aA 12 minute film about the Library of Congress runs continuously in the Vistor's Center from 10 am to 5:15 pm.Guided tours of the Library are offered Monday-Saturday at 10:30 and 11:30 am and 2:30 and 3:30 pm(No 3:30 tour on Saturday).If you have other questions about doing ...
The hackers altered the "Thomas" Web site of the Library of Congress, named after Thomas Jeffersonand a favorite among journalists and researchers who need immediate information about bills underconsideration on Capitol Hill (~[][~). The vandals claimed to be "four hackers from a little country...
The first holographic portrait of a President of the United States of America was recorded on 24 May 1991 in Santa Barbara, Calif. Ronald Reagan was the subject. The event was the first in a project that began some five years ago with the aim of producing an archive of Presidential pulsed...
We’re going to get into each episode’s title and use of call numbers below. But first, let’s make sure we’re on the same foundation with the basic function and general layout of call numbers. If you’re a longtime reader of Reel Librarians (as ever, thank you!), then you’ll ...
The films, which must be more than 10 years old to be selected, were picked from a list of more than 900 movies proposed by the public, the National Film Preservation Board and officials of the Library of Congress. “The films we choose are not necessarily the ‘best’ American films eve...
Library of Congress Twitter Archive http://www.loc.gov/tweet/how-tweet-it-is.html English LibriVox: Acoustical Liberation of Books in the Public Domain http://librivox.org Free audiobooks: volunteers record chapters of books in the public domain and release the audio files back onto the ne...
Pope Pius II at the Congress of Mantua Canonization of Catherine of Siena by Pope Pius II Pope Pius II Arrives in Ancona to begin the Crusade As one looks closely at the frescoes, it couldn’t be helped to admire the sheer amount of work that went into every one of them, from the ri...
For The Roses was certified gold and added to the Library of Congress's National Recording Registry in 2007. Court And Spark topped the U.S. album chart and was certified double platinum, making it the best-selling album of Mitchell's career. It was nominated for multiple Grammy® Awards...
of fine press books and also designed catalogues. The CN logo project fell into his lap while at Cooper & Beatty—and other work cascaded from this; typography for telegraphs, stationary, tickets and even rolling stock (including locomotives). Five people worked on the CN logo project. She ...
U.S. Congressional Documentsfeatures the completeCongressional Recordbound-volume set (1873 to present), as well as its three predecessor titles:Annals of Congress(1789–1824),Register of Debates(1824–1837), and theCongressional Globe(1833–1873). In addition to containing the...