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Posted by: Gayle Osterberg
‘Tis the season to be jolly, be of good cheer and…be a thorough list-maker. Gift lists, grocery lists, invitation lists … there are so many things, and so little time that lists are essential to helping us make a bit more sense of it all. The Library offers a lot of great resources that can …
Posted in: Audiovisual, Collections, History, LC Web site, Music, Photos, Science, Veterans History Project
Posted by: Gayle Osterberg
The Library of Congress launched its first website in 1994. Since that time we have digitized and made available millions of items from our collections and added new features to help you take advantage of all that the Library offers. During the past three years, the Library’s web team has been transitioning these vast online …
Posted in: Collections, LC Web site, News, Technology
Posted by: Gayle Osterberg
I have been reading with enthusiasm recent interviews with the screenwriter/director Wes Anderson about his forthcoming film “The Grand Budapest Hotel,” not only because I am a fan of Mr. Anderson’s work, but because he has been talking about the Library of Congress. Specifically, he’s been talking about how he has recently used the Library. …
Posted in: Collections, Copyright, Film, LC Web site, Photos
Posted by: Gayle Osterberg
There is joy in Mudville today, as we mark the 125th anniversary since “Casey at the Bat” was first published on June 3, 1888, in the San Francisco Examiner. The poem, dubbed the “single most famous baseball poem ever written” by the Baseball Almanac, has inspired everything from political cartoons to entire operas. Written by …
Posted in: Audiovisual, Collections, Education, History, LC Web site, Music, Poetry, Uncategorized, Washington DC
Posted by: Gayle Osterberg
In its first three weeks of life (still a newborn!) Congress.gov has attracted almost 45,000 visitors and is approaching a quarter million page views, as people find time to explore the new site and some of its features. It has been terrific to see the positive response on the ease of navigation, clean layout, permanent …
Posted in: Congress, LC Web site, Video
Posted by: Gayle Osterberg
(The following is a guest post from the Library’s Director of Communications, Gayle Osterberg.) It’s been a big week for the Library of Congress, as we’ve launched two exciting new resources to serve our many and varied audiences in the years ahead, and are rolling into our biggest event of the year on the National …
Posted in: Capitol Hill, Events, LC Web site, National Book Festival, Thomas Jefferson Building, Uncategorized, Washington DC