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By: Jesse Johnston
Today’s post is from Jesse Johnston and Jon Sweitzer-Lamme. Jon is the Librarian in Residence at The Library of Congress’ Preservation Directorate. He is a 2017 graduate of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign’s iSchool, receiving a MSLIS with a minor in Museum Studies and a certificate in Special Collections. On November 2, the Library hosted …
Posted in: The Signal
By: Lindsay Conway
Want to sing? Learn about the audio lessons and courses for beginning singers that the NLS Music Section offers!
Posted in: NLS Music Notes
On Tuesday, December 4, International Monetary Fund Managing Director Mme. Christine Lagarde will deliver the eighth Henry Alfred Kissinger Lecture on Foreign Policy and International Relations in the Great Hall of the Library of Congress. Madame Lagarde will speak about the changing landscape of the international system and the need for continued creativity in US …
Posted in: Insights
By: Cary O’Dell
Diversity is an important part of the National Film Registry. It is not just a list of great blockbusters. Along with a diversity of races and genders and viewpoints represented on the list, so are films that, though never shown on a big screen, are nevertheless important in the history of film, and the history of …
Posted in: Now See Hear!
By: Stephen Winick
A few weeks ago we announced in Folklife Today that our fieldwork guide, Folklife and Fieldwork, was available in a new Spanish-language edition. At that time, I mentioned that the next step would be to place a pdf online, and we’re glad to say it’s available! You can download both English and Spanish versions here. Once …
Posted in: Folklife Today
NLS Music Section announces recent BARD additions from October-November, 2018.
Posted in: NLS Music Notes
By: Stephen Winick
The American Folklife Center is delighted to announce that an important oral history collection documenting the lives and working careers of Ironworkers in the Upper Midwest is the latest addition to the Occupational Folklife Project collections online at the Library of Congress’s website. In 2011, Professor James P. Leary, from the Center for the Study …
Posted in: Folklife Today
By: Donna Koh
Continued from last week. Part 2 My second day at the school, which was a Saturday, was spent observing private lessons and group classes. Saturday at the school is mostly reserved for the youth programs. I was eager to attend as many lessons as possible and what I saw was fascinating and memorable. I attended …
Posted in: NLS Music Notes
November 2018 is here, and with Thanksgiving approaching, the Kluge Center welcomed four new fellows into residence. Here are the projects they will be working on: Gianandrea Nodari, our incoming Kluge Fellow, arrived from El Colegio de Mexico. During his residency, Gianandrea will focus on his project, “The Monetary History of the Mexican Revolution, 1913-1918.” …
Posted in: Insights
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