May 2002 - Vol. 61, No. 5
Roger L. Stevens Presents
Cover Story
A Library exhibition reviews the career and accomplishments of theater impresario
Roger Lacey Stevens; also, a look behind the scenes at the exhibition.
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REENLISTING THE LAUREATE
Billy Collins has been appointed to a second term as Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry. -
GRAMOPHONE GEMS
A new collection online includes selectionsfrom the papers and recordings of Emile Berliner, pioneer in thedevelopment of recorded sound. -
HOMEGROWN MUSIC
In cooperation with the Folklore Society of Greater Washington and the Kennedy Center, the American Folklife Center presents a series of outdoor concerts with a homespun feel. -
BOOKS, BOOKS, BOOKS
Several new publications have been released by the Library. -
GUIDE TO MOTION PICTURE, BROADCASTING, RECORDED SOUND
A new guide to the Library's motion picture, broadcasting and recorded sound collections. -
WORLD TREASURES: BEGINNINGS
The first in a series of catalogs relating to the Library's rotating "World Treasures" exhibition -
BOOK CULTURE DURING THE COLD WAR
A book of essays on books, libraries and publishing during the Cold War. -
NEWS FROM NLS
The National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped partnered in the development of a national standard for the Digital Talking Book. -
ISLAMIC INSIGHT
Two prominent historians discussed 1,400 years of Muslim civilization and history at the Library May 7. -
EARLY TOLERANCE
A Library scholar discusses the relationship between America's founding fathers and the Muslim faith. -
RESPONSE TO TERRORISM
New policies in the wake of September 11 were the subject of a recent Library of Congress symposium. -
HEMINGS AND JEFFERSON
A prominent genealogist discussed the children of Sally Hemings at the Library April 16. -
HERE COMES THE JUDGE
The Law Library celebrated Law Day May 1 with a panel on the role of the American lawyer as judge.