I am SO THRILLED to share that we are now accepting applications for the Program Director of the Connecting Communities Digital Initiative (CCDI), part of our Of the People: Widening the Path initiative. This position reports to the Library’s Digital Strategy Director (me!). The person in this position will lead this exciting new effort to …
The Connecting Communities Digital Initiative celebrates Asian Pacific American Heritage Month with an excerpt from the post, "Speaking through Images: Asian American Photographers and Printmakers at the Library of Congress."
This is an interview with Antonio Austin, who served as an Archives, History and Heritage Advanced virtual intern in the Prints & Photographs Division from February to April 2021.
An interview with Cheryl Ingraham, a Library of Congress program specialist who has joined us temporarily to help launch the Of the People initiative. Cheryl has helped us build and communicate about the new Connecting Communities Digital Initiative. I interviewed Cheryl about how her experience and interests support her work with Of the People to harness technological innovation to amplify the histories of racial and ethnic minorities and connect all Americans with the Library of Congress.
On April 10, Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden spoke with Ivette Feliciano on the PBS Newshour about the "Of the People, Widening the Path" initiative, supported by a $15 million investment from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
UPDATE 4/15/2021: These job postings have closed. Please check back for more opportunities! As part of the Mellon Foundation-funded initiative, Of the People: Widening the Path, the Library’s Internship and Fellowship Programs (IFP) office is able to expand several of its internship programs. The IFP team is seeking to fill two program specialist positions that …
Applications open today—March 26, 2021—for the Fall session of the Archives, History and Heritage Advanced Internship! This part-time, remote internship offers undergraduate juniors and seniors, graduate and doctoral students insights into the Library of Congress collections—the world’s largest and most comprehensive repository of human knowledge. Interested in applying? Read below for a brief guide on …
