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AHHA Intern Spotlight: Ava Thorpe

Posted by: Donna Sokol

This is a guest post by Ava Thorpe, an intern in the AHHA program during the Fall of 2024. Transforming Education with Culturally Relevant Pedagogy: My Journey with the Library of Congress Digital Collections My name is Ava Thorpe, and I had the privilege of working on a transformative project titled “Supporting Culturally Relevant Pedagogy …

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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 …

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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."

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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 …

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2024 Junior Fellows Get to Work

Posted by: Donna Sokol

The Library welcomed 40 undergraduates, graduates and recent graduates to its Junior Fellows program on Monday, May 20. Twenty interns in the 2024 class will work on-site, while the other 20 will connect to the Library remotely. They all came together for the first time during an upbeat and informative orientation session, during which on-site …

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AHHA Intern Spotlight: Le’Evelyn Hammett

Posted by: Donna Sokol

We regularly feature the interns whose hard work positively impacts the Library. Today’s interview is with a 2023 participant in the Archives, History and Heritage Advanced (AHHA) internship program, Le’Evelyn Hammett. The Library is accepting applications until April 22, 2024 for the fall cohort. Read more about the internship and how to apply on the …