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Posted by: Matt Raymond
Whether you can be in Washington tomorrow or not, there are many ways for everyone to be a part of the 2009 National Book Festival. I came up with at least a dozen: 1. Attend! It’s tomorrow (Sept. 26) from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. EDT on the National Mall (between 7th and 14th), rain …
Posted in: Books, Capitol Hill, Events, LC Web site, National Book Festival, News, Social Media, Technology, Washington DC
Posted by: Matt Raymond
#nbf Heads up: The first batch of podcast interviews with 2009 National Book Festival authors are now online here, on iTunes here (link opens in iTunes client) and on iTunes U here (link opens in iTunes client). Included in the first round are Junot Diaz, Rickey Minor, James Patterson, George Pelecanos, Nicholas Sparks and David Wroblewski–with more …
Posted in: Books, Events, National Book Festival, News, Podcasts, Social Media, Technology, Washington DC
Posted by: Matt Raymond
I thought I would pass along a statistic that has been floating about for the past couple of days: Our total number of visitors from January to April 2009 increased a whopping 69 percent over 2007! (We’re comparing against 2007 because the same period in 2008 had too many variables, including an extended building closure …
Posted in: New Visitors Experience, News, Thomas Jefferson Building, Washington DC