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Tag: Library of Congress

June 22, 2022 by Gary Price

New Report From Library of Congress OIG: “The Library’s Anti-Harassment Policy Has Many Strengths, Although Steps Are Needed to Improve Policy Implementation”

From the Report Summary: The United States Senate Committee on Rules and Administration asked us to review the handling of sexual harassment cases at the Library. The audit’s objectives were to (1) evaluate policies, procedures, and strategic planning activities related to the Library’s anti-harassment program, particularly a s they related to preventing, eliminating, and punishing […]

July 20, 2015 by Gary Price

2015 National Book Festival Will Feature Graphic Novels Pavilion, Youth Poetry Slam, & First-Time-Ever Romance Fiction Pavilion

From LC: The 15th annual Library of Congress National Book Festival will offer, for the first time, a pavilion devoted exclusively to romance novels. “Romance fiction is the second-best-selling genre in the publishing industry, generating more than $1 billion in publisher revenues in 2013,” said Guy Lamolinara, the festival’s co-director. “Romance accounts for 21 percent […]

February 13, 2013 by Gary Price

The Library of Congress and CLIR Release National Recording Preservation Plan

From a LC Announcement: The Library of Congress today unveiled “The Library of Congress National Recording Preservation Plan,” a blueprint for saving America’s recorded sound heritage for future generations. The congressionally mandated plan spells out 32 short- and long-term recommendations involving both the public and private sectors and covering infrastructure, preservation, access, education and policy […]

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Library of Congress Adds Congressional Record and CBO Cost-Estimate Reports to Congress.gov Beta

January 23, 2013 by Gary Price

The Library of Congress has announced that they’ve added direct searchable access to the Congressional Record (112th Congress – Present) along with Cost-Estimate Reports from the Congressional Budget Office to the Congress.gov beta release. Congress.gov will eventually replacement for the THOMAS.gov site. The beta was launched in September 2012. Today’s News: Congressional Record The Congressional […]

Seth MacFarlane’s Generosity Allows Library of Congress to Acquire Personal Papers of Carl Sagan

June 27, 2012 by Gary Price

From LC: The Library of Congress has acquired the personal papers of American astronomer, astrobiologist and science communicator Carl Sagan (1934-1996). A celebrated scientist, educator, television personality and prolific author, Sagan was a consummate communicator who bridged the gap between academe and popular culture. The Sagan collection has come to the Library through the generosity […]

Library of Congress Acquires Large Collection of Recorded Interviews With Music Superstars

June 18, 2012 by Gary Price

From Today’s Announcement: More than 25 years ago, retired music executive Joe Smith accomplished a Herculean feat—he got more than 200 celebrated singers, musicians and industry icons to talk about their lives, music, experiences and contemporaries. The Library of Congress announced today that Smith has donated this treasure trove of unedited sound recordings to the […]

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Librarian of Congress Appoints Natasha Trethewey Poet Laureate

June 7, 2012 by Gary Price

From LC: Librarian of Congress James H. Billington today announced the appointment of Natasha Trethewey as the Library’s Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry for 2012-2013. Trethewey, the 19th Poet Laureate, will take up her duties in the fall, opening the Library’s annual literary season with a reading of her work on Thursday, September 13 in […]

Linked Data: The Library of Congress Announces Modeling Initiative, Will Work With Zepheira

May 23, 2012 by Gary Price

From an LC Announcement: The Library of Congress is pleased to announce that it has contracted with Zepheira to help accelerate the launch of the Bibliographic Framework Initiative.  A major focus of the project is to translate the MARC 21 format to a Linked Data (LD) model while retaining as much as possible the robust […]

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New Science Reference Guide from LC: “Bioterrorism & Bio-Weapons: Curator’s Choice”

May 2, 2012 by Gary Price

This recently published Science Reference Guide from the Science Reference Section at the Library of Congress. It was compiled by Tomoko Y. Steen, Ph.D The guide provides citations and links to resources in three categories: Books Technical Reports Internet Resources See Also: Links to All Science Reference Guides

U.S. Copyright Office Posts Requests for Information About Crowdsourcing and Developing a “Virtual Card Catalog” of Historical Records

May 1, 2012 by Gary Price

The U.S. Copyright Office (part of The Library of Congress) has posted TWO Requests For Information (RFI) . The first is RFI is to learn about utilizing crowdsourcing to capture data from historical catalog cards dating from 1870 to 1977. The second RFI is to learn about purchasing or developing software for a  “virtual card catalog” […]

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