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Archive: October 2024 (6 Posts)

Emily Paterson smiles at the camera. She has light skin, shoulder-length blonde hair, and a black dress.

Junior Fellow Spotlight: Emily Paterson

Posted by: Donna Sokol

This is a guest post by Emily Paterson, a 2024 Junior Fellow who interned in the Office of the Chief Information Office’s Design Division.   Exploring Image Descriptions How would you describe the image above using only your words? Maybe you would mention its pencil-sketched look or describe the focused behavior of the readers. Perhaps …

A collage of color and black-and-white photographs and illustrations, showing the collections of the Library of Congress.

Apply to the 2025 Junior Fellows Program

Posted by: Donna Sokol

The Library of Congress is seeking applicants for its next Junior Fellows Program, a summer internship held remotely and onsite from May 19 to July 25, 2025. The Junior Fellows Program is a paid, full-time internship that enables the next generation of diverse cultural institution professionals to experience and interpret the collections, programs, and services of …

A photo of Janiya Peters, a 2024 Connecting Communities Digital Initiative (CCDI) Junior Fellow.

2024 CCDI Junior Fellow Janiya Peters Uses Audio to Explore the Cotton Gin as a Technological Artifact

Posted by: Olivia Dorsey

In this guest post, Janiya Peters, a Summer 2024 Connecting Communities Digital Initiative (CCDI) Junior Fellow, describes the process behind creating her project, "The Gin in Motion: Examining the Cotton Gin Through Sound and Narrative."

A white, female-presenting person with short layered blonde hair smiles slightly at the camera. They are wearing a grey, purple, and brown collared button down shirt and standing in front of shiny teal fabric.

Junior Fellow Spotlight: Avianna Miller

Posted by: Donna Sokol

This is a guest post by 2024 Junior Fellow, Avianna Miller, who interned in the Office of the Chief Information Office’s Design Division. National Disability Employment Awareness Month National Disability Employment Awareness Month (NDEAM) finds its roots in 1945, when Congress enacted Public Law 176, which designated the first week of October as “National Employ …