John Y. Cole is the historian of the Library of Congress and the former director of the Library's Center for the Book. He began working at the Library in 1966 and is retiring this month.
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.
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.
George Willeman is the leader of the nitrate film vaults at the Library of Congress Packard Campus. Here, he tells about lost and nearly lost films he's discovered and helped preserve.
Victoria Vah Hyning helps manage the Library's popular crowdsourcing project, By the People. Her academic training, though, involved researching medieval British convents. We asked her how one led to the other.