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Archive: October 2009 (4 Posts)

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Now Tweeting: Law Library of Congress

Posted by: Matt Raymond

Now that we have a couple of years or more of using social media to benefit the Library’s missions, we’re letting other folks around the institution get in the act. The “Books and Beyond” series in the Center for the Book launched a Facebook page, which is essentially an online book club, with the recent …

Image of an ornate clock showing 2:05 with sculpted male figures sitting on each side of the clock face

The Sound of Memphis … Memphis, Egypt

Posted by: Matt Raymond

(The following is a guest post by Patricio Padua of the Library’s Collections and Services Division, h/t to Bryan Cornell in the Recorded Sound Reading Room.) Some years ago, a monk decked in an elegant black robe visited the Recorded Sound Reading Room in search of the music of his elders: Coptic Chant, which comes …