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Posted by: Taru Spiegel
If you feel like a bit of virtual browsing, consider sampling the “4 Corners of the World” blogposts from the International Collections at the Library of Congress. A number of the posts feature online works.
Posted in: European Reading Room
Posted by: Taru Spiegel
To honor the Library’s 220th anniversary, this blog looks at some freely accessible digital collections and projects from four divisions: African & Middle Eastern, Asian, European, and Hispanic.
Posted in: African and Middle Eastern Division (AMED), Archive of Hispanic Literature on Tape, Asian Division, European Reading Room, Handbook of Latin American Studies, Hispanic Reading Room, PALABRA Archive
Posted by: Taru Spiegel
We have so many heroes to be thankful for in these days of the pandemic! April is also National Poetry Month, so thoughts of heroic deeds bring to mind epic poetry and heroes of legend. This post looks at three epic poems from thousands of years ago: the journey of Gilgamesh to find immortality, the …
Posted in: Uncategorized
Posted by: Anchi Hoh
A collection of Afghan lithographic books is now accessible online as part of the Persian Rare Language Material collection on the Library of Congress’ website.
Posted in: African and Middle Eastern Division (AMED), Near East Section
Posted by: Taru Spiegel
This blogpost offers a reminder that the Ask a Librarian service and the online catalogs with rich international content are still available while the Library of Congress buildings are closed to the public.
Posted in: African and Middle Eastern Division (AMED), Asian Division, European Reading Room, Hispanic Reading Room
Posted by: Taru Spiegel
When the news of the day seems overwhelming, nothing can soothe frayed nerves more than an interlude, however brief, with poetry or with nature.
Posted in: Archive of Hispanic Literature on Tape, Handbook of Latin American Studies, Hispanic Reading Room, PALABRA Archive
Posted by: Taru Spiegel
Is there science fiction in North Korea? Surprisingly, the answer is yes. This blog looks at some of its characteristics.
Posted in: Asian Division