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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 …
Posted in: News
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. …
Posted in: Civil War, Collections, Events, Exhibitions, History, LC Web site, Photos
Posted by: Matt Raymond
This is the 15th in a series of guest posts by Abigail Van Gelder (from a stop Nov. 12–13 in Willmar, Minn.), who with her husband, Josh, is journeying across the country on the Library’s “Gateway to Knowledge” traveling exhibition: I wrote from Mankato that we were hoping the weather would cooperate with us. Well, …
Posted in: Exhibitions
Posted by: Matt Raymond
This is the 14th in a series of guest posts by Abigail Van Gelder (from a stop Nov. 9–10 in Mankato, Minn.), who with her husband, Josh, is journeying across the country on the Library’s “Gateway to Knowledge” traveling exhibition: Our hopes were high for a great turnout after we did a piece for KEYC, …
Posted in: Exhibitions
Posted by: Matt Raymond
This is the 13th in a series of guest posts by Abigail Van Gelder (from a stop Nov. 5–6 in Mason City, Iowa), who with her husband, Josh, is journeying across the country on the Library’s “Gateway to Knowledge” traveling exhibition: Our location in Mason City was new territory for this tour: We set up …
Posted in: Exhibitions
Posted by: Matt Raymond
This is the 12th in a series of guest posts by Abigail Van Gelder (from a stop Nov. 2–3 in Waterloo, Iowa), who with her husband, Josh, is journeying across the country on the Library’s “Gateway to Knowledge” traveling exhibition: Our second stop in Iowa brought out the Van Gelder clan. Much of Josh’s family …
Posted in: Exhibitions
Posted by: Matt Raymond
This is the 11th in a series of guest posts by Abigail Van Gelder (from a stop Oct. 29–30 in Grinnell, Iowa), who with her husband, Josh, is journeying across the country on the Library’s “Gateway to Knowledge” traveling exhibition: We are really starting to rack up the state count with Gateway to Knowledge. Iowa …
Posted in: Exhibitions