April 2004 - Vol. 63, No. 4
The Harry Blackmun Papers
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The papers of Supreme Court Associate Justice Harry Blackmun were opened to the
public March 4.
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REVEALING JUSTICE
Library staff members organized and prepared the Blackmun Papers for research. -
PRESERVING SOUNDS
Fifty culturally, historically or aesthetically significant audio recordings have been added to the National Recording Registry. -
GOVERNING ELECTRONICALLY
"E-Competencies for E-Government" was the theme of the FLICC Forum, which included remarks by the Librarian of Congress and executive director of the Special Libraries Association. -
INVENTING TELECOMMUNICATIONS
The project to digitize the papers of telephone inventor Alexander Graham Bell has been completed. -
SHARING LAUGHTER
Cartoonist Nicole Hollander, creator of the comic strip "Sylvia," spoke at the Library in March.. -
STUDYING STATECRAFT
The Kluge Center sponsored a symposium on the American role in world affairs. -
AS THE WORLD TURNS
The Library has teamed with the U.S. Depart-ment of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory to conduct research into media preservation. -
INSPIRING HOPE
Mary DeKuyper, national chairman of volunteers for the American Red Cross, spoke at the Library in honor of Women's History Month. -
UNDERSTANDING ISLAM
The Law Library of Congress sponsored a foreign law workshop on Islamic law in a changing world.