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Join us and work with central government
Published: 17/09/2018We are pleased to announce four exciting new opportunities to work at The National Archives. As part of The National Archives’ statutory responsibility, the Government Audience directorate provides ad ... Read moreSource: nationalarchives.gov.uk -
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Any Questions? When Students Want to Know, They Ask a Librarian
Published: 13/09/2018This is a guest post by Danna Bell of the Library’s Educational Outreach Office. It first appeared in “A Library for Kids,” the September–October issue of LCM, the Library of C ... Read moreSource: blogs.loc.gov -
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Two New Civics Interactives Explore Congress and Civic Participation
Published: 13/09/2018Constitution Day is right around the corner, and there’s no better time to explore two new interactives that support student inquiry into Congress and civic participation. These two new applicat ... Read moreSource: blogs.loc.gov
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Book Talk: So You Want to Talk About Race
Published: 13/09/2018(Photo courtesy of Ijeoma Oluo, 2018) Like all forms of oppression, racism is fraught with history, guilt, complexities, nuances, multiple perspectives, and it can be a contentious discussion topic. H ... Read moreSource: hacklibraryschool.com -
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Caught Our Eyes: Jumping to Connections, Not to Conclusions
Published: 13/09/2018I ran across this photo several months ago while looking for something else, and immediately laughed and put it in my “don’t try this at home” file. But what I definitely recommend y ... Read moreSource: blogs.loc.gov -
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OCLC Research and CARL Partner to Gauge Innovation Trends, Priorities in Research Libraries
Published: 13/09/2018Effort centers on a survey to library directors in Canada, which will reveal trends, capacities and priorities within the research library community. Read moreSource: www.oclc.org
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Social Justice Librarians: Planning for Your Own Social Justice Group
Published: 12/09/2018In December 2017, after the conclusion of the University of Denver’s Fall quarter, I met with students from the first Privilege and Equity special topics course to discuss creating a […] Read moreSource: hacklibraryschool.com -
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The Library at the Edge of the World: Perspectives Beyond Library World
Published: 11/09/2018Reading about your profession in a work of fiction is an interesting experience. You’re on the alert about its portrayal and possibly sensitive about its accuracy. When you are a library school stude ... Read moreSource: hacklibraryschool.com -
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LIVE Sept. 12: Kluge Prize Ceremony CORRECTION
Published: 11/09/2018Drew Gilpin Faust – historian, former Harvard University president and author of the Bancroft Prize-winning book “This Republic of Suffering: Death and the American Civil War” &ndash ... Read moreSource: www.loc.gov
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In Time for Constitution Day: New Alexander Hamilton Teacher Resource and New Article on the Federalist Papers
Published: 11/09/2018Just in time for Constitution Day, the Library’s newest primary source set centers on Alexander Hamilton, a key contributor to the shaping and debate surrounding the U.S. Constitution. Read moreSource: blogs.loc.gov -
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Latin at the Library: Colonial and Early American Writings
Published: 11/09/2018This is a guest post by Andrew Gaudio, a reference librarian in the Researcher and Reference Services Division. As the Library of Congress’ specialist in Latin language and literature, I have co ... Read moreSource: blogs.loc.gov -
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Revised wish list now available: 1.5M books we want
Published: 10/09/2018Earlier this year we released our Open Libraries wish list, which brought together four datasets to help inform our collection development priorities for Open Libraries. After working with the wish l ... Read moreSource: blog.archive.org
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John W. Kluge Prize: Drew Gilpin Faust and the Case for the Humanities
Published: 10/09/2018On Wednesday, Sept. 12, Drew Gilpin Faust – historian, former Harvard University president and author of the Bancroft Prize-winning book “This Republic of Suffering: Death and the American ... Read moreSource: blogs.loc.gov -
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Beyond Sir and Ma’am: Gender Inclusive Libraries
Published: 10/09/2018Take a look at your library. What works in the collection are from LGBTQ+ authors? Are the public restrooms gender-inclusive? Is gender a category on your library card application, and if so, are ther ... Read moreSource: hacklibraryschool.com -
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RLP Launches Webinars, Interest Group on Research Data Management
Published: 10/09/2018New initiative engages partner institutions around the library’s role in research data management. Read moreSource: www.oclc.org
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This Day in History: Deadliest Hurricane Ever Strikes Galveston
Published: 8/09/2018A little more than a year ago, Hurricane Harvey hit the Texas coast as a category 4 storm, bringing damaging rain and flooding. Less than a month later, Hurricane Maria struck Puerto Rico with heavy d ... Read moreSource: blogs.loc.gov -
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A New School Year, a New Leadership Team!
Published: 7/09/2018Hello everyone! We’d like to a take a moment to quickly introduce the new editorial team for the blog. As we noted in our farewell post last week, Melissa left […] Read moreSource: hacklibraryschool.com -
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Pic of the Week: National Book Festival Draws Tens of Thousands
Published: 7/09/2018Crowds of book lovers happily took time out last Saturday from the holiday weekend to celebrate books at the Library of Congress’ 18th National Book Festival. Held in the Washington, D.C., Conve ... Read moreSource: blogs.loc.gov
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Pre-Civil War Photographic Technologies: The Calotype and Daguerreotype
Published: 6/09/2018When I was conducting research for the Library of Congress primary source set "Civil War Photographs: New Technologies and New Uses," I learned way more about photographic technologies that were used ... Read moreSource: blogs.loc.gov -
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Developing collaboration between archive services and Higher Education
Published: 6/09/2018In summer 2018, The National Archives, the Higher Education Archive Programme (HEAP) and History UK launched the Guide to Collaboration for Archives and Higher Education 2018. This builds upon previou ... Read moreSource: nationalarchives.gov.uk -
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Latest News: DPOE Program Moves to Pratt, NYU
Published: 5/09/2018Following a nationwide call, the Library of Congress today announced that Pratt Institute, in collaboration with the Moving Image Archiving and Preservation Program at NYU Tisch School of the Arts, wi ... Read moreSource: www.loc.gov
