Now Playing: the CCHC Data Jam!
Sharing the CCHC data jam event recording and summary of an engaging set of discussions on the complexities of accessing and analyzing digital cultural materials as datasets.
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Ready for Research: Mission Gráfica/La Raza Collection
By: Melissa Lindberg
The following guest post is by Maggie McCready, Archivist in the Prints & Photographs Division. A collection of nearly 1,200 prints and posters by 265 different artists is now online at the Library of Congress. This artwork represents 40 years’ worth of culture, printmaking, and protest based in the San Francisco Bay area. Let me …
Posted in: Picture This
Announcing LC Labs Data Sandbox and 3 New Data Packages
LC Labs is pleased to announce the release of three new sets of digitized materials packaged as data.
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Benefits of the Copyright Office’s New Online Recordation System
By: Nora Scheland
The U.S. Copyright Office recently launched its brand new online Recordation System. Check out this blog post to learn more about recordation, how the new system fits into the Electronic Copyright System modernization effort, and the module's benefits to users.
Posted in: Copyright
Find Architecture in Copyright
Thirty-two years ago today, on December 1, 1990, Congress further extended copyright protection to certain architectural works when the Architectural Works Copyright Protection Act went into effect.
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Film Loans from the Library of Congress -- December 2022
By: Cary O’Dell
Here are some of the titles from the Library’s motion picture collections–many preserved by the NAVCC film laboratory–that we’re loaning for exhibition this month. As always, we can’t guarantee that schedules won’t change or links get broken, but this is our best information at the time of publication. Filmoteca Española Madrid, Spain THE FOUNTAINHEAD (1949) …
Posted in: Now See Hear!
Special Delivery: Railway Express Agency
By: Jan Grenci
Take a look at this colorful poster, designed by Robert E. Lee, a California-born painter and commercial artist who lived in New York City, and published in 1929. The company advertised on this poster, the Railway Express Agency (REA), was an American package delivery service. Operating between 1918 and 1975, they used railroads as one …
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Celebrating the Firsts: First Novel by a Native American Writer to Win a Pulitzer Prize
By: Nora Scheland
This Native American Heritage Month, we are celebrating the "firsts" in a blog series called, "Celebrating the Firsts: Shining a Light on Trailblazing Artwork by Native Artists." This blog features the first novel by a Native American writer to win the Pulitzer Prize. The novel is called House Made of Dawn and was written by N. Scott Momaday (Kiowa).
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Celebrating the Firsts: First Comic to Feature a Team of Native American Superheroes
By: Ashley Tucker
This year, we are celebrating Native American Heritage Month and Native American Heritage Day with a blog series called Celebrating the Firsts: Shining a Light on Trailblazing Artwork by Native Artists. This blog post is the third in the series and focuses on Tribal Force, a comic book by writer Jon Proudstar (Yaqui/Mayan) and artist Ryan Huna Smith (Chemehuevi/Navajo). Published in 1996, this work moved the needle forward as America’s first comic to feature a team of Native American superheroes.
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Celebrating the Firsts: First Published Novel by a Native American Woman
By: Ashley Tucker
This year, we are celebrating Native American Heritage Month and Native American Heritage Day with a blog series called Celebrating the Firsts: Shining a Light on Trailblazing Artwork by Native Artists. In this four-part series, we are recognizing five indigenous creators who have participated in our copyright system and enriched our culture. Join us on a …
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