Library’s Web Archiving: COVID-19 Challenges
Posted by: Neely Tucker
The Library is collecting web content that documents COVID-19's devastating impact on the nation.
Posted in: Cataloging, Collections, COVID-19, Influeza/Covid-19, Poetry
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Posted by: Neely Tucker
The Library is collecting web content that documents COVID-19's devastating impact on the nation.
Posted in: Cataloging, Collections, COVID-19, Influeza/Covid-19, Poetry
Posted by: Neely Tucker
George Thuronyi, the deputy director of Public Information and Education for the Copyright Office, chooses favorite historical items submitted for copyright registration.
Posted by: Neely Tucker
Popular renditions of Santa Claus have varied greatly since Clement Clarke Moore's characterization of him as soot-covered elf in 1823's "A Visit from St. Nicholas."
Posted in: Christmas
Posted by: Neely Tucker
The Library's Free to Use and Reuse sets of copyright-free images from our vast collections of prints and photographs are endlessly entertaining, so why not check out the collection of Games for Fun and Relaxation?
Posted in: American Folklife Center, Free to Use and Reuse, Photos
Posted by: Neely Tucker
Senior information specialist Rosemary Brawner helps the public understand copyright.
Posted by: Neely Tucker
Cary O’Dell at the Library’s National Recording Registry runs our Mystery Photo Contest. His most recent post, a Thanksgiving Edition, included 14 of his last 30 mystery pictures. Here’s his update. Greetings all! Thanks to your hard work over the past month, we solved five of 14 Mystery Photos posted just before Thanksgiving. That’s remarkable, …
Posted in: Mystery Photo Contest, Photos, Thanksgiving
Posted by: Neely Tucker
"The Battle of the Century," a Laurel and Hardy silent film thought to be lost forever, was found a few years ago and today was entered into the Library's National Film Registry.
Posted in: Audiovisual, Film, National Film Preservation Board, National Film Registry, Preservation and Conservation
Posted by: Neely Tucker
Dolly Parton’s documentary about her world-class book giveaway program for young children debuted on Facebook this week, highlighting her Imagination Library’s 25-year history and its ties to the Library. “The Library that Dolly Built” chronicles how Parton, the child of impoverished parents (her father was illiterate) in rural Tennessee, built an international program that has …
Posted in: Books, Literacy Awards, Thomas Jefferson Building
Posted by: Neely Tucker
Jason Reynolds, the National Ambassador for Children's Literature, pens his December newsletter.
Posted in: National Ambassador for Young People's Literature, Writers