Hispanic Heritage Month begins on September 15th. Here at the Library of Congress, the Informal Learning Office (ILO) starts the celebrations a day early with its latest monthly, in-person family program on Saturday, September 14th. If you’re in the area, stop by the Thomas Jefferson Building and join us! Activities during the drop-in program (10:30 a.m. …
Learn about objects in the Library of Congress that help guide memory and memorization and learn how these tools help understand the importance of memory and tolls we use to retain memories.
Explore how teenagers have worked, played and influenced their worlds, as documented in the Library of Congress' collections. This post was written by Junior Fellow Georgina (Gigi) Broyles.
Sarah Peet of the Informal Learning Office contributed research for this post. On Saturday, July 20th, the Library of Congress’ Informal Learning Office (ILO) hosts its latest monthly, in-person family program. July’s Family Day highlights the Olympics in recognition of the 2024 Summer Games from July 26th to August 11th, and the Paralympic Games from …
How can books help affirm young people's identities? Past teen intern and National Book Festival teen reporter Khadija Khan shares about Chasten Buttigieg and Elliot Page's presentations at the 2023 National Book Festival, in honor of Pride Month.
If you’re a regular reader of this blog, you may know that the Informal Learning Office (ILO) hosts monthly Family Days to provide families with engaging activities featuring Library collections. Our next program is the biggest yet; the June 15th Family Day will be (literally) an all-singing, all-dancing, all-star event! The Library’s beautiful Jefferson Building …
