Junior Girl Scout Day at the Library of Congress
Posted by: Alli Hartley-Kong
This post encourages families to attend our onsite Girl Scout program on November 4, or participate in activities at-home if they aren't.
Posted in: Girl Scout Programs
Archive: 2023 (36 Posts)
Lit Bits: Exploring Identity with Sonia Sotomayor
Posted by: Alli Hartley-Kong
Supreme Court Associate Justice Sonia Sotomayor shares advice with emerging legal professionals in this short clip from the Library's Lit Bit series.
Posted in: Hispanic American History, Lit Bit
Meet Meg Medina: Family Office Hours with the National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature
Posted by: Rachel Gordon
Young readers and families, Meg Medina, 8th National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature, invites you to join special one-on-one sessions as part of her Cuéntame! Let’s Talk Books platform. On Saturday, October 7, Meg will meet with a select number of families in short sessions occurring from 10:00 am until 4:30 pm. Tickets are required …
Posted in: Books & Author Programs, Events, For Kids, For Teens, Hispanic American History, Reading, Writing
Baseball Trivia: Summer Reading Part 3
Posted by: Alli Hartley-Kong
This fun post includes a family-friendly trivia game you can play at home!
Posted in: Sports
Highlighting Youth Activism in the Labor Movement: Collections and Activities
Posted by: Rachel Gordon
This blog post by Junior Fellow Amanda Roberts highlights young people's involvement in the labor movement and profiles the activists Rose Schneiderman, Elizabeth Gurley Flynn, and Marianna Costa.
Posted in: Researching, Women's History
Something for Everyone in the Library’s Historic Photo Collections: Tennis
Posted by: Rachel Gordon
One of the most absorbing and interesting things I get to do at the Library is to explore the amazing collections in the Prints and Photographs Reading Room (P&P) both onsite and online. Regardless of the topic I’m researching, there’s bound to be a wealth of relevant images in the P&P online catalog (PPOC) that …
Posted in: Researching, Sports
Lit Bits: Respecting Young People, with YA Author Angie Thomas
Posted by: Alli Hartley-Kong
Learn what inspires Angie Thomas in this excerpt from her 2021 National Book Festival talk and related Library of Congress collections.
Posted in: African American History, Lit Bit, Writing
More Baseball Trivia: Summer Reading Part 2
Posted by: Alli Hartley-Kong
The trivia questions in this post were created by Library of Congress Internship (LOCI) program spring 2023 participant Katrina Limson, a MLIS student at San Jose State University. As the dog days of summer goes on, so does the Library of Congress’s partnership with the Washington Nationals—the “team that reads”! On July 31, the Nationals …
Posted in: Sports
A Teen Take on the Library: the High School Internship Program 2023, Part 1
Posted by: Alli Hartley-Kong
This post was written by Abigail Sears, a 2022 alumni of the Library of Congress High School Summer Internship program who returned as a volunteer for the program in 2023. During July of 2023, the Library of Congress welcomed twelve teenagers from various parts of the country to participate in its High School Summer Internship …
Posted in: For Teens, Researching