Bibliomania: Rare Books & Special Collections

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• America 250 Film Series (Pt. II)
• Young George Washington’s War Journals
• Back to School in the Rare Book Classroom

Bookmarked: Celebrating Contemporary Books & Writers at the Library

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• Can’t-Miss Author Events Coming Up: Mary Roach and Katherine Rundell
• Hooray for our New U.S. Poet Laureate
• Tell Us About Your 2025 National Book Festival Experience!

Copyright: Creativity at Work

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• Five Copyright Office Resources You May Not Know Exist
• Are You a Visual Learner? Our New Copyright Registration Toolkit Is for You!
• A.I., Art, and Copyright: The Human Element That Makes All the Difference

Folklife Today: American Folklife Center & Veterans History Project

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• 25 Years of the Veterans History Project
• New Occupational Folklife Project Focuses on Religious Workers in Kentuckiana
• CCG Year of Engagement Podcast Episode #4: Community on the Line

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

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• Recent Donation from Finlandia Foundation National Bolsters Library of Congress Collection of Finnish Americana
• Enfrentando el sufrimiento histórico: Mi experiencia con la colección de panfletos de la Sala Hispánica de Lectura
• Facing historical suffering: My experience discovering the Hispanic Reading Room’s Pamphlet Collection

Guardians of Memory: Preserving the National Collection

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• Surface Texture and the Complexities of Paper
• A New Box Maker for the Conservation Division
• I Got 99 Ptolemies But a 1477 Ain’t One: A Journey Through Bookbinding History

Headlines & Heroes: Newspapers, Comics & More Fine Print

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• Reporting the Colors of Autumn
• Junior Fellow Spotlight: Grace Pryor
• Award-Winning Cartoonist Paul Karasik to be SPX Program Speaker

Inside Adams: Science, Technology & Business

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• New Science and Business Additions to Thomas Jefferson’s Library
• Business Collections Orientation September 24
• Historical Home Health Manuals: A Doctor in a Book

Insights: Scholarly Work at the Kluge Center

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• 25 for 25, “Artificial You: AI and the Future of Your Mind” by Susan Schneider
• 25 for 25, “Bolívar: An American Liberator” by Marie Arana
• 25 for 25, “The Listeners: A History of Wiretapping in the United States” by Brian Hochman

In Custodia Legis: Law Librarians of Congress

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• Shop Closing Laws in Germany
• FALQs: 35 Years of German Reunification
• Catch Up on Law Library Events Anytime, Anywhere

In The Muse: Performing Arts at the Library of Congress

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• Discover Martha Graham at the Library of Congress: A New Research Guide
• A Hungarian Rhapsody: Concerts from the Library of Congress at 100
• Celebrating the Life and Legacy of Eddie Palmieri, the Sun of Latin Music

Minerva’s Kaleidoscope: Resources for Kids & Families

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• Preparing for Students in The Source: School Program Piloting
• Great Baking: Bread, Cakes, and More from the Library of Congress
• Teen Interns Reflect: Leisure and Entertainment

NLS Music Notes: Resources for the Blind & Print Disabled

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• New BARD Additions: September 2025
• New BARD Additions – August 2025
• Karen Gearreald: Teaching the Language of Braille Music

Now See Hear!: National Audio-Visual Conservation Center

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• This Coming Month at the Packard Campus Theater: December 2025
• The Packard Campus Theater will reopen in December!
• This Coming Thursday and Friday at the Packard Campus (October 2 and 3, 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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• Books on the Move: Bookmobiles, Mobile Libraries and More
• Goodnight Prints, Goodnight Photographs: A Cozy Ramble through the Collections
• Twisting and Turning: Spiral Staircases in Photographs

The Signal: Digital Happenings at the Library of Congress

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• Artificial Intelligence Safety: An Interview with Stanford Research Fellow Duncan Eddy
• Bound to Browsable: Unlocking the Historical Media Publications Collection
• An Interview with Thalia Lightstone, Librarian in Residence

Teaching with the Library: Primary Sources & Ideas for Educators

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• Teaching About Community and Place with Library of Congress Maps
• Community Helpers, Leaders, and Primary Sources
• Declaring War on Japan in 1941: Challenging Students to Explore Multiple Perspectives on a Presidential Speech to Congress

Unfolding History: Manuscripts at the Library of Congress

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• Of Note: A Manifesto’s Lasting Legacy
• Made at the Library: “Outsider. Freud,” In-Person Film Screening and Conversation with Director Yair Qedar
• Made at the Library: Mary Cassatt Between Paris & New York with author Ruth Iskin

Worlds Revealed: Geography & Maps at the Library of Congress

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• Diagonals, Vistas, and Canals: Tracing L’Enfant’s Influences Beyond D.C.
• The “Gem of the Caribbean”: a U.S. colony in…Cuba?
• The Harlem Hellfighters Win Gold: The 369th Infantry Regiment in World War I