September 2005 - Vol. 64, No. 9
Bound for Glory: America in Color, 1939-43
Cover Story
Capturing Gray Days in Living Color: Full-color images of America during the
Great Depression and the years of World War II are the subject of a new exhibition
at the Library of Congress.
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SAVING THE DIGITAL RECORD
The National Digital Information Infrastructure and Preservation Program recently held three workshops for representatives from the states and territories. -
PRESERVING THE LIVING IMAGE
A grant from the Mellon Foundation will allow the Library to assess its photo conservation needs. -
HONORING INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENT
Register of Copyrights Marybeth Peters has been honored with the Jefferson Medal for her work in the area of intellectual property. -
NATIONAL LIBRARY SERVICE DIRECTOR RECEIVES NEWEL PERRY AWARD
NLS Director Frank Kurt Cylke has received the Newel Perry Award from the National Federation for the Blind. -
STUDYING POLITICAL SATIRE
The Swann Foundation for Caricature and Cartoon has selected a fellow for 2005-2006. -
EVALUATING COPYRIGHT LAW
The Library has launched a new Web site on the groundbreaking work of the new Section 108 Study Goup on copyright law for libraries in the digital age. -
PUBLISHING PERSONAL HISTORY
The Library has co-published "Blind Justice," a biography of Jacobus tenBroek, founder of the National Federation of the Blind. -
SHARING ARCHIVES OF ACTIVISM
In honor of the 85th anniversary of women's suffrage in America, the Library has mounted "Women of Protest: Photographs from the Records of the National Women's Party" online. -
STARTING NEW JOBS
THe Library has appointed new management in several areas, including human resources, finances, visitor services and FLICC/Fedlink.