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Posted by: Neely Tucker
Herencia, the Library's Spanish-Language crowdsourcing project, wraps up a very successful first year, with more than 800 volunteers transcribing rare documents from a unique Law Library collection.
Posted in: By the People, Herencia
Posted by: Neely Tucker
Art and handcrafted books of the fine press movement have produced wildly innovative takes on traditional printing and book production. The Library's Rare Book and Special Collections Division collects modern takes on t what a "book" might actually be.
Posted in: Books, Rare Book and Special Collections
Posted by: Mark Hartsell
Conservators at the Library build small models of ancient volumes in order to learn more about their inner structure and how to better preserve them for future generations.
Posted in: Library Work and Employees, Preservation, Preservation and Conservation
Posted by: Neely Tucker
U.S. Poet Laureate Joy Harjo has edited a new anthology of poems, "Living Nations, Living Words," a companion volume to ongoing project at the Library to bring Native poets into mainstream cultural conversations.
Posted in: Native Americans, U.S. Poet Laureate, Writers
Posted by: Neely Tucker
DC Chief Creative Officer and Publisher Jim Lee joins a conversation about superheroes and publishing for Asian-Pacific American Heritage Month.
Posted in: Asian American, Comics, National Ambassador for Young People's Literature, Writers
Posted by: Neely Tucker
George Willeman is the leader of the nitrate film vaults at the Library of Congress Packard Campus. Here, he tells about lost and nearly lost films he's discovered and helped preserve.
Posted in: Audiovisual, My Job, Preservation, Preservation and Conservation
Posted by: Neely Tucker
Librarian Carla Hayden with a special message to mark Public Service Recognition Week.
Posted in: Library Work and Employees
Posted by: Neely Tucker
Jason Reynolds, the National Ambassador for Young People's Literature, writes in this newsletter about his fears of audiences not liking his books.
Posted in: National Ambassador for Young People's Literature, Writers
Posted by: Neely Tucker
The Library's Geography and Map Division recently acquired a rare 18th-century carving of a Theravada Buddhist cosmography that originated in Myanmar (formerly known as Burma). The Library's John Hessler translates and explains the nine-foot-tall carving.
Posted in: Geography and Maps Division, Maps