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Ten Years of Touchstones

"A Charlie Brown Christmas," the record album One of the sad facts about the commercialization of the holiday season – for me, anyway — is that many Christmas carols I related to as a...

5 days ago

Teaching the Fourth “R”

The following is a guest post from Audrey Fischer of the Library’s Public Affairs Office. While others critique the nation’s schools’ effectiveness in teaching the three Rs—reading, ‘riting and...

6 days ago

Bacharach and David Tribute Concert on PBS Tonight!

Burt Bacharach and Hal David were recently feted around Washington for receiving the Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song. A tribute concert at the White House will be broadcast nation...

21 may 12

The Excitement Will Be In Tents

Here’s what you book fiends have been waiting for – the author lineup for the 2012 Library of Congress National Book Festival, Sept. 22 and 23 on the National Mall. Authors will include towering Amer...

17 may 12

Pics of the Week: I Love the 80s

Terri Nunn performs at the ASCAP "We Write the Songs" concert. / Abby Brack On Tuesday, the Library hosted the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) Foundation for i...

17 may 12

Sealed With a Kiss

George Mendonsa (AFC/2001/001/42868), Photograph (PH01), Alfred Eisenstaedt photographer, Veterans History Project, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress It’s probably one of the most iconic ...

16 may 12

Nothing Could be Righter Than to Be a Reading Writer

Walter Dean Myers interacts with kids at the Library Take 550 grade- and middle-school kids; put ‘em in a room with an amazing author they know and love; add a barrage of questions about the creative...

11 may 12

Pics of the Week: Bacharach and David Honored with Gershwin Prize

The Library of Congress rolled out the red carpet on Tuesday to honor Burt Bacharach and Hal David with the 2012 Library of Congress Burt Bacharach / Abby Brack Gershwin Prize for Popular Song. The p...

10 may 12

Children’s Crusade

(The following is a guest article about Walter Dean Myers, National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature, written by my colleague Mark Hartsell, which recently appeared in the Library’s staff new...

07 may 12

Library in the News: April Recap Edition

April seemed to be a picture-perfect month for the Library of Congress in the headlines. Its release of a rare collection of images by Frances Benjamin Johnston, one of the first female professional ...

04 may 12

Who Does Rob Think He Is?

Tonight at 8 p.m. EDT, NBC airs another episode of its popular “Who Do You Think You Are” series … this time starring actor Rob Lowe and the Library of Congress. You can catch a quick preview here. L...

27 apr 12

Author as Superstar

(This post comes to us from Taru Spiegel, reference specialist in the European Division, which is cosponsoring the event along with the Poetry and Literature Center.) Karl Ove Knausgård What does a s...

26 apr 12

The Armenian Literary Tradition

Last Thursday, the Library of Congress opened its newest exhibition, “To Know Wisdom and Instruction: The Armenian Literary Tradition at the Library of Congress,” and I had a chance to ta...

25 apr 12

Pics of the Week: All the World’s a Stage

"Cymbeline" / Abby Brack On Wednesday, the Library of Congress rung in William Shakespeare’s birthday with a celebration worthy of a standing ovation at the Globe Theater. Actors from the ...

20 apr 12

Down to Earth

"Nothing can be Wealthier than Saving the Humanity," by Rohullah Hassani, 16, Quetta, Pakistan Every year, Earth Day is celebrated on April 22 and citizens are called upon to do their part ...

19 apr 12

This is Maverick Requesting a Fly By

Today marked a rather monumental occasion as the space shuttle Discovery made its final flight – not to the stars but to its permanent home at the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum annex ne...

17 apr 12

Not So Secret Garden

One of the things I love most about going home to southern Mississippi is going home to my mom’s garden. The sights and smells are always like a big, warm hug. The jasmine she’s got growing on a trel...

13 apr 12

An Unsinkable Legacy: Remembering the Titanic

The Titanic / Prints and Photographs Division In the wee hours of the morning on April 15, 1912, the RMS Titanic – the largest passenger steamship in the world at the time – sank into the depths of t...

12 apr 12

New and Improved

The Library of Congress is constantly in the process of improving its products and services to better assist its patrons, friends and researchers. Recently we launched a series of updates to the webs...

11 apr 12

Last Chance to See “Creating the U.S.”

On May 5, the Library will close its popular exhibition “Creating the United States.” The exhibition has been on view for four years and seen approximately 2 million visitors passing through its spac...

10 apr 12

The National Book Festival – Be There, Sept. 22-23

Heads up, all you fans of the Library of Congress National Book Festival – it’s going to be two days again this year, with more than 100 authors, following last year’s successful launch of the full-w...

06 apr 12

Today in History: U.S. Enters World War I

From time to time, I’d like to blog about notable historical events or otherwise interesting advents in our nation’s past, courtesy of Today in History, which mines the American Memory collections to...

06 apr 12

Read Poets Society

2012 National Poetry Month poster featuring "Our Valley" by Philip Levine / Chin-Yee Lai April marks National Poetry Month, a time for poets and lovers of poetry everywhere to unite, recite...

03 apr 12

See It Now: A Bully President

The national him / Gordon Ross. June 15, 1910. Prints and Photographs Division. A Nobel prizewinner, a paleontologist, a taxidermist, an ornithologist, a field naturalist, a conservationist, a big-ga...

28 mar 12

Braille Music Scores Provide Lifeline to Blind Musicians

(The following is a guest article about the Braille music collections of NLS and the musicians who use them written by my colleague Mark Hartsell, which recently appeared in the Library’s staff newsl...

26 mar 12

Tweeting Live: Stress and Its Impacts

We all have dealt with stress at one time or another – whether it’s the demands of work, family responsibilities, day-to-day hassles of life or all of the above. Frankly, for many people, being “stre...

23 mar 12

The Year of the Girl

I have a pack of Thin Mint Girl Scout cookies in my freezer. I treat myself to one or two occasionally, although it’s hard limiting myself since you really can’t eat just a couple. I can’t buy Samoas...

21 mar 12

Take Those Comics Seriously!

Comics and cartoons are well-loved because they’re funny. Most of us think of them as a break in the monotony of a working day, a light moment, a chuckle over our morning coffee. But for some, mirth...

20 mar 12

Full of Hot Air

A bat in the belfry? Maybe. A tree growing in Brooklyn? Sure. A light in the attic? Of course. But, a dirigible in the Library’s Jefferson Building? It happened. Walking the institution’s resplendent...

19 mar 12

Pic of the Week: A Simple Sunset

O setting sun! though the time has come, I still warble under you, if none else does, unmitigated adoration. ~ Walt Whitman, “Song at Sunset” This picture was taken from the sixth floor balcony of th...

15 mar 12

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