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Library of Congress

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25 Eclectic Films Added to National Film Registry

December 15, 2021 Guest Author or Contributor

Return of the Jedi, Lord of the Rings, Selena, Sounder, Cooley High, A Nightmare on Elm Street, and WALL•E among titles selected for preservation Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden announced today the annual selection of […]

LeVar Burton will host the special "Open a Book, Open the World: The Library of Congress National Book Festival" premiere Sept. 12, 2021 on PBS. Photo: Robyn Von Swank
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LeVar Burton to Host TV Special Featuring Library of Congress National Book Festival on PBS

August 17, 2021 Guest Author or Contributor

“Open a Book, Open the World” premieres Sunday, Sept. 12, 2021 Television viewers can see an inspiring introduction to the 2021 Library of Congress National Book Festival and its exciting lineup of authors, poets and […]

Source: Library of Congress
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Living Nations, Living Words: An Anthology of First Peoples Poetry Available via Library of Congress

May 4, 2021 Guest Author or Contributor

Collected and with Introduction by Joy Harjo, 23rd U.S. Poet Laureate; Foreword by Carla Hayden, Librarian of Congress Edited by Joy Harjo, the first Native poet to serve as US Poet Laureate, LIVING NATIONS, LIVING […]

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Library of Congress Virtual Concerts for March 2021

February 24, 2021 Guest Author or Contributor

  The Library of Congress will continue its critically acclaimed season of Concerts from the Library of Congress with an offering of virtual concerts, interviews and conversations with artists and composers, lectures, curator talks and […]

A screenshot of the new Newspaper Navigator tool shows an image search for "baseball players." Source: Library of Congress
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Library of Congress Launches New Tool to Search Historical Newspaper Images

September 15, 2020 Guest Author or Contributor

More than 1.5 Million Historical Newspaper Images Are Now Discoverable Online with Newspaper Navigator The public can now explore more than 1.5 million historical newspaper images online and free of charge. The latest machine learning […]

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Library of Congress Cancels Public Events Until September 1

June 11, 2020 Guest Author or Contributor

  On June 10, 2020, the Library of Congress in Washington, DC, announced that it will cancel all scheduled public events at the Library until September 1, 2020 as part of its ongoing efforts to […]

Library of Congress launches new LOC Collections App. Source: US Library of Congress
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Celebrate the Library of Congress’ 220th Birthday with “LOC Collections” App

April 22, 2020 Guest Author or Contributor

  New App Opens the “Treasure Chest” to Mobile Users To celebrate the 220th anniversary of its founding, the Library of Congress on April 22, 2020, announced the release of the LOC Collections app, the […]

Frederick Douglass. Source: US Library of Congress, Washington, DC
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Library of Congress: Historical Newspapers Edited by Frederick Douglass Online

February 1, 2020 Guest Author or Contributor

Collection Includes Letters from Abolitionists, Articles and Accounts Written by Frederick Douglass Included in Three of His Famous Newspapers Newspapers edited by Frederick Douglass, who escaped slavery in 1838 and became a voice for abolitionists […]

New website constitution.congress.gov. Source: US Library of Congress
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US Constitution Searchable on New Library of Congress Website

September 17, 2019 Guest Author or Contributor

The Constitution Annotated Provides a Historical Record and Current Analysis including Supreme Court Interpretations In celebration of Constitution Day, the Library of Congress is launching a new website — constitution.congress.gov — for the Constitution Annotated, […]

Alan Lomax and Raphael Hurtault listening to playback. La Plaine, Dominica. June 1962. Photo credit: Association for Cultural Equity. Source: US Library of Congress
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Library of Congress Crowdsourcing Effort Challenges People to Explore Folk and Music Traditions

September 6, 2019 Guest Author or Contributor

New Crowdsourcing Campaign Presents Field Notes and Other Writings by Alan Lomax, 20th Century American Folklorist, for Transcription From hot summer days in Mississippi to windy nights in the Caribbean, the Library of Congress’ latest […]

Portion of the Gandhara scroll. Source: Library of Congress, Wash., DC
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Rare 2,000-Year-Old Text of Early Buddhism Now Online

July 29, 2019 Guest Author or Contributor

The US Library of Congress has restored and made available online the Gandhara Scroll, a manuscript dating back to around the first century B.C., that offers insight into early Buddhist history. The scroll is one […]

Joy Harjo, US Poet Laureate. Source: US Library of Congress
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Librarian of Congress Names Joy Harjo the Nation’s 23rd Poet Laureate

June 20, 2019 Guest Author or Contributor

Harjo, a Member of the Muscogee Creek Nation, Is the First Native American to Serve as US Poet Laureate On June 19, 2019, Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden announced the appointment of Joy Harjo as […]

Sesame Street cast. Source: Library of Congress
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Fifty Years of Sesame Street to Be Preserved for Posterity

February 20, 2019 Guest Author or Contributor

WGBH Educational Foundation and the Library of Congress Will Preserve and Make Accessible Historic and Contemporary Episodes of Sesame Street As Sesame Street begins to mark its 50th anniversary, the American Archive of Public Broadcasting (AAPB), […]

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Library of Congress Announces Young Readers National Writing Contest

November 20, 2018 Guest Author or Contributor

Letters About Literature, the Library of Congress reading-and-writing contest now in its 26th year, is accepting applications beginning Nov. 1 for the 2018-19 cycle. For the first time, letters will be submitted electronically. Letters About Literature […]

