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Posted by: Matt Raymond
(Previous posts from last week are here and here.) The hawk is still in the Main Reading Room. The rescue team found a trap that she was attracted to (which is good news for humane capture); however, the hawk had swooped in and took just enough of the bait late Sunday afternoon and was able …
Posted in: News, Thomas Jefferson Building
Posted by: Matt Raymond
Yesterday I blogged about a hawk that has come to visit our Main Reading Room. It has captured the imagination of the public, the media and researchers in the Main Reading Room, as heads are constantly craned upward (I’m really trying to swear off the bird puns!) to get a glimpse. Well, she is still …
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Posted by: Matt Raymond
You know that poem “The Raven” by Edgar Allen Allan Poe? The one where a guy holes himself up in a room surrounded by books, only to be pestered by a bird looking over his shoulder? Yeah, that one. Well, a few of our researchers might have been getting a similar feeling lately, but on …
Posted in: Libraries, News, Thomas Jefferson Building
Posted by: Matt Raymond
The Gateway to Knowledge truck pulled up at about 4:45 p.m. and is now preparing to park on the National Mall for the big day. How exciting! The cab, both dark and gleaming at the same time, the picture-perfect blue sky in the background … As I saw the rig parked in front of the …
Posted in: Capitol Hill, Photos, Thomas Jefferson Building, Washington DC
Posted by: Matt Raymond
After a very long time in the planning stages, our “Gateway to Knowledge” traveling exhibition is finally becoming a reality. We were emailed a photo today (shown at right) that got everyone buzzing. It’s the first picture I have seen of the actual truck, rather than a rendering. (Don’t worry; I don’t think it was …
Posted in: Capitol Hill, Collections, Education, Exhibitions, National Book Festival, News, Thomas Jefferson Building, Washington DC
Posted by: Jennifer Gavin
Mark your calendars … then dust them for fingerprints. Blockbuster mystery authors David Baldacci, Sandra Brown and Kathy Reichs are coming to the Library of Congress next week, and you can meet them. It’s a Monday preview to the National Book Festival (to be held on the National Mall Saturday, Sept. 25 from 10 a.m. – …
Posted in: Capitol Hill, Events, Social Media, Thomas Jefferson Building, Uncategorized, Washington DC
Posted by: Jennifer Gavin
If you follow popular music, you likely saw in June that Sir Paul McCartney—in Washington to receive the Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song—not only sang at the White House but also, the night before that elegant gig, performed at a venue at the Library known as the Coolidge Auditorium. You might also …
Posted in: Capitol Hill, Concerts, Events, History, Music, Thomas Jefferson Building, Washington DC
Posted by: Matt Raymond
Developers for the iPhone and iPad have been able to say “there’s an app for that” about a quarter-million times–the total number currently available in Apple’s App Store. But not until now has there been an official app for the Library of Congress. (So far it’s the first and only app–don’t be fooled by imitators!) …
Posted in: Audiovisual, Collections, Exhibitions, New Visitors Experience, Thomas Jefferson Building, Video
Posted by: Jennifer Gavin
Beloved comedian Bob Hope’s legacy has gotten new legs with the opening of the Library of Congress exhibition “Hope for America: Performers, Politics & Pop Culture.” An online preview is available here. “Hope for America” explores the special relationship between comedians and politicians and the way it changed in the century that encompassed Hope’s life and …
Posted in: Audiovisual, Capitol Hill, Collections, Exhibitions, Film, LC Web site, Thomas Jefferson Building