TFW you have to archive online culture for the federal government
We’re all pretty familiar with operations like the Internet Archive–specifically its Wayback Machine–which seeks to preserve online culture, and knowledge, before it disappears. But whose job is it, if anyone’s, to do that… Read more »
Ever wanted to be an archivist? Now’s your chance
Lately we’ve written much about how a global pandemic is affecting the book industry, and how we can help our struggling bookstores and libraries. OK, I guess that’s all we’ve written… Read more »
Library of Congress expands book festival with yearlong series of events
This year’s National Book Festival, a free annual event hosted by the Library of Congress, was already set to be a hit with big names like Ruth Bader Ginsberg and… Read more »
Happy Birthday, Walt Whitman!
In honor of Walt Whitman’s 200th birthday this Friday (May 31), I originally wanted to write 200 different ways to remember and celebrate him. After staring my list, I thought… Read more »
Library of Congress releases digitized version of Rare Children’s Books Collection
The Library of Congress celebrated the 100th anniversary of Children’s Book Week this year by launching a digital version of their Rare Children’s Books Collection. The Library of Congress website… Read more »
Never-before-seen letters by Georgia O’Keeffe offer perspective into her life in the 1930s
The Library of Congress has acquired “a trove of letters” by the famous artist Georgia O’Keeffe, according to Elizabeth Blair at NPR. What these long-lost letters elucidate is a woman deeply… Read more »
The Library of Congress hopes to be and do more for the American people
According to Peggy McGlone at the Washington Post, the Library of Congress in Washington D.C. is set for a renovation that for some, might mean a shift in the institution’s… Read more »
The Library of Congress gets a little hipper with a massive donation of comics
As they say, and have always said: if you love something, give it away … to the Library of Congress. That is exactly what collector Stephen A. Geppi has done with part of… Read more »
Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library sends out its hundred millionth book
Dolly Parton — singer, songwriter, actress, legend, icon, humanitarian — started the Imagination Library in 1995, a literacy program that mails children a free book every month from the time… Read more »
It’s a good day to just sit around Menckin’
You may just have woken up hungry for bananas, because today marks the 137th anniversary of H.L. Mencken’s birth. A legendary journalist, critic, linguist, world-class cigar-chomper, bathtub counter-historian, real-life Gene Kelly character,… Read more »