New! The National Book Festival Poster!
Posted by: John Sayers
The dazzling poster for the 2019 National Book Festival is by Marian Bantjes.
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Category: Free to Use and Reuse
Pic(s) of the Week: Ice Cream!
Posted by: Neely Tucker
The Library's "Free to Use and Reuse" sets features copyright-free prints and photographs for public use.
Posted in: Free to Use and Reuse, Photos, Pic of the Week
Pic of the Week: Big Bad Wolf Edition
Posted by: Neely Tucker
A rare, 1863 edition of "Red Riding Hood," cut in the shape of the star attraction, from Library's Young Reader Center, marking Children's Book Week.
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Join Us for a Serendipity Run – No Sneakers Required
Posted by: John Sayers
And now for something completely different. On November 8, Jer Thorp, the Library of Congress Innovator-in-Residence, will take over the @LibraryCongress Twitter account to host a #SerendipityRun. What’s a #SerendipityRun? Let’s ask Jer: #SerendipityRun is an experiment in collaborative serendipity. During the run, we’ll see how far and wide we can range across the Library’s …
Posted in: Collections, Education, Free to Use and Reuse, LC Web site
Free to Use and Reuse – and Animate! A Parade of Posters
Posted by: Wendi Maloney
This month, we’re highlighting selections from the Library’s vast international poster collection on our Free to Use and Reuse page – and an animation contest. The posters we’re showcasing – on themes from travel, sports and entertainment to consumer goods and more – reflect a special collaboration between the Library and Poster House, a new …
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Free to Use and Reuse: Pilot Browser Extension Supports Exploration of Historical Images
Posted by: Wendi Maloney
This is a guest post by Flynn Shannon, who interned this summer in the Library’s Communications Office through the Junior Fellows Program. He is a student at Kenyon College, where he is pursuing a degree in classical mathematics with a concentration in scientific computing. The post was first published on “The Signal,” a blog covering …
Posted in: Copyright, Free to Use and Reuse, LC Web site, Social Media, Technology
Free to Use and Reuse: Cycling Season Has Arrived!
Posted by: Wendi Maloney
On Sunday night, July 16, 1895, Hattie Strage of Chicago was arrested and fined for disorderly conduct. Her offense? Bicycling over the city’s fashionable South Side boulevards “arrayed in a bloomer suit consisting of flesh-colored tights and a short jacket.” Women’s cycling attire was a subject of intense scrutiny at the dawn of the golden …
Posted in: Free to Use and Reuse, Photos
Irish-American Heritage Month: New Resources
Posted by: Wendi Maloney
To celebrate Irish-American Heritage Month—and of course St. Patrick’s Day!—we’re adding new images to our Free to Use and Reuse archive and releasing a new resources guide associated with the Irish-American experience. Last month, we launched our Free to Use archive featuring sets of themed content: travel posters, presidential portraits, Civil War drawings and all …
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Free to Use and Reuse: Making Public Domain and Rights-Clear Content Easier to Find
Posted by: Michelle Rago
One of our biggest challenges is letting you know about all of the content available at loc.gov. Another challenge we have is letting you know what you can do with it (in a nice way). We are working on several fronts to improve the visibility of public domain and rights-clear content. We moved one step …
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