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Posted by: Danna Bell
As an archivist in the Music Division, I am fortunate to put my hands on historical documents every day for the purpose of eventually putting them into yours, either by showcasing them in person, sharing them through interactive digital exhibits, or indirectly highlighting them by facilitating the scholarship of other patrons.
Posted in: Fine and Performing Arts, Interviews with Experts
Posted by: Danna Bell
Arlene Balkansky loves working with the full range of people visiting Newspaper and Current Periodical reading room, whether on-site or remotely: the teenager working on a National History Day project, the family interested in comic books, the university student, the teacher participating in the Library’s Summer Teacher Institute, the genealogist, the professor, the filmmaker, the author, and more.
Posted in: Interviews with Experts, Veterans and Military History
Posted by: Danna Bell
What's one thing that stands out about your Institute experience? The quality of the professional development. In fifteen years in public education, I have sat through a lot of professional development. I left the institute with activities and ideas I could implement from day one.
Posted in: Interviews with Experts, News and Events
Posted by: Danna Bell
I wanted to spend a week at the Library of Congress Summer Teacher Institute learning why and how to incorporate primary sources into my biology classroom instruction. I attended the Institute last summer and my high expectations were surpassed! Spending a week learning about the use of primary sources with teachers of all grades from around our nation was invigorating, academically stimulating, and quite fun!
Posted in: Interviews with Experts, News and Events
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