National Book Festival image. Source: Library of Congress
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National Book Festival Draws Tens of Thousands of Book Lovers

September 2, 2018 Guest Author or Contributor

Next Year’s Festival Set for August 31, 2019 at Washington Convention Center Book lovers of all ages came together by the tens of thousands to celebrate reading and meet their favorite authors Saturday at the 18th-annual […]

Source: US Library of Congress
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Library of Congress Honors Colorado and Michigan Libraries for Service to Blind Readers

May 17, 2018 Guest Author or Contributor

The National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped (NLS) at the Library of Congress will honor two of its cooperating libraries for their outstanding service in 2017 to readers who are visually or […]

National Book Festival 2018 poster. Source: US Library of Congress
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Library of Congress and Mid-Atlantic Public Libraries Kick Off Summer Essay Contest

May 2, 2018 Kay Whatley

Rising 5th and 6th Graders Asked to Write About “A Book That Shaped Me” The Library of Congress today launched its annual summer essay contest, in conjunction with public libraries in the Mid-Atlantic region, to […]

Leonard Bernstein conducting Young People's Concerts publicity photo, 1964. Source: US Library of Congress
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Library of Congress Announces Leonard Bernstein Collection

April 11, 2018 Guest Author or Contributor

Bernstein’s Birth Centennial Celebration May 12-19 Features Variety of Events In celebration of the 100th anniversary of Leonard Bernstein’s birth, the Library of Congress has made available online — for the first time — musical manuscripts and scrapbooks […]

Members of the 1937 American League All-Star team, Lou Gehrig, Joe Cronin, Bill Dickey, Joe DiMaggio, Charlie Gehringer, Jimmie Foxx and Hank Greenberg gather on the field for the fifth annual All-Star Game in Washington, D.C. Source: Library of Congress
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Library of Congress to Open Major Exhibition on Baseball in Summer 2018

January 26, 2018 Guest Author or Contributor

A major exhibition opening in June at the Library of Congress will celebrate baseball as community, including the people, from amateur players to professionals, baseball diamonds from city lots to rural fields, and places across […]

Book cover for “America’s Greatest Library: An Illustrated History of the Library of Congress” by John Y. Cole. Source: US Library of Congress
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New Book Celebrates the History of the Library of Congress

January 7, 2018 Guest Author or Contributor

Library’s First Historian Publishes Illustrated History of Oldest Federal Cultural Institution A new book from Library of Congress Historian John Y. Cole, America’s Greatest Library: An Illustrated History of the Library of Congress, tells the […]

Scenes from 2017 National Film Register inductees "The Goonies" and "Thelonius Monk: Straight No Chaser". Source: Library of Congress
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Library of Congress Announces 2017 National Film Registry Selections

December 13, 2017 Guest Author or Contributor

‘Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner,’ ‘Titanic,’ ‘Superman,’ Among the Titles Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden today, December 13, 2017, announced the 2017 selections to the National Film Registry of the Library of Congress.  Selected for […]

Letters About Literature program, by the US Library of Congress.
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Library of Congress Kicks Off Writing Competition for Young Readers

October 24, 2017 Guest Author or Contributor

By Benny Seda-Galarza, Kathleen McGuigan, and Laura Rivas The Letters About Literature program kicks off its 25th annual competition, run by the Center for the Book in the Library of Congress, with a special webinar for educators interested […]

William Allen Rogers, Watch Your Step, 1914. Published in the New York Herald 1914. Source: Cabinet of American Illustration, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress, Washington DC.
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Library of Congress Adds Artwork to WWI Display

December 21, 2016 Kay Whatley

A New Selection of 28 Posters, Prints, Drawings and Photographs Now on Display in the Library of Congress Exhibition “World War I: American Artists View the Great War” By Donna Urschel, Library of Congress The exhibition […]

2011 view of Apollo 17 landing site, captured by NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter. Credits: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center/Arizona State University.
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“Revisiting Apollo 17” Lecture at DC Library of Congress on Dec. 6

December 2, 2016 Kay Whatley

NASA Scientist Leading Lecture, Discussion By Rob Gutro, Lora Bleacher and editor Rob Garner, NASA Goddard The public is invited to a free talk called “Revisiting the Apollo 17 Landing with Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO)” […]

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The Strange-ness: Kitten Survives Long Journey

September 1, 2012

A bit of odd news from Carson, California. A 3-month-old kitten was discovered inside of a freight container from Shanghai, China during a July shipment. The LA County Department of Animal Care and Control (DACC) […]

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The Strange-ness: Red Rain

December 1, 2012

Multiple “red rains” have fallen on India since summertime. As recently as mid-November, these colored rains were still being reported. Residents in several cities in India have reported red rain and their concerns as to what may be […]

A colony of Adélie penguins in Antarctica. Researchers used the chemistry of penguin poo preserved in these sediments to reconstruct 6,000 years of Antarctic Ocean circulation. Credit:  Yuesong Gao
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Preserved Penguin Poo Reveals Past Antarctic Ocean Circulation Changes

September 21, 2021

Shifts from feast to famine contributed to Adélie penguin population boom or bust over 6,000 years Preserved penguin poo may be the key to connecting past Antarctic Ocean conditions and penguin populations, shedding light on how the […]

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