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 […]
We feature Joan Baez for Women’s History Month and bring together parts of her story found in the Library’s digital collections.
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 […]
A few weeks ago, this blog published a post reflecting on previous cultural documentation work the American Folklife Center (AFC) conducted through our ‘field survey’ projects. I offered that post as a way to provide historical context for the Community Collections Fellowship program that AFC is launching within the Of the People initiative at the […]
Discovery in Digitized Collection explores collections whose titles don’t necessarily give clue to the diverse contents and stories of communities of color.
An overview of the Archives, History and Heritage Advanced Internship Program (AHHA) at the Library of Congress.
The Library’s Innovator in Residence Program, has helped the Library re-imagine creative engagement with our collections through technological innovation. Like the Innovator in Residence program, the Artist/Scholars in Residence for the Connecting Communities Digital Initiative will provide opportunities for intensive time to re-imagine the ways that technology and Library materials can be used to connect with Americans.
As noted in a recent post on this blog, the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress will be launching a Community Collections Fellowship program under the Library’s “Of the People” initiative funded with support from the Mellon Foundation. This program will enable people to conduct fieldwork documenting the cultural activities and experiences that […]
The Mellon Foundation will sponsor an online event, “Storytelling for Justice: How Libraries and Archives Hold History to Account,” on February 10. The event is a panel discussion including Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden.
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation-funded initiative, Of the People: Widening the Path, supports the Library’s Internship and Fellowship Programs (IFP) division in its efforts to expand paid internships across the Library. IFP coordinates a portfolio of over 80 programs offering a wide range of experiential learning and career development placements that advance the academic and […]