This is a guest post by Informal Learning Office’s virtual intern, Eori Tokunaga. Norman Yoshio Mineta, who passed away earlier this month, had a long and influential history in American politics and was a proponent of restitution for Japanese American families who were incarcerated during World War II. We are celebrating his contributions to this […]
This is a guest blog by Mary Ellen Hawkins, Teaching with Primary Sources Intern at the Young Reader’s Center and Programs Lab. For information on this intenship opportunity, please follow this link. To celebrate Arbor Day today this year, maybe you and your family will go for a nature walk around your neighborhood or the […]
This is a guest post by Rachel Gordon, Educational Programs Specialist in the Library’s Informal Learning Office, with thanks to Muhannad Salhi of the African and Middle Eastern Division for help identifying resources, and for his Ramadan blog post. It’s a particularly appropriate time to think about the date palm and its dense, sticky, highly […]
The latest monthly newsletter from Jason Reynolds, the National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature.
Hot-cross bun recipes from the collections and a beloved family favorite from a Library staffer.
An overview of cherry blossom celebrations at the Library of Congress.
A few items that brought joy to the Informal Learning Office interns in honor of National Happiness Day last week.
Intern Talia Smith explores short films from the late 19th and early 20th centuries in the Library’s collections through the lens of 21st century social media.
Cookie baking using a recipe from the nineteenth century, with tips for the twenty-first-century kitchen.
An introduction to photographer Margaret Bourke-White and a webinar on photographs from the Library’s collections.