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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
Posted by: Erin Allen
(The following is a guest post from Audrey Fischer, editor of the new Library of Congress Magazine, LCM.) What a difference a year makes. Last year at this time, we were putting to bed the final issue of the Library of Congress Information Bulletin—not just for the year 2011, but for all eternity. This …
Posted in: LC Web site, News
Posted by: Erin Allen
Library of Congress and Capitol Hill staff gathered today in the historic Thomas Jefferson Building for a special event launching Congress.gov, a new public beta site for accessing free, fact-based legislative information. Featuring platform mobility, comprehensive information retrieval and user-friendly presentation, the new site eventually will replace the THOMAS system, introduced in 1995. “Thomas Jefferson …
Posted in: Capitol Hill, LC Web site, Technology
Posted by: Erin Allen
So many great webcasts are being added to the Library of Congress website daily, that it has become hard to pick just one to feature, as I’ve done in the past. And, the programming here at the institution is so diverse, you’re sure to find something of interest. Here is just a sampling of some …
Posted in: Audiovisual, Events, LC Web site, Washington DC
Posted by: Erin Allen
Here’s a roundup of what’s been going on in the Library of Congress blogosphere in July. In the Muse: Performing Arts Blog Six Degrees of Ernst Bacon Pat Padua connects composer Ernst Bacon to Kevin Bacon, among others. The Signal: Digital Preservation One Family’s Personal Digital Archives Project Mike Ashenfelder relates the story of Vernon …
Posted in: Blogging, Collections, Congress Blogs, LC Web site
Posted by: Erin Allen
Tonight the 2012 Olympics in London kick off. The excitement has certainly been building all year as enthusiasts have followed the torch relay and participating athletes and teams. I can admit that the games probably appeal to me for a few other different reasons than purely anticipating all the awesome competition. First, my favorite band, …
Posted in: Blogging, Collections, Congress Blogs, Events, LC Web site, Maps, Newspapers, Photos
Posted by: Jennifer Gavin
If someone set a bowl of cheese curls in front of you and declared it “breakfast,” would you be able to discern it from cereal? Even if you’re the type who likes cold pizza at 7 a.m., odds are you would not be too quick to pour on the milk and dive in with a …
Posted in: Collections, Copyright, Curators, Education, Exhibitions, History, Law Library, LC Web site, Libraries, Maps, Music, Poetry, Preservation
Posted by: Erin Allen
“Look before you leap.” “Do not believe everything you hear.” “A kindness is never wasted.” “Heaven helps those who help themselves.” “You are judged by the company you keep.” Sound familiar? Sage advice given to you at one time or another likely by your parents or other loved ones, right? I know I can hear …
Posted in: Books, Education, LC Web site, Uncategorized
Posted by: Erin Allen
Today, on what would have been Amelia Earhart’s 115th birthday, news reports are trending about a recent expedition to discover what truly happened to the famed aviator on July 2, 1937, when she and Fred Noonan mysteriously disappeared over the Pacific Ocean. A $2.2 million expedition that hoped to find wreckage from the famed aviator’s …
Posted in: Collections, History, LC Web site, Manuscripts, News, Today in History, Uncategorized