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Posted by: Danna Bell
My job at the Young Readers Center allows me to be curious, ask a lot of questions, and find new ways to help children and teens connect with the Library of Congress and deepen their love of reading and learning.
Posted in: Interviews with Experts, Young Learners
Posted by: Danna Bell
I am a Reference Librarian in the Main Reading Room and the Women’s, Gender, and LGBTQ+ Studies Collection Specialist and Recommending Officer for the Library. In all aspects of my work, I facilitate access to Library collections and services
Posted in: Contemporary United States (1945-present), Interviews with Experts, Women's History
Posted by: Danna Bell
Meet Kellie Taylor, an elementary teacher in Emmett, Idaho for the past fourteen years, She taught in the general classroom for first, second, and third grade before teaching engineering to kindergarten through fifth grade students the past six years. She is a Albert Einstein Distinguished Educator Fellow working at the Library of Congress.
Posted in: Interviews with Experts, News and Events, Science Technology and Math
Posted by: Danna Bell
Carolyn is here to share primary-source repertoire gems with the music education community, modeling how interacting with this repertoire can create well-rounded, standards-based musical experiences.
Posted in: Interviews with Experts, News and Events
Posted by: Danna Bell
As the Head of Research and Programs at the American Folklife Center (AFC), I’m responsible for shepherding a wide range of public programming and researcher support.
Posted in: Culture and Folklife, Interviews with Experts
Posted by: Danna Bell
Engaging students with poetry encourages their curiosity, and invites them into conversations with diverse voices and experiences they may not have encountered before. At its core, poetry is all about discovery!
Posted in: Interviews with Experts, Poetry and Literature
Posted by: Danna Bell
I'm the Braille Officer for the National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped (NLS). I work as a liaison between various sections of NLS as they interact with our braille products. I am part of the group at NLS that produces braille books and I work with the quality control section that reviews the final products before they are released to the public.
Posted in: Interviews with Experts
Posted by: Danna Bell
My job is to educate and provide outreach to the public about the U.S. Copyright Office and copyright-related topics. So, on any given day, I answer questions about how creative people can register their copyrights, send out a tweet about fun facts, and talk to people interested in learning about how to be responsible users of copyrighted works.
Posted in: Copyright, Interviews with Experts
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.
Posted in: Interviews with Experts, Lesson Ideas