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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: Neely Tucker
James McBride, winner of the Library's 2024 Prize for American Fiction, took the main stage at the National Book Festival last weekend, delighting a rapturous crowd with anecdotes and observations about his best-selling books and his remarkable writing career. "Love is the greatest novel ever written," he said. "That's it."
Posted in: African American History, Gazette, Library of Congress Prize for American Fiction, Library Work and Employees, National Book Festival, Writers
Posted by: Neely Tucker
Gregory Lukow, chief of the National Audio-Visual Conservation Center, led the Library's efforts to construct the Center, teaming with the Packard Humanities Institute to make it one of the world's best film preservation facilities. He recently brought his 24-year career to a close. Here, he reflects on some major highlights.
Posted in: Audiovisual, Film, Gazette, Library Work and Employees, My Job, Preservation, Preservation and Conservation
Posted by: Wendi Maloney
New details about early European explorations along the North American east coast have been gleaned from a 16th-century portolan chart by the Library's Preservation and Research Testing Division. Using multispectral imaging and other techniques, Library staff has discovered multiple place names on the chart that could not be seen by the naked eye.
Posted in: Gazette, Geography and Maps Division, Library Work and Employees, Maps, Preservation, Preservation and Conservation, Science, Technology
Posted by: Wendi Maloney
Karen Werth is the Library's deputy chief of exhibitions. She talks about her work on popular exhibits featuring Rosa Parks, the Magna Carta and baseball in this short Q&A.
Posted in: Exhibitions, Gazette, Library Work and Employees, My Job, Thomas Jefferson Building
Posted by: Wendi Maloney
The Library will award the 2024 Prize for American Fiction to novelist and author James McBride, Librarian Carla Hayden announced today. McBride, 66, is the author of the hugely popular memoir "The Color of Water," novels such as “The Good Lord Bird” (winner of the 2013 National Book Award for Fiction) and, most recently "The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store," which received the 2023 Kirkus Prize for Fiction and was named Barnes and Noble’s 2023 Book of the Year. In 2016, he was awarded the the National Humanities Medal. He will be awarded the Prize for Fiction at the 2024 National Book Festival.
Posted in: Gazette, Library of Congress Prize for American Fiction, National Book Festival, Writers
Posted by: Wendi Maloney
My Job is a recurring feature, presenting a Q&A with Library employees. This week, we chat with Mineeya Miles, a special assistant to the Health Services Division’s Wellness Program.
Posted in: Gazette, Library Work and Employees, My Job
Posted by: Wendi Maloney
The Library's custom-designed multitracking studio at National Audio-Visual Conservation Center was built to house and preserve the collections of guitarist and audio-engineering innovator Les Paul. But it's also used to convert, preserve and save recordings made on formats that may not last. It's one of several labs that use cutting-edge technology to save the nation's recorded sound history.
Posted in: Gazette, LCM, Library Work and Employees, Music, National Audio-Visual Conservation Center, Performing Arts, Preservation, Preservation and Conservation, Technology
Posted by: Wendi Maloney
Cormac Ó hAodha, a resident fellow in the John W. Kluge Center, is taking a deep dive into the Library's Alan Lomax Collection. Lomax, a major figure in 20th-century folklore and ethnomusicology, made field recordings in the Múscraí region of County Cork, Ireland, in the early 1950s. Ó hAodha is using those recordings as part of his Ph. D studies at the University College Cork into the history of the Múscraí song tradition.
Posted in: American Folklife Center, Gazette, Kluge Center, Library Work and Employees, Lomax Collection, Music, Performing Arts, Preservation, Researcher Stories