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Posted by: Gayle Osterberg
In 2010, the Library of Congress announced an exciting and groundbreaking acquisition—a gift from Twitter of the entire archive of public tweet text beginning with the first tweets of 2006 through 2010, and continuing with all public tweet text going forward. The Library took this step for the same reason it collects other materials – …
Posted in: Social Media, Technology
Posted by: Gayle Osterberg
The advent of recorded sound and moving images has enriched our lives beyond measure. We have heard the voices of presidents and shared the beauty of piano concertos. We have watched tragedies unfold worldwide, and in our own backyards. We’ve been transported by movies that captivate, beguile, frighten and inspire. We have absorbed voices of …
Posted in: Audiovisual, Events, Film, Preservation, Video
Posted by: Wendi Maloney
This is a guest post by Stephen Wesson of the Education Outreach Program. As educators return to the nation’s classrooms and school libraries, we are delighted to launch another year of teaching ideas and discovery at loc.gov/teachers and Teaching with the Library of Congress! The Library’s K–12 education program supports teachers and school librarians in …
Posted in: Education
Posted by: Wendi Maloney
(The following is an article from the January/February 2017 issue of LCM, the Library of Congress Magazine, in which Danna Bell of the Library’s Educational Outreach Office discusses her job. The issue can be read in its entirety here.) How would you describe your work at the Library? I am production coordinator for the …
Posted by: Erin Allen
(The following was written by Julie Miller, Barbara Bair and Michelle Krowl, historians in the Library’s Manuscript Division, for the January/February 2017 issue of the Library of Congress Magazine, LCM. You can read the issue in its entirety here.) Presidential candidates have used popular culture to promote their campaigns for nearly 200 years. Today’s political …
Posted in: Abraham Lincoln, Collections, Congress, Curators, History, LC Web site, LCM