The Library of Congress Comes Home
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Law Library of Congress
Law Library of Congress
07/19/2004 06:09 AMLaw Library of Congress http://www.loc.gov/law/p
ublic/law.htmlThe mission of this library "is to
provide research and legal information to the U.S. Congress as well as
to U.S. Federal Courts and Executive Agencies, and to offer reference
services to the public." The site features information about using the
collection, links to presentations related to the library, and "an
annotated guide to sources of information on government and law
available online." Searchable. This will be added to
Legal Resources 2004-05
Internet MiniGuide.
E-Book Museum at Library of Congress?
E-Book Museum at Library of Congress?
11/05/2003 03:37 PMDigital Future of the Library of
Congress
Digital Future of the Library of
Congress
03/25/2005 11:53 AMNew Civil War Collection from Library of
Congress
New Civil War Collection from Library of
Congress
04/09/2004 04:12 PMThe Library of Congress has announced A Civil War Soldier in the Wild
Cat Regiment: Selections from the Tilton C. Reynolds Papers. It's
available at http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/tcrhtml/ . Tilton C.
Reynolds...
Baseball Cards at the Library of
Congress
Baseball Cards at the Library of
Congress
08/10/2004 07:01 AMYup, the LOC has a lighter side. And they're proving it in this
collection of 2100 baseball cards. Early baseball cards. And when I
say early I mean 1887 to...
Library of Congress Expands Flute
Collection
Library of Congress Expands Flute
Collection
02/11/2004 01:24 AMThe Library of Congress has expanded their online Dayton C. Miller
Flute collection with the addition of almost 1,700 flute images (with
90 detailed views) and some other information from...
The John W. Kluge Center at the Library
of Congress
The John W. Kluge Center at the Library
of Congress
06/17/2005 04:49 PM
The John W. Kluge Center at the Library of
Congresshttp://www.loc.gov/loc/kluge/
The John W. Kluge Center occupies inspirational and
capacious study and meeting spaces within the Library's magnificently
restored Thomas Jefferson Building. The Center seeks to bring a group
of the world's best senior thinkers - the Kluge Scholars - into
residence, to stimulate, energize, and distill wisdom from the rich
resources of the Library and to interact naturally over a period of
time with political Washington. There is great flexibility in the
interaction between the scholars and Members of Congress within the
Jefferson Building, where lawmakers find a haven for serious discourse
only a short walk from the Capitol. This has been added to
Academic Resources
2005 Internet MiniGuide.
Library of Congress Announces The
Atlantic World
Library of Congress Announces The
Atlantic World
12/02/2003 01:17 AMThe LOC announced last week The Atlantic World: America and the
Netherlands, which is now available at
http://international.loc.gov/intldl/awkbhtml/awkbhome.html . This
site, which is available in both English and Dutch, "explores the
history of the Dutch presence in America and the...
"Library of Congress online publication
of his scrapbook"
"Library of Congress online publication
of his scrapbook"
08/11/2004 02:40 AMZora Neale Hurston Plays at the Library
of Congress
Zora Neale Hurston Plays at the Library
of Congress
01/07/2004 03:00 PMThe Zora Neale Hurston Plays at the Library of
Congresshttp://memory.loc.gov/ammem
/znhhtmlThe Zora Neale Hurston Plays collection at the
Library of Congress present a selection of ten plays written by
Hurston, author, anthropologist, and folklorist. Deposited in the
United States Copyright Office between 1925 and 1944, most of the
plays remained unpublished and unproduced until they were rediscovered
in the Copyright Deposit Drama Collection in 1997. The plays reflect
Hurston's life experience, travels, and research, especially her study
of folklore in the African-American South. Totaling seven hundred
images, the scripts are housed in the Library's Manuscript, Music, and
Rare Books and Special Collections Divisions.
Zora Neale
Hurston (1891-1960), the author of the ten plays (with co-authors
Langston Hughes on Mule-Bone and Dorothy Waring on Polk County),
deposited these scripts with the United States Copyright Office
between 1925 and 1944. Included in the scanned materials are four
very short plays (sketches or skits) and six full-length plays. Most
are
light-hearted if not outright comedies, and several include
song lyrics without the associated music. Hurston knew the songs and
the subjects of these plays from her own upbringing and her
professional folklore research in the African-American South. She
identified as her hometown Eatonville, Florida, the first
African-American incorporated township.
