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Posted by: Deanna McCray-James
The Library of Congress American Folklife Center is pleased to announce the inaugural recipient cohort of the Community Collections Grant program. Beginning in March, these 10 awardees will work over the next 12 months to complete a range of engaging and meaningful research. This work will ultimately be included in the Library’s various permanent collections. This series …
Posted in: Community Collections grants
Posted by: Donna Sokol
Applications are open today, March 21 through Monday, April 25, 2022 for the Fall 2022 session of the Archives, History and Heritage Advanced (AHHA) Internship Program. This year, AHHA will be a hybrid program that includes both onsite and remote projects. Interns from near and far are able to participate. For more information, visit AHHA …
Posted in: internships
Posted by: Laurie Allen
We are delighted to introduce Marya McQuirter, the new program director for the Connecting Communities Digital Initiative (CCDI). CCDI is a four-year program encouraging creative uses of the Library’s digital collections to center the histories, lives and experiences of Black, Indigenous and other communities of color. To learn more about CCDI, click here. You know firsthand …
Posted in: Connecting Communities Digital Initiative
Posted by: Donna Sokol
We are happy to introduce Giselle M. Avilés, Librarian in the Hispanic Reading Room, who recently completed a detail with the Connecting Communities Digital Initiative (CCDI). What is your job at the Library? I am a reference librarian in the Hispanic Reading Room of the Latin American, Caribbean, and European Division. In this role, I …
Posted in: CCDI, Connecting Communities Digital Initiative, digital collections, library resources, research