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January 2019 is here, and as D.C. celebrated the start of a new year, the Kluge Center welcomed a large number of scholars into residence. Here are the projects that they will be working on: Julia Azari, one of two incoming Distinguished Visiting Scholars, arrived from Marquette University. During her residency, Julia will focus on …
Posted in: Insights
Eleven years ago today we posted our first sets of photos in the Flickr Commons, which was created to share treasures from the world’s public archives. Thousands of pictures, views, and comments later, we’re celebrating with a new album of pictures with an “eleven-ish” connection and an invitation to participate in a tagging activity in …
Posted in: Picture This
By: Cary O’Dell
The Packard Campus Theater celebrates Black History Month with a number of films featuring an all or nearly all black cast, including the best foreign language film Oscar winner for 1959, Black Orpheus, and the critically acclaimed and inspirational family film from 2006, Akeelah and the Bee. Romantic movies for Valentine’s Day and beyond include …
Posted in: Now See Hear!
By: Cary O’Dell
Due to the possibility of inclement weather, the afternoon and evening screenings at the Packard Campus are cancelled for Saturday, January 12, 2019.
Posted in: Now See Hear!
New Year’s Day 2019 was a landmark for American copyright law. For the first time in twenty years, published works of expression—including books, music, and films—started moving out of copyright protection and into the public domain. U.S. copyright law gives creators several exclusive rights over their creative and original works. These include, for example, the …
Posted in: Copyright
By: Cary O’Dell
Here are some of the titles preserved by our 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. January 2, 5, 13, 2019 “Bringing Up Baby” (1938) Cinematheque Seoul Art …
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By: Cary O’Dell
HAPPY HOLIDAYS!
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By: Charles Hosale
This is a guest post by former American Folklife Center intern Annie Schweikert on her work to develop a minimal digital processing workflow. Annie is an MA candidate at NYU’s Moving Image Archiving and Preservation program who interned at the Library of Congress American Folklife Center in the summer of 2018. Other recent internships include …
Posted in: The Signal
By: Kristi Finefield
The following is a guest post by Katherine Blood, Curator of Fine Prints, Prints & Photographs Division. Among the Library’s treasures is a special collection of Italian chiaroscuro woodcuts made during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries by such master artists as Domenico Beccafumi, Ugo da Carpi, Bartolomeo Coriolano, and Niccolò Vicentino. Although the chiaroscuro technique …
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By: Alison Hall
Today, the Library of Congress and the National Film Preservation Board announced this year’s list of films added to the National Film Registry. Many favorite films are already part of the Registry, including Star Wars, The Muppet Movie, Airplane!, This Is Spinal Tap, The Breakfast Club, Top Gun, and The Princess Bride. This year’s additions do …
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