This year’s Library of Congress National Book Festival already promises the biggest lineup of literary stars this side of the Crab Nebula. Book-lovers can look forward, on Saturday, Sept. 26, to hearing from David Baldacci, John Grisham, John Irving, Julia Alvarez, Judy Blume, Ken Burns, Gwen Ifill and Jodi Picoult–not to mention celebrity chef …
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But Wait … There’s More!
August 4th, 2009 by Jennifer Gavin
Posted in: Books, Capitol Hill, Events, National Book Festival, Podcasts, Poetry, Social Media, Washington DC
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How Green These Valleys Were, As Well …
July 24th, 2009 by Jennifer Gavin
Take a moment out of this busy day to relax at the side of a waterfall at Fairy Glen in Bettws-y-Coed Wales or go explore the castle ruins at Aberystwith, Wales. We’ve loaded 167 new color Photocrom travel views of Wales from 1890-1900 on our Flickr photostream at www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/. The set is full of castles …
Posted in: Collections, Photos, Preservation, Social Media, tags
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Another Book Is Added to Our Collections: Facebook
July 9th, 2009 by Matt Raymond
To paraphrase the old Elvis Presley album, 200 million Facebook fans can’t be wrong. If you’re reading this, chances are that you might be among them. So now you can show your de facto national library a little love the easy way—by becoming a fan of our new official Facebook page!
We’ve started with a pretty …
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‘Authorama’ on the National Mall
July 7th, 2009 by Jennifer Gavin
The authors’ lineup for the National Book Festival on Saturday, Sept. 26 went public today–what star-power!
Bestselling authors David Baldacci, John Grisham, John Irving, Julia Alvarez, Judy Blume, Ken Burns, Gwen Ifill, and Jodi Picoult–as well as celebrity chef Paula Deen–will be among scores of authors and illustrators presenting at the festival, organized and sponsored by …
Posted in: Books, Capitol Hill, Events, Libraries, National Book Festival, News, Social Media, Technology, Uncategorized
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Hey U, Tune In: The Library Is Now on iTunes U
June 30th, 2009 by Matt Raymond
Blog. Twitter. YouTube. iTunes. Yeah, we speak Web 2.0.
You nation’s Library has millions of stories to tell, so we’re trying to tell them as many places and to as many people as possible–whether on our own website or elsewhere. And now you can add another biggie to the list: iTunes U.
For those who don’t know, …
Posted in: Audiovisual, Cataloging, Collections, Education, LC Web site, News, Podcasts, Social Media, Video
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New Flickr Photo Set: Historic Newspapers
June 12th, 2009 by Matt Raymond
Media consumers today are bombarded with imagery of current events — some of them ephemeral, on our TV screens, and some more indelible.
A century ago, the use of halftone images was beginning to revolutionize newspapers and bringing the immediacy of photography to the masses.
Today the Library launched a new photostream on our Flickr page to …
Posted in: Collections, History, LC Web site, News, Photos, Social Media
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President, Mrs. Obama Honorary Chairs of Book Festival
May 27th, 2009 by Jennifer Gavin
Both the President and the First Lady will be Honorary Chairs of the 2009 National Book Festival, to be held Saturday, Sept. 26 on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. between 7th and 14th Streets, from 10 a.m. – 5 p.m., rain or shine.
This colossal event, heading into its ninth year, lets book-lovers hear and …
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Uncle Sam 2.0: U.S. Government Goes YouTube
May 21st, 2009 by Matt Raymond
The U.S. federal government has joined several of the departments and agencies under its vast umbrella, including the Library of Congress, that have channels on YouTube.
The site aggregates other channels from across the government and features select video content.
The channel is broken down into handy playlists by topic such as Health and Nutrition, Science and …
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Joining the Fray
May 4th, 2009 by Matt Raymond
For more than two years now, I’ve been the lone blogger on LOC.gov. As most bloggers know, the key to nurturing a growing group of engaged readers is mainly a function of volume: lots of compelling posts, posted with regularity.
Unfortunately for the blog, I wear many hats in my current position, which far too often …
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YouTube, and Now We Do Too
April 7th, 2009 by Matt Raymond
Well, this is a day that has been a long time in coming. The Library of Congress has been working for several months now so that we could “do YouTube right.” When you’re the stewards of the world’s largest collection of audiovisual materials (some 6 million films, broadcasts and sound recordings), nothing less …
Posted in: Audiovisual, Collections, News, Social Media, Video, film
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