(The following is a post by Hirad Dinavari, Reference Specialist, African and Middle Eastern Division.) Each year, the Library of Congress’ African and Middle Eastern Division (AMED) holds an all-day symposium focusing on an ancient Near East city or civilization. For the 2017 symposium, AMED’s Near East Section organized a one day seminar on the …
(The following is a post by Juan Manuel Pérez, Reference Specialist, Hispanic Division.) The Library of Congress’ collections are so immense that it does not matter how long you have been working here, you only come to know a very tiny fraction of what is available. I have been working at the Library for thirty …
The Library of Congress was founded in 1800 as Congress’s library, but through the decades it became the de facto National Library of the United States and, ultimately, the largest library in the world. Those of us, however, who deal with foreign languages and scripts in this wonderful institution delight in pointing out that some …
(The following is a post by Taru Spiegel, Reference Specialist in the European Division.) The Russian Revolution of 1917 provided a chance for a number of peoples to separate from a collapsing empire. After more than a century of tsarist rule, Finland seized this opportunity. Following intense deliberations, Pehr Evind Svinhufvud, head of the majority …
(The following is a post by Qi Qiu, Head of Scholarly Services, Asian Division.) With an estimated 1.2 million volumes, the Asian Division of the Library of Congress maintains the largest collection of Chinese-language materials outside of mainland China and Taiwan. The Library was also among the earliest institutions in America to collect Chinese materials. …
Tuesday, December 12, 2017, 11 a.m. Hispanic Reading Room Research Orientation Sign up for our research orientation and learn about the Hispanic Reading Room services and collections. Orientations are offered to the public the second Tuesday of every month from 11:00am-12:00pm. Those attending should obtain a Library of Congress Reader Identification Card prior to the …