During the 1920s, 1930s,
and 1940s, Hurston traveled the American South collecting and
recording the sounds and songs of her people, while her research in
Haiti is reflected in the voodoo scenes and beliefs woven into several
of the plays.
With the exception of Mule-Bone, the plays
presented here were all unpublished when they were rediscovered in the
Library of Congress in 1997. At that time, only Polk County was at
all familiar to scholars on the basis of copies in other repositories.
Little was known about Hurston's theatrical career until 1998, when
scholarly publications began to reflect the drama discoveries
announced by the Library of Congress. The discovery of the scripts,
added to those Hurston plays already known, firmly establishes their
author, an African-American woman, as a significant dramatist of the
twentieth century.
American
Memory is a gateway to rich primary source materials relating to
the history and culture of the United States. The site offers more
than 8 million digital items from more than 120 historical
collections. [Laura Gottesman, Library of Congress]
Library of Congress Releases Base Ball
Guides
Library of Congress Releases Base Ball
Guides
04/26/2004 07:35 AMThe Library of Congress, apparently feeling the baseball groove as we
go through April, has announced the release of "Spalding Base Ball
Guides 1889-1939." It's available at
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/spaldinghtml/ . This...
Ask a Librarian - An Online Reference
Service from the Library of Congress
Ask a Librarian - An Online Reference
Service from the Library of Congress
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Ask a Librarian -
Library of Congress Online Reference ServiceAsk a Librarian - An Online Reference Service from the
Library of Congresshttp://www.loc.gov/rr/askalib/
The primary mission of the Library of Congress is to
serve Members of the Congress and thereafter, the needs of the
government, other libraries, and members of the public. The Library's
staff will respond to reference and information requests in accordance
with this mission. Correspondents are encouraged to use local and
online resources. For those seeking further assistance from the
Library of Congress, the staff will respond to their reference and
information needs to the extent possible. Because the Library
participates in a global network of librarians working electronically
to answer questions, your online reference question may be submitted
to this global network for reply. Please note that the scope of the
services does not include: compilation of extensive bibliographies,
requests for information connected with contests, completion of school
or work assignments, translations or research in heraldry or family
history. This has been added to Reference Resources
Subject Tracer™ Information Blog. This will be added to the
reference section of all the
2004-05 Internet
MiniGuides.
Library of Congress announces Lewis
Carroll Collection
Library of Congress announces Lewis
Carroll Collection
07/23/2004 08:08 AMThe Library of Congress has announced The Lewis Carroll Scrapbook
Collection, now available at
http://international.loc.gov/intldl/carrollhtml/ . Lewis Carroll, he
of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Though the Looking-Glass (also
known...
Library of Congress Releases World War I
Rotogravures Collections
Library of Congress Releases World War I
Rotogravures Collections
12/29/2004 01:41 AMThe Library of Congress has announced a new digital collection,
"Newspaper Pictorials: World War I Rotogravures." It's available at
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/rotogravures/ . Rotogravure,
for those of you who missed that word...
Prints and Photographs Reading Room
(Library of Congress):
Prints and Photographs Reading Room
(Library of Congress):
09/02/2004 06:26 AMPrints and Photographs Reading Room - Library of
Congresshttp://www.loc.gov/rr/print/Unique in their scope and richness, the prints and
photographs collections today number more than 13.7 million images.
These include photographs, fine and popular prints and drawings,
posters, and architectural and engineering drawings. While
international in scope, the collections are particularly rich in
materials produced in, or documenting the history of, the United
States and the lives, interests and achievements of the American
people.
Library of Congress deletes
whistle-blower's comments
Library of Congress deletes
whistle-blower's comments
04/01/2005 03:43 AMCory Doctorow:
Joe discovered that when the Library of Congress posted the comments
it got on the "Orphan Works" proceeding, it failed to redact the
personal info of the submitters, simply covering them with a white
box, which anyone could see through with a simple copy-paste
operation. He complained to the Library of Congress, so they deleted
his comment.
I had assurances from the LoC that they had fixed this personal
information disclosure. However, working with the folks at
freeculture.org, it appears that their "solution" was to remove my
comment document only (instead of a more general solution). Moreover,
all the original unredacted files are available in the ZIP file they
offer... which hasn't been updated.
Man, doesn't anyone know someone at the LoC who can get things done?
