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Posted by: Wendi Maloney
Kelsey Beeghly, a science curriculum and assessment coordinator from Orlando, Florida, was the Library’s 2023–24 Albert Einstein distinguished educator fellow. Here, she talks about some of her discoveries at the Library and suggestions for STEM teachers.
Posted in: Blogging, Education, Gazette, Library Work and Employees, Preservation and Conservation, Researcher Stories, Science
Posted by: Wendi Maloney
Since a disastrous 1966 flood in Florence, Italy, Library conservation specialists have advised disaster victims around the world about how to salvage their damaged books and artifacts. One of the most recent emergencies was a 2023 flood in Vermont. A Library team spent just over two weeks in the region.
Posted in: Education, Gazette, Library Work and Employees, My Job, Preservation, Preservation and Conservation
Posted by: Wendi Maloney
Jacqueline Katz is the Library’s 2022–23 Albert Einstein Distinguished Educator. The fellowship program appoints accomplished K–12 teachers of science, technology, engineering and mathematics — the STEM fields — to collaborate with federal agencies and congressional offices in advancing STEM education. She has taught biology and chemistry at Princeton High School in Princeton, New Jersey, for the …
Posted in: Education, Gazette, Library Work and Employees, Researcher Stories, Science, Technology
Posted by: Wendi Maloney
Describe your work at the Library. I’m the chief of the Visitor Engagement Office. I oversee a team of people — both staff and volunteers — who welcome thousands of visitors to the Library’s public spaces and exhibitions each day. In addition to acting as front-line customer service, we also help visitors connect to the …
Posted in: Concerts, Education, Events, Exhibitions, Library Work and Employees, My Job, New Visitors Experience
Posted by: Wendi Maloney
Ida B. Wells was 30 years old in 1892, living in Memphis and working as a newspaper editor, when a mob lynched one of her friends. Distraught, the pioneering journalist set out to document the stories of lynching victims and disprove a commonly asserted justification — that the murders were a response to rape. Wells’ …
Posted in: African American History, Congress, Education, Geography and Maps Division, Junior Fellows Program, LCM, Library Work and Employees, Maps, Technology
Posted by: Neely Tucker
This is a guest post by Giselle Aviles, a reference librarian in the Hispanic Reading Room of the Latin American, Caribbean and European Division. The Hispanic Reading Room has a new research guide, Interconnecting Worlds: Weaving Community Narratives, Andean Histories & the Library’s Collections. This guide, with resources in English, Spanish and Quechua, facilitates research …
Posted in: Education, Hispanic and Latino, Hispanic Division, Library Work and Employees, Native Americans
Posted by: Wendi Maloney
Lesley Anderson is a 2021–22 Albert Einstein Distinguished Educator at the Library. Here, she answers a Q&A about her research time.
Posted in: Education, Library Work and Employees, Researcher Stories, Science
Posted by: Neely Tucker
Amara Alexander is the 2019-20 Einstein Fellow at the Library of Congress. Here, she writes about her research at the Library.
Posted in: African American History, Education, Researcher Stories
Posted by: Neely Tucker
The Library features new coloring pages adapted from our collections, adding to the growing number of family activities on offer since Covid-19.
Posted in: Education, Influeza/Covid-19, Kids, National Ambassador for Young People's Literature, New Online, Thomas Jefferson Building