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Posted by: Stephen Wesson
History and images have a complex relationship. Many turning points in history passed with no one there to record them. Others are so thoroughly documented that it can be difficult to find the unique human stories beneath the clouds of images that surround them.
Posted in: Presidents, Primary Source Highlights
Posted by: Stephen Wesson
The Library's original Web site for public access to legislative data, THOMAS.gov, was launched in 1995, making it almost 19 years old! Your students may find it hard to believe that the Internet even existed that long ago. To update, and soon replace, this aging system, the Library of Congress launched beta.Congress.gov in the fall of 2012.
Posted in: News and Events, Teaching Tools
Posted by: Stephen Wesson
Items that lived in American Memory have either moved or will move soon. Meanwhile, starting November 19, the assets in myLOC.gov will be moving to loc.gov, while myLOC.gov's myCollection will no longer be offered.
Posted in: News and Events, Teaching Tools
Posted by: Stephen Wesson
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune: These are the eight planets of the solar system displayed on diagrams in our educational resources today. Of course, many of us still remember Pluto, which was considered a planet for many years until it was recently reclassified. Pluto's demotion isn't the only dramatic change that's happened to educational solar system diagrams over the years, though.
Posted in: Science Technology and Math