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Posted by: Neely Tucker
Sybille Jagusch, chief of the Library's Literature Center, has just published "Japan and American Children's Books," a gorgeously illustrated volume that details how Japan and Japanese culture has been portrayed in American children's books over the past two centuries.
Posted in: Asian American, Asian American History, Kids, Library Work and Employees, News, Researcher Stories, Writers
Posted by: Neely Tucker
Of the Library's many Pride Month events is Pride Night Online, in which Megan Metcalf, the Women's Gender and LGBTQIA+ studies librarian and collection specialist, will conduct a free online workshop to researching LGBTQ material in our collections.
Posted in: Events, LGBTQ, Library Work and Employees
Posted by: Wendi Maloney
The Library's reading rooms are beginning to reopen to researchers for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic began more than 14 months ago.
Posted in: Library Work and Employees, Researcher Stories
Posted by: Wendi Maloney
All 23 sets of presidential papers held by the Library, a total of more than 3.3 million images, now are available and searchable online, an accomplishment more than two decades in the making.
Posted in: Abraham Lincoln, LCM, Library Work and Employees, Manuscripts, New Online, U.S. Presidents
Posted by: Wendi Maloney
During Public Service Recognition Week 2021, we're recognizing some of the unique people who make the Library special. Shannon Gorrell is senior clinical manager in the Health Services Division.
Posted in: Library Work and Employees, My Job
Posted by: Wendi Maloney
In this My Job feature, the Library's Maurice Carter talks about keeping the Library's loading docks working during the pandemic...and singing at Madison Square Garden.
Posted in: Library Work and Employees, My Job
Posted by: Mark Hartsell
Conservators at the Library build small models of ancient volumes in order to learn more about their inner structure and how to better preserve them for future generations.
Posted in: Library Work and Employees, Preservation, Preservation and Conservation
Posted by: Neely Tucker
Librarian Carla Hayden with a special message to mark Public Service Recognition Week.
Posted in: Library Work and Employees