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By: Liz Tencer
The Digital Content Management Section of the Library of Congress has refined a workflow for the large-scale acquisition of and access to open access books. In this post, read about our process and challenges faced along the way.
Posted in: The Signal
By: Suzanne Schadl
It has been a long time coming, but the Hispanic Reading Room at the Library of Congress has a new website! We hope you find the design more streamlined and accessible! We are especially excited to invite you to explore all of the content at your fingertips including featured collections, featured blog posts, Research Guides, …
Posted in: 4 Corners of the World
By: Heather Darnell
Hey, everyone! The Performing Arts Reading Room website has undergone a makeover. Our streamlined design is more accessible, mobile-friendly, and responsive — making it easy for researchers to find the information they need while discovering new resources. Here are just a few highlights: A simple landing page directing researchers to our various services and resources …
Posted in: In The Muse
By: Chloe Genter
Senior Rare Book Conservator John Bertonaschi will write about the efforts made to repair some of the wear and tear suffered by the Decretum Gratiani manuscript over the past 700 years.
Posted in: Guardians of Memory
By: Suzanne Schadl
This is question and answer guest post by Marcellus Anthony Wilson — a DC local who is currently a student at the University of Notre Dame in South Bend, Indiana. Marcellus was selected for an Internship in the Latin American, Caribbean and European Division (LACE) as a part of the Cross Cultural Leadership Program organized …
Posted in: 4 Corners of the World
By: Neely Tucker
The Library's Free to Use and Reuse set of photographs are a copyright-free collection of photographs, posters and graphics that are available to everyone to use as they wish. Here, we look at three garden photographs with short essays on each. We begin with Frances Benjamin Johnston's famous "Blue Garden."
Posted in: Timeless
By: Kristi Finefield
The famously democratic art of printmaking is a perfect medium for experimentation and innovation, creative collaborations, and the fluid sharing of ideas among artists and audiences. All of these qualities shine brightly in the artist print portfolio called: In Unison: 20 Washington, DC Artists. This post celebrates the recent acquisition of this portfolio, published by the Millennium Arts Salon in 2010-2011.
Posted in: Picture This
By: Cary O’Dell
Just weeks after is special screening at the Library of Congress Festival of Film & Sound, we look back at the cowboy sci-fi film "The Phantom Empire"
Posted in: Now See Hear!
By: Marya McQuirter
The Connecting Communities Digital Initiative is looking for a Program Specialist. This is a GS-12, NTE-2, that can be fully remote. Applications are due July 28, 2023.
Posted in: Of the People
By: Liz Tencer
This post is provides updates to the Library of Congress's Recommended Formats Statement for 2023-2024.
Posted in: The Signal