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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
(UPDATE: Here’s a December 2017 status report on our work with the Twitter archives.) An element of our mission at the Library of Congress is to collect the story of America and to acquire collections that will have research value. So when the Library had the opportunity to acquire an archive from the popular social media …
Posted in: Collections, Social Media
Posted by: Matt Raymond
(UPDATE: Here’s a December 2017 status report on our work with the Twitter archives.) (UPDATE: Here’s a January 2013 status report on our work with the Twitter archives.) (UPDATE: We posted an FAQ on April 28.) Have you ever sent out a “tweet” on the popular Twitter social media service? Congratulations: Your 140 characters or less …
Posted in: Social Media
Posted by: Matt Raymond
(UPDATE: Here’s a December 2017 status report on our work with the Twitter archives.) (UPDATE: Here’s a January 2013 status report on our work with the Twitter archives.) Twitter’s gift (link is PDF) to the Library of Congress of its entire archive of public tweets, announced two weeks ago today, sure has stoked the public’s interest. …
Posted in: Collections, History, News, Preservation, Social Media, Technology
Posted by: Matt Raymond
This is the fourth in a series of guest posts by Abigail Van Gelder, who with her husband, Josh, are journeying across the country on the Library’s “Gateway to Knowledge” traveling exhibition: We always say the show must go on, but the rain in Cumberland [Maryland] gave us a run for our money. It started …
Posted in: Exhibitions, News
Posted by: John Sayers
The Presidential Inaugural Committee for Joe Biden and Kamala Harris announced that National Youth Poet Laureate Amanda Gorman perform her poetry at the 59th Presidential Inaugural Swearing-In Ceremony, set to take place on Wednesday, January 20, on the West Front of the U.S. Capitol.
Posted in: Poetry, U.S. Presidents, Washington DC
Posted by: Brett Zongker
Tune in on Instagram and Twitter to learn 19 stories you may not know from the Library of Congress, Smithsonian and National Archives. Every weekday from August 3 through Women's Equality Day, August 26, we're counting down from 19 to 1 with a new story each day on our Instagram and Twitter feeds.
Posted in: History, Social Media, Today in History, Women's History
Posted by: Brett Zongker
The Library of Congress, National Archives, and Smithsonian’s American Women’s History Initiative team up for a series of exhibits marking the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment.
Posted in: Exhibitions, Women's History
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