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Posted by: Anchi Hoh
(The following is a post by Taru Spiegel, reference specialist, European Division.) Printing with movable metal type was first introduced to Europe in the mid-15th-century Germany by a visionary goldsmith and businessman, Johann Gutenberg (d. 1468). Prior to that time, books were written and copied manually, a labor which took many months. Gutenberg anticipated sound …
Posted in: European Reading Room
Posted by: Anchi Hoh
(The following is a repost by Zoran Sinobad, reference librarian in the Moving Image Research Center. The post originally appeared on the Now See Hear! Blog.) Shortly after 7 a.m. on November 6, 1928, two mounted policemen in green breeches and black tunics appeared on the stone bridge at the main entrance to the Imperial Palace …
Posted in: Asian Division
Posted by: Anchi Hoh
(The following is a post by Eve M. Ferguson, reference librarian in the African Section of the African and Middle Eastern Division.) Black Panther is the first superhero of African descent in mainstream American comics. The Library of Congress holds the Marvel Comics series, including “Black Panther,” dating back to his debut appearance in “Fantastic …
Posted in: African and Middle Eastern Division (AMED), African Section
Posted by: Anchi Hoh
(The following is a post by Kaydee McCann, Humanities Editor of HLAS and reference librarian in the Hispanic Division.) The Library of Congress tends to inspire devotion and loyalty among its employees, many of whom spend decades classifying, describing, and revealing its vast and growing collections to ensure that as many researchers, scholars, and students …
Posted in: Hispanic Reading Room
Posted by: Anchi Hoh
Request ADA accommodations five business days in advance at (202) 707-6362 (Voice/TTY) or email [email protected]. Directions Floor Plans Monday, June 11, 2018, 3 – 4 p.m. Lecture: Recovering the National Memory: The Quest for a Pre-colonial Filipino Past The Asian Division of the Library of Congress in partnership with Sentro Rizal Washington DC and the …
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Posted by: Anchi Hoh
(The following is a post by Talía Guzmán-González, reference librarian and Luso-Brazilian Specialist, Hispanic Division.) Portuguese literature is currently experiencing one of its most exciting moments in recent history. This is not a statement one can make lightly, as this is the country that has given us celebrated poets such as Luís de Camões (1540-1580) …
Posted in: Hispanic Reading Room
Posted by: Cameron Penwell
(The following post is an interview conducted by Jonathan Loar and Cameron Penwell, reference specialists in the Asian Division, with Dr. Emer O’Dwyer, associate professor of History and East Asian Studies at Oberlin College). This year, the annual conference of the Association of Asian Studies (AAS) was held in Washington, D.C. from March 22-25. At …
Posted in: Asian Division, East Asia
Posted by: Anchi Hoh
Request ADA accommodations five business days in advance at (202) 707-6362 (Voice/TTY) or email [email protected]. Directions Floor Plans Monday, June 11, 2018, 3 – 4 p.m. Lecture: Recovering the National Memory: The Quest for a Pre-colonial Filipino Past The Asian Division of the Library of Congress in partnership with Sentro Rizal Washington DC and the …
Posted in: Calendar of Events, Events
Posted by: Anchi Hoh
Request ADA accommodations five business days in advance at (202) 707-6362 (Voice/TTY) or email [email protected]. Directions Floor Plans Tuesday, June 12, 2018, 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 …
Posted in: Calendar of Events, Events