Effective September 2020, the Archive of Hispanic Literature on Tape (AHLOT) will become the PALABRA Archive. With the new brand, the Library of Congress marks this archive’s transition from an analog archive to a digital one. Fifty new audio recordings from the PALABRA Archive will be made available for online streaming.
Thanks to a partnership with the Upward Bound program at Harvey Mudd College and the Georgetown Internship project, the Hispanic Division at the Library of Congress enjoyed the pleasure of working virtually with four high school students from El Monte, California this summer.
An intern's journey of data visualization in the Hispanic Reading Room, from redesigning the physical space with a 3-D model to creating electronic spaces with a website from scratch.
[Haz clic aquí para versión en inglés] La División Hispánica apoya con entusiasmo la nueva campaña de crowdsourcing de La Biblioteca Jurídica del Congreso y By the People (BTP): #Herencia: una iniciativa cuyo propósito será mejorar el acceso a la importante colección de documentos jurídicos españoles de la Biblioteca del Congreso. Este es el primer proyecto …
[Haz clic aquí para la versión en español] The Hispanic Division is excited to support the Law Library of Congress and By the People (BTP) in their invitation to improve access to a collection of Spanish Legal Documents. The Herencia BTP crowdsource campaign is the first at the Library of Congress to focus on Spanish, …
Washington DC Spanish teacher, Sirianna Santacrose, uses the Library of Congress’ Archive of Hispanic Literature on Tape (AHLOT) in her classroom syllabus.
Luisa Capetillo was a Puerto Rican feminist, advocate for worker’s rights, unión activitist, and writer who believed in the power of education to advance the rights of women and workers.
The Hispanic Division of the Library of Congress celebrates the release of 50 literary recordings featuring writers and poets during Hispanic Heritage Month.
