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Posted by: Anchi Hoh
Working remotely, a Junior Fellow analyzed digitized Hispanic collections at the Library of Congress.
Posted in: Hispanic American History, Hispanic Americans, Hispanic Reading Room, Interns, Junior Fellows
Posted by: Anchi Hoh
The Hispanic Division hosts Junior Fellows Summer Interns who are creating data visualizations of the collections and the indigenous reaction to the Spanish conquest, and expanding access to Latin American, Spanish, Portuguese, and Latinx writers.
Posted in: Hispanic American History, Hispanic Americans, Hispanic Reading Room, Interns, Junior Fellows
Posted by: Anchi Hoh
A paper conservator at the Library of Congress virtually examines the “Codex Quetzalecatzin,” a manuscript created by indigenous artists ca. 1593 that shows the Mexican regions of Puebla and Oaxaca. The Codex is housed in the Geography and Map Division of the Library of Congress.
Posted in: Hispanic Reading Room, Native American History, Native Americans
Posted by: Taru Spiegel
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.
Posted in: Hispanic American History, Hispanic Americans, Hispanic Reading Room
Posted by: Taru Spiegel
On the first day of May, International Workers’ Day, 2020, staff of the international collections divisions at the Library of Congress celebrate workers everywhere by sharing a tribute to workers who have engineered and implemented innovations like paper, movable print, video, internet, and crowd sourcing to make information sharing possible!
Posted in: African and Middle Eastern Division (AMED), Asian Division, European Reading Room, Hispanic 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
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
(This is a guest post by Bianca Poma, a 2020 Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities Archaeological Research Fellow at the Library of Congress. The post originally appeared on the Worlds Revealed Blog.) Since the moment I could carry on a well phrased conversation, I have always been curious by nature and have asked a lot …
Posted in: Hispanic Americans, Hispanic Reading Room, Native American History, Native Americans