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Posted by: Wendi Maloney
Alan Gevinson will retire this spring as special assistant to the chief of the National Audio-Visual Conservation Center. Here, he shares some of his best memories at the Library, including moments with Rep. John Lewis, Bill Moyers ... and his future wife.
Posted in: Audiovisual, Cataloging, Civil Rights, Gazette, Library Work and Employees, My Job, National Audio-Visual Conservation Center, Preservation and Conservation, Video
Posted by: Wendi Maloney
Bernie Taupin took the stage recently to speak with Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden about his songwriting journey with Elton John. The pair are the 2024 Gershwin Prize for Popular Song winners and their award concert will be broadcast on PBS April 8.
Posted in: Concerts, Events, Gazette, Gershwin Prize for Popular Song, Library Work and Employees, Music, Performing Arts, Writers
Posted by: Wendi Maloney
Monica Smith, chief of the Library's informal learning office, talks about her work and the goals of the program. She joined the Library in 2023 after three decades at the Smithsonian; she's also a veteran world traveler.
Posted in: Curators, Gazette, Kids, Libraries, Library Work and Employees, My Job
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
Jessica Castelo is a museum technician in the Visitor Engagement Office. Here, she answers a short Q&A session about her work and life outside the office.
Posted in: Events, Gazette, Library Work and Employees, My Job, New Visitors Experience
Posted by: Wendi Maloney
Angela Kinney was named deputy director of the Acquisitions and Bibliographic Access Directorate in November. This is a brief question and answer article about her long career at the Library.
Posted in: African and Middle Eastern Division, Gazette, Libraries, Library Work and Employees, My Job
Posted by: Wendi Maloney
As the clock struck 12:01 a.m. on Dec. 5, 1933, a truck full of beer departed Anheuser-Busch in St. Louis. KMOX CBS Radio excitedly broadcast the event to the nation -- Prohibition had ended. Beer was on en route to the White House. This slice of history is just one example of thousands of broadcasts that the Library's Radio Preservation Task Force have brought to light in archives across the country since its launch in December 2014.
Posted in: Congress, Gazette, Library Work and Employees, Preservation, Preservation and Conservation, Researcher Stories
Posted by: Wendi Maloney
Christopher Oakley, a prominent film animator turned university historian, used his knowledge of computer modeling -- and his research at the LIbrary of Congress -- to help solve a small but important mystery: Where exactly did Lincoln stand while delivering his famed Gettysburg Address?
Posted in: Abraham Lincoln, Civil War, Gazette, Library Work and Employees, Researcher Stories, Today in History, U.S. Presidents
Posted by: Wendi Maloney
Jessica Tang, a library technician in the Asian Division, answers questions about her work and her hobbies -- the latter including writing historical fiction, letterboxing and playing as a clarinetist and fifer in the U.S. Army's 29th Infantry Division Band.
Posted in: Asian American, Asian Division, Gazette, Library Work and Employees, My Job