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Posted by: Michelle Stefano
An Of the People blog post featuring a 2023 Community Collections Grant recipient project focused on documenting Brooklyn, New York's J'ouvert Carnival community and traditions.
Posted in: Community Collections grants
Posted by: Olivia Dorsey
The Connecting Communities Digital Initiative (CCDI) team interviewed Boone County Public Library (BCPL), one of CCDI's 2023 Libraries, Archives, Museums recipients. This post offers details about their project, "African Americans of the Kentucky Borderlands: Utilizing Library of Congress Collections."
Posted in: Available Funding, CCDI, Connecting Communities Digital Initiative, digital collections, research
Posted by: Olivia Dorsey
The Connecting Communities Digital Initiative (CCDI) team interviewed the University of New Mexico (UNM), one of CCDI's 2023 Higher Education recipients. This post offers details about Dr. Natasha Howard's project, "Remember the South Broadway—Albuquerque, New Mexico's Oldest African American Community."
Posted in: Available Funding, CCDI, Connecting Communities Digital Initiative, digital collections, research
Posted by: Olivia Dorsey
The Connecting Communities Digital Initiative (CCDI) team interviewed Historical Society of Pennsylvania (HSP), one of CCDI's 2023 Libraries, Archives, Museums recipients. This post offers details about their project, "Resurrecting Voices: The Philadelphia Black Experience."
Posted in: Available Funding, CCDI, Connecting Communities Digital Initiative, digital collections, research
Posted by: Olivia Dorsey
The Connecting Communities Digital Initiative (CCDI) team interviewed Houston Community College System (HCCS), one of CCDI's 2023 Higher Education recipients. This post offers details about Dr. Theresa Jach's project, "The Prisoner Experience in the South, 1866-1940."
Posted in: Available Funding, CCDI, Connecting Communities Digital Initiative, digital collections, research
Posted by: Deanna McCray-James
Guest post by Sara Augustin, a 2023 Office of Communications Junior Fellow Of the People: Widening the Path is proud to announce our presence at this year’s Martha’s Vineyard African American Film Festival (MVFF) which will take place at the Martha’s Vineyard Performing Arts Center in Oak Bluffs, MV next week. Celebrating its 21st year, …
Posted in: CCDI, Connecting Communities Digital Initiative, events
Posted by: Michelle Stefano
An announcement for the final informational webinar and other application resources of the American Folklife Center's Community Collections Grants of the Library's Of the People: Widening the Path Initiative.
Posted in: Available Funding, Community Collections grants
Posted by: Donna Sokol
We regularly feature the interns whose hard work positively impacts the Library. Today’s interview is with a 2022 participant in the Fall cohort of the Library of Congress Internships (LOCI) program, Eliana Carter. Describe your background. My name is Eliana Carter, and I was born and raised in the small agricultural town of Winters …
Posted in: internships
Posted by: Marya McQuirter
The Connecting Communities Digital Initiative is looking for a Program Specialist. This is a GS-12, NTE-2, that can be fully remote. Applications are due July 28, 2023.
Posted in: CCDI, Connecting Communities Digital Initiative, job, Uncategorized