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Archive: July 2018 (5 Posts)

One woman watches as another examines with a magnifying glass an ornate, decorative image on a printed page

Five Questions with Robin Butterhof, Digital Conversion Specialist, Newspaper and Current Periodical Reading Room

Posted by: Danna Bell

On a day-to-day basis, I'm reviewing digitized newspaper pages from across the United States for adherence to technical requirements. The newspaper pages, digitized as part of the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP), a joint project of the Library, the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), and state cultural heritage institutions, are made available online through Chronicling America.

One woman watches as another examines with a magnifying glass an ornate, decorative image on a printed page

Five Questions with Ryan Reft, Historian, Manuscript Division

Posted by: Danna Bell

One of the great things about my job is that the work changes on a daily basis. At the risk of over-simplifying: I oversee Manuscript Division collections that relate to domestic policy, which includes congressional papers, certain cabinet officials, non-government organizations, journalists, Supreme Court Justices and Federal Court Judges, and our LGBTQ collections.