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Archive: June 2016 (2 Posts)

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Summer Looking Challenge–Touring the Collections with Azure Allure

Posted by: Barbara Orbach Natanson

As summer gets into full swing, I’m recalling how much I enjoyed my public library’s summer reading club challenges when my children were younger (shout-out to all the public libraries that run summer reading clubs for children and adults!). One thing I loved about the challenge was the “randomizer” techniques library staff designed to inspire …

Smiling woman dressed in outdoor winter clothes holds a large, old-style camera

Roll Call Photographs: Glimpsing Congress and Capitol Hill, 1988-2000

Posted by: Barbara Orbach Natanson

The following is a guest post by Arden Alexander, Cataloging Specialist in the Prints & Photographs Division. The U.S. Congress has always been a popular research topic for Prints and Photographs Division patrons. The recently processed Roll Call Collection offers a wealth of photographs that pick up where our other collections leave off, covering the …