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Posted by: Erin Allen
(The following is a feature on “Technology at the Library” from the September-October 2014 issue of the Library of Congress Magazine, LCM. You can read the issue in its entirety here.) The Library of Congress holds the largest collection of flutes in the world, due in great measure to the generosity of Ohio physicist and amateur flutist Dayton …
Posted in: Collections, Music, Preservation, Technology
Posted by: Erin Allen
In August, the Library of Congress was busy with exhibitions and expositions, opening “American Ballet Theatre: Touring the Globe for 75 Years” on Aug. 14 and hosting the 14th annual National Book Festival on Aug. 30. “At the company’s heart was ballet theater, a physical way of creating a new world onstage,” wrote Sarah Kaufman …
Posted in: Civil War, Collections, Events, Exhibitions, National Book Festival, News, Newspapers, Preservation, Technology, Washington DC
Posted by: Erin Allen
Today the Library of Congress launched its own Pinterest account, continuing efforts to make educational, historical and cultural resources available to web users across many platforms. With Pinterest, the Library can share visual content with a wide audience, allowing them to also curate their own collections featuring the same content by creating and managing “boards” …
Posted in: Audiovisual, Blogging, Collections, Congress Blogs, Education, LC Web site, Social Media, Technology
Posted by: Erin Allen
Inside Adams: Science, Technology and Business Oh, Oology! Caliology and oology are the study of bird nests and eggs, respectively. In the Muse: Performing Arts Blog Best Buddies, or Just Goethe Friends? Tchaikovsky and Brahms share a birthday, among other things. In Custodia Legis: Law Librarians of Congress I Could Not Accept Your Challenge to …
Posted in: Audiovisual, Blogging, Collections, Congress Blogs, Education, Law Library, LC Web site, Manuscripts, Music, Photos, Poetry, Science, Social Media, Technology
Posted by: Erin Allen
(The following is a story written by Cory V. Langley, a communications specialist in the Congressional Research Service, that is featured in the May – June 2014 issue of the Library of Congress Magazine, LCM, now available for download here. You can also view the archives of the Library’s former publication from 1993 to 2011. Amid fear and anxiety …
Posted in: Capitol Hill, Congress, History, Technology, Uncategorized, Washington DC
Posted by: Erin Allen
(The following is a guest post from Audrey Fischer, editor of the Library of Congress Magazine.) Fifty years ago, the Library installed its first computer and began charting a course to bibliographic control and global shared access. On Jan. 15, 1964, the first components of a small-scale computer system were delivered to the Library of …
Posted in: Cataloging, LC Web site, Technology, Washington DC