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Posted by: Jennifer Gavin
A cartoon can be engaging and funny and tell a story without any audible sound at all; even newspaper cartoons of the 20th century featured characters such as Ferd’nand and The Little King, (external links) who went through their paces, frame-by-frame, with little or no dialogue to move the story along. But sometimes, more is more, as …
Posted in: Audiovisual, Collections, Exhibitions, Film, Music, Uncategorized
Posted by: Jennifer Gavin
Interactivity with one’s television or computer is normal, today. But there was a time–in a day when talking back to the tube would mark you as a bit odd–when families in the United States gathered to interact with their television receivers in a big way: They sang along with Mitch. Between 1961 and 1965, many …
Posted in: Audiovisual, Collections, Music, Preservation, Video
Posted by: Matt Raymond
Blog. Twitter. YouTube. iTunes. Yeah, we speak Web 2.0. You nation’s Library has millions of stories to tell, so we’re trying to tell them as many places and to as many people as possible–whether on our own website or elsewhere. And now you can add another biggie to the list: iTunes U. For those who …
Posted in: Audiovisual, Cataloging, Collections, Education, LC Web site, News, Podcasts, Social Media, Video
Posted by: Jennifer Gavin
The Library of Congress has released the 25 recordings selected this year to be preserved for all time as part of the National Recording Registry. They range from the old and classical (violinist Jascha Heifetz’ recordings for Victor Records early in the last century) to more recent rock (The Who, singing “My Generation”) and from …
Posted in: Audiovisual, Collections, History, Music, Poetry, Preservation
Posted by: Matt Raymond
Jennifer Cutting of the Library’s American Folklife Center talks about the origins of May Day and its celebration. We have temporarily put that video on the front page of our relatively new YouTube channel.
Posted in: American Folklife Center, Audiovisual, History, Video
Posted by: Matt Raymond
Well, this is a day that has been a long time in coming. The Library of Congress has been working for several months now so that we could “do YouTube right.” When you’re the stewards of the world’s largest collection of audiovisual materials (some 6 million films, broadcasts and sound recordings), nothing less would be …
Posted in: Audiovisual, Collections, Film, News, Social Media, Video
Posted by: Matt Raymond
Before you watch the Stevie Wonder concert last night at the White House in celebration of the Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song tonight on PBS (you will watch, won’t you?), you really need to see the celebrated artist kick it “classical style” in the Library’s Coolidge Auditorium. (The White House event was …
Posted in: Audiovisual, Concerts, Events, LC Web site, Music, News