Many lectures, readings, and
symposia held at the Library of Congress are made available later
as video files through the Library of Congress Web site. These virtual
events provide opportunities to see and hear discussions by Library
of Congress staff and visiting speakers on topics that often intersect
with the history and culture of American women.
Gathered here are links to pages on the Library of Congress Web
site that offer video files of Library of Congress presentations,
including a few examples of those containing material on American
women. You will want to consult the Web pages mentioned below for
comprehensive listings and details about software needed to view
the files.
Among the types of offerings available on the Library of Congress
Web site are:
Presentations highlighting
items from Library of Congress collections - especially
through the Journeys and Crossings program. For instance:
Presentations by authors and editors,
including those sponsored by the Center for the Book
and those presented at the National Book Festival. For instance:
- Amy Shapiro discussing her biography of New Jersey Congresswoman
Millicent
Fenwick: "Her Way" (event date: April
1, 2003)
- Documentary editors Esther Katz, editor-in-chief of the
Margaret Sanger Papers Project at New York University, and
Mary Lynn McCree Bryan, editor-in-chief of the Jane Addams
Papers Project at Duke University, discuss "Women's
Activism and Social Change: Documenting the Lives of Margaret
Sanger and Jane Addams". The program also includes
opening remarks by John Cole, director of the Center for
the Book, and an introduction by Janice E. Ruth, American
women's history specialist, Library of Congress Manuscript
Division (event date: March 24, 2003)
- Vice Admiral Patricia A. Tracey reading letters by women
who have served in wartime from War
Letters: Extraordinary Correspondence from American Wars
(event date: May 1, 2002)
- Photo researchers and editors Kathleen Thompson and Hilary
Mac Austin's illustrated talk about their book Children
of the Depression, which features more than 160
black-and-white photographs from the Library's Farm Security
Administration (FSA) Collection (event date: February 12,
2002)
Symposia - for example:
Poetry and literature readings including
those sponsored by the Poetry
& Literature Center and the National
Book Festival.
Discussions of issues currently affecting library and
information services and developments expected to affect
such services in the future, primarily offered through the
Luminary
Lectures series. |
Recent cybercasts, as well as earlier lectures, events, conferences,
and interviews, are highlighted on the Library of Congess Webcasts
site.
You can use the Library's
Web site search form to:
- search for the names of particular events or presenters
- search for notices of events that have been or will be cybercast
and for the audiovisual files themselves by entering the terms
cybercast webcast
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