Ever wondered what it would be like to work at the largest library in the world? If you’re the type of student who gets a thrill from working with primary sources and seeing the inner workings of libraries and archives, then you might be interested in the Library of Congress Junior Fellows Summer Internship Program. …
Approximately 350 years before young pop artist Justin Bieber joined planet earth, the original Biber (pronounced Beeber, as “Bieber”) was born in Wartenberg, Bohemia. Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber (baptized August 12, 1644, died May 3, 1704) was the rage in Austria and Central Europe for much of the seventeenth century (top that Justin!). His …
The following is a guest post by Elizabeth Fulford Miller, Library Services, with an h/t to Stephen Winick of the American Folklife Center. Scotland’s national “bard” was born on January 25, 1759, and all around the world “Burns suppers” – complete with bagpipes, a special Scottish dish called “haggis,” poetry and song – will be …