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|| Library Highlights ||

• Library Experience at myLOC.gov
  NOW OPEN! New exhibitions and technologies inspire, engage
• Wise Guide to loc.gov
  Altered photos, stringed instruments, preserved CDs and more
• Webcasts from the Library
  Herman Wouk receives Library fiction prize
• Places in the News
  Headline locations from the Library's map collections
• Today in History | November 26
  Travel back in time through American Memory

|| Popular Topics & Collections  ||

• National Book Festival
• The Civil War
• Thomas Jefferson
• The Great Depression
• The Declaration of Independence
• The Constitution

|| News from the Library  ||

• In Case of Fire...
  Tips on collection salvage after the emergency
• National Veterans Awareness Week
  Celebrate with the Veterans History Project
• Native American Heritage Month
  "Celebrating Tribal Nations: America's Great Partners"
• Lincoln Bicentennial Exhibit Opens Feb. 12
  "With Malice Toward None" celebrates 200th birthday of America's 16th president
• Music and the Brain
  Special program series from October through March

• More news and upcoming events

|| The Library at Work  ||

• Lifelong Literacy
  Encouraging children to become engaged in reading
• Help Your National Library
  Lend a hand as the Library preserves knowledge & creativity
• Flickr Photo Pilot
  Sharing photographs with a broad new audience in a Web 2.0 community
• Audio-Visual Conservation
  Preserving, and providing access to the world’s audiovisual heritage
• Digital Preservation
  Collecting and preserving digital knowledge for future generations

|| Did You Know? ||

Did you know that the presidential pardon of a turkey began in 1947 with President Harry Truman?

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