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Sneak Peek: Wellness Workshops at Dweb Camp
Published: 15/06/2019We’re excited to gather technologists and visionaries together for an amazing weekend in July. As we work to build a better internet with freedom for innovation, we must also consider the impact ... Read moreSource: blog.archive.org -
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Latest News: New Director of Special Collections
Published: 14/06/2019Michelle Light, formerly director of Special Collections and Archives at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, has been named director of the Library of Congress Special Collections Directorate. Click ... Read moreSource: www.loc.gov -
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How to Set Up a Preschool Library: 4 Tips for Teachers
Published: 14/06/2019It is important that children are introduced to books at preschool age. This is the period when the little ones best absorb the information and skills taught to them. Books […] Read moreSource: hacklibraryschool.com
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It’s a long, long way to Amphipolis: Archaeology in Macedonia (part 2)
Published: 14/06/2019The first part of this blog covered the initial search for records relating to Amphipolis, but as this was not particularly successful I then looked elsewhere in Macedonia, at a wider area where other ... Read moreSource: nationalarchives.gov.uk -
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Researching Aerial Locomotion – Kites and Alexander Graham Bell
Published: 13/06/2019In his quest for knowledge, Alexander Graham Bell meticulously documented his experiments through correspondence and journals. Studying these documents can lead to insights into his processes and appr ... Read moreSource: blogs.loc.gov -
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‘By Sea, By Land’: Royal Marine attestation and discharge records
Published: 13/06/2019With the help of volunteers, to whom we are extremely grateful, The National Archives recently completed the cataloguing of Royal Marine attestation and discharge records in the series ADM 157. The or ... Read moreSource: nationalarchives.gov.uk
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New! The Library’s Cataloging Page for Publishers
Published: 12/06/2019The Library's Cataloging in Publication database is updated for the first time in 16 years. Read moreSource: blogs.loc.gov -
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Raising awareness of the 1919 ‘Race Riots’ in Liverpool
Published: 12/06/2019The 1919 race riots were the first time many in Britain became aware of the presence of a black population living in the UK, even including those who had lived and worked here for many years and had s ... Read moreSource: nationalarchives.gov.uk -
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Money and Utopia at the Internet Archive
Published: 12/06/2019Guest blog post by Author Finn Brunton The history of money is history itself. From the accounting and contracts of Sumerian cuneiform tablets (the earliest written language) to buried coin hoards, st ... Read moreSource: blog.archive.org
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Primary Sources for Musical Learning: Thank You and Goodbye
Published: 11/06/2019As I began to reflect on my year as Teacher-in-Residence, I found myself thinking about a great number of people who have taught me valuable lessons this year. Read moreSource: blogs.loc.gov -
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It’s a long, long way to Amphipolis: Archaeology in Macedonia (part 1)
Published: 11/06/2019In 2014, during an excavation of the ancient Macedonian tomb near Amphipolis in northern Greece, internet news stories suggested that British troops during the First World War might have disturbed the ... Read moreSource: nationalarchives.gov.uk -
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Latest News: Jane Sánchez Named to Senior Post
Published: 10/06/2019Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden today announced that Jane Sánchez, the law librarian of Congress, has been named the deputy librarian for Library Collections and Services, effective June 10. ... Read moreSource: www.loc.gov
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Latest News: Local Teachers in National Program at Library
Published: 10/06/2019Local educators across the nation have been selected from a pool of more than 280 applicants to participate in the Library of Congress’ Summer Teacher Institute, part of the Teaching with Primar ... Read moreSource: www.loc.gov -
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Creating accessible digital exhibits – a conversation
Published: 10/06/2019Recently I hosted a virtual conversation, open to staff at all OCLC Research Library Partnership institutions about creating interactive digital exhibits that are accessible and inclusive. “Accessibl ... Read moreSource: hangingtogether.org -
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Cult of the Dead Cow Book Reading and Discussion —Tuesday June 18 at 6pm
Published: 8/06/2019Join us on June 18, 2019 at the the Internet Archive for a book reading and panel discussion about — and with — some of the original hacking supergroup, the Cult of the Dead Cow. Modern security owes ... Read moreSource: blog.archive.org
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Latest News: Frances Lee Named Chair in Policymaking
Published: 7/06/2019The John W. Kluge Center at the Library of Congress today announced the appointment of Frances Lee, Princeton University professor of politics and public affairs, as the inaugural chair in congression ... Read moreSource: www.loc.gov -
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Illuminating Primary Sources with Electric Lights
Published: 6/06/2019What would it be like to walk city streets without streetlights? or to read a book or do homework by candle light? Elementary students may struggle to understand the many changes that electricity brou ... Read moreSource: blogs.loc.gov -
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The ‘Great Crusade’: D-Day, Operation Overlord and the invasion of occupied north-west Europe
Published: 6/06/2019Seventy-five years ago today, the largest air and seaborne invasion force in history crossed the English Channel and successfully conducted an opposed landing on the beaches of Normandy, establishing ... Read moreSource: nationalarchives.gov.uk
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George Orwell: Surveillance and the State
Published: 6/06/20198 June is the 70th anniversary (1949) of the publication of George Orwell’s famous novel warning of the dangers of totalitarianism, ‘Nineteen Eighty-Four’. George Orwell is, of course, a c ... Read moreSource: nationalarchives.gov.uk -
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The IA Client – The Swiss Army Knife of Internet Archive
Published: 5/06/2019As someone who’s uploaded hundreds of thousands of items to the Internet Archive’s stacks and who has probably done a few million transactions with the materials over the years, I just ... Read moreSource: blog.archive.org -
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Digital Roundtable Conference: June 6, 7.
Published: 5/06/2019This is a guest post written by Kate Zwaard, Director of Digital Strategy. A professor from California, an entrepreneur from Boston, an author from New York, and a Dame Commander of the Order of the B ... Read moreSource: blogs.loc.gov
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