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Posted by: Matt Raymond
Dec. 23 always seems like such a rush–literally. Rushing to the store for that last-minute gift. Rushing to the airport to catch your flight to grandma’s. Rushing to clean the house, pick up groceries and prepare the components of your family’s turkey (or ham or tofurkey) dinner. In that spirit, before everyone rushes off, I …
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Posted by: Matt Raymond
The Library has appointed an acting Register of Copyrights (that is, head of the U.S. Copyright Office), Maria Pallante, beginning Jan. 1, 2011. Read more about the appointment here.
Posted in: Copyright
Posted by: Matt Raymond
The news media are reporting today, accurately, that the Library of Congress is blocking access to the Wikileaks site across its computer systems, including those for use by patrons in the reading rooms. I wanted to provide here the same statement we’ve been giving to reporters and patrons who are asking about it: “The Library …
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Posted by: Matt Raymond
A forlorn-looking girl in a mourning dress holds a picture of her late father. An impossibly young soldier, probably prepubescent, stands at attention with his bayoneted musket. An African-American in Union uniform sits stoically with his wife and two daughters. A pair of uniformed comrades pose comically, each holding a cigar in the other’s mouth. …
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