Since the 1930s, the Handbook of Latin American Studies has documented scholarship on Latin America and the Caribbean. In this interview, Tracy North describes how that long-standing mission now extends to web archiving, ensuring long-term access to web-based research materials. The conversation discusses the collaborative process of selecting websites to archive and the behind-the-scenes work involved in developing the collection.
We’re on the hunt for two U.S. communities to include in Vivian Li’s Innovator in Residence Project, Anywhere Adventures! Visitors to the mobile experience are currently able to explore three American communities, Seattle, Chicago, and Southeastern Wyoming, through items from the Library’s digital collections and learn about the stories, people, and events that shaped everyday life in these places. With the site, visitors can do a …
This post is co-written by Abbie Grotke, Amanda Lehman, and Melissa Wertheimer of the Web Archiving Section to close our 25th-anniversary celebration year with some highlights of the program.
In our first edition of "What’s New Online at the Library of Congress" of 2026, we share updates to the Library's digital collections, web archives, crowdsourced transcriptions, and historical newspapers from Washington, D.C. Click through to learn more!
