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Posted by: Wendi Maloney
Jessica Fries-Gaither, an elementary school science teacher from Columbus, Ohio, is serving as an Albert Einstein distinguished educator fellow at the Library this year. We caught up with her to ask her about her work and some favorite projects.
Posted in: Education, Gazette, Geography and Maps Division, LCM, Library Work and Employees, My Job, Researcher Stories, Science
Posted by: Maria Peña
At times laughing and tossing back her long sisterlocks, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson engaged in a lively discussion with U.S. District Court Judge Carlton W. Reeves in the Coolidge Auditorium last week. She talked about her youth and life experiences, all included in her memoir, "Lovely One."
Posted in: African American History, Civil Rights, Gazette, Womens History, Writers
Posted by: Wendi Maloney
D’Andrea Hamn started working at the library 49 years ago and currently works in the acquisitions program specialist in the U.S. Copyright Office. In this My Job interview, she talks about her work over nearly five decades.
Posted in: Copyright, Gazette, Library Work and Employees, My Job
Posted by: Neely Tucker
Kelsey Corlett-Rivera, an international language librarian for the National Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled, received a 2024 Librarian of Congress Award for expanding acquisition and discoverability of accessible books. Here, she discusses her background and work at the Library.
Posted in: Gazette, Libraries, Library Work and Employees, National Library Service (NLS)
Posted by: Neely Tucker
Lara Szypszak is a reference librarian in the Manuscript Division. In this Q & A, she explains her work at the Library, her international travels and good times assisting Gershwin Prize recipients and National Book Festival authors while they're at Library events.
Posted in: Gazette, Library Work and Employees, My Job
Posted by: Neely Tucker
This is a guest post by Barbara Bair, a historian in the Manuscript Division. She most recently wrote about Ralph Ellison’s photography work. Two important collections of Native American heritage have been digitized and placed on the Library’s website, enabling readers and researchers to dig into histories that are not widely known. The first, …
Posted in: Gazette, Library Work and Employees, Manuscripts, Maps, Native Americans
Posted by: Neely Tucker
"A Soldier's Journey," a new bronze statue, was recently unveiled at the World War I Memorial in Washington, D.C.'s Pershing Park. An excerpt from "The Young Dead Soldiers Do Not Speak," a poem by former Librarian of Congress Archibald MacLeish, adorns another wall at the park. Both mark a fitting tribute to the nation's fallen soldiers this Memorial Day.
Posted in: Gazette, Library Work and Employees, Photos, World War II, Writers
Posted by: Neely Tucker
Vivian Li, an exciting Seattle-based artist and web developer, will be the Library's 2025 Innovator in Residence. Li burst into popular social media popularity with a series about the Seattle Fremont Bridge in 2023, bringing local history to life for new readers. At the Library, Li will develop a series called “Anywhere Adventures” that will connect young researchers with Library holdings about their local communities.
Posted in: Asian American, Comics, Gazette, Library Work and Employees
Posted by: Neely Tucker
U.S. Poet Laureate Ada Limón kicked off her "You Are Here: Poetry in the Parks" project at several National Parks around the country this summer, from Cape Cod to California. With installations in the parks, she's hoping to showcase "the ways reading and writing poetry can situate us in the natural world." Her tour continues in October at Florida's Everglades National Park and at Arizona's Saguaro National Park in December.
Posted in: Gazette, Hispanic American History, Hispanic and Latino, LCM, Library Work and Employees, Poetry, U.S. Poet Laureate, Writers