Well, I guess that's the price I pay for providing feedback
(participation tax, I suppose).
Link
(
Thanks, Joe!)
Library of Congress Updates Prints and
Photographs Online Catalog
Library of Congress Updates Prints and
Photographs Online Catalog
04/26/2004 07:35 AMApparently it's LOC day here at ResearchBuzz. Who knew? Anyway, the
LOC has announced that their Prints and Photographs Online Catalog, at
http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/catalog.html , now has almost 1 million
images....
Library of Congress Announces September
11 Documentary Project Presentation
Library of Congress Announces September
11 Documentary Project Presentation
02/01/2005 10:14 PMThe Library of Congress's American Folklife Center has announced a new
presentation, The September 11, 2001 Documentary Project, available at
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/911_archive/ . Instead of a
media archive, this is an...
Global Gateway: World Culture &
Resources (Library of Congress)
Global Gateway: World Culture &
Resources (Library of Congress)
03/28/2005 08:11 AMGlobal Gateway: World Culture & Resources (Library of
Congress)http://inte
rnational.loc.gov/intldl/intldlhome.htmlGlobal Gateway
is a gateway to rich primary source materials relating to the history
and culture. The site offers more than 80 thousand digital items. In
addition, it is a portal to international research centers,
collections, and other resources available at the Library of Congress
and through its Web site. Sections include: 1) Centers for
International Research, 2) Portals to the World, 3) About
International Colections, 4) Research Guides and Databases, 5)
Featured Presentations, 6) Research Opportunities, 7) International
Exhibitions, and 8) International Cybercasts. This has been added to
Research Resources
Subject Tracer™ Information Blog.
Library of Congress Adds Content to
Veterans History Project
Library of Congress Adds Content to
Veterans History Project
06/05/2005 10:54 PMThis is the seventh set of individual stories, comprising interviews,
letters, photographs and written memoirs, to be featured on the site,
which is titled Experiencing War - Stories from the Veterans History
Project.
Library of Congress Expands Online
Access to Prints, Photos
Library of Congress Expands Online
Access to Prints, Photos
05/31/2004 07:05 PMThe Library is offering broad public access to these materials as a
contribution to education and scholarship. Not all images displayed in
this catalog are in the public domain. Some materials in these
collections may be protected by the U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17,
U.S.C.) and/or by the copyright or neighboring-rights laws of other
nations. Additionally, the reproduction of some materials may be
restricted by terms of Library of Congress gift or purchase
agreements, donor restrictions, privacy and publicity rights,
licensing and trademarks.
Web Host & Domain News-U.S. Law Library
of Congress, Selects Verio for Managed H
Web Host & Domain News-U.S. Law Library
of Congress, Selects Verio for Managed H
08/04/2004 01:46 PMThe Hosting News Aug 4 2004 4:52PM GMT
Homer Library Comes Home to My
Aggregator!
Homer Library Comes Home to My
Aggregator!
09/24/2004 09:17 AMMy home library unveiled
a new web site today and the home page is now a blog (powered by Blogger). Happy, happy, happy
dance, happy, happy, happy dance!
Of course, my favorite part is the sidebar on the right-hand side
where you'll find links to Ask a Librarian (their
email and VR service), Find It Online
(their database section), ListenIllinois (my statewide
group purchase!), the new Homer Community web site
(funded by a library the grant received - more on that in the future),
and ........drum roll, please....... an RSS
feed!! Happy, happy, joy, joy, happy, happy, joy, joy!
Subscribed!
Of course, this will change my RSS class because I always
show how I can't find my library's feed in Bloglines or Yahoo as a way to prod attendees to
get their own feed. Now that will change when the feed does
appear!
Oh, and one of the blog posts mentions a LibraryLookup
bookmarklet for their catalog!
Did I mention I'm happy? :-)
PHP Everywhere: Home. News and feature
articles on PHP and ADOdb database
library.
PHP Everywhere: Home. News and feature
articles on PHP and ADOdb database
library.
12/21/2002 02:04 AMPHP Everywhere: Home. News and feature articles on PHP and ADOdb
database library.. Some great thoughts in this blog about PHP and
scripting in general. Good reading.
Congress Loves Spam -- If It's From
Congress
Congress Loves Spam -- If It's From
Congress
12/28/2003 06:31 AM"RipDigital is a bulk CD-ripping
operation: send them your CD library and
they'll ship your library back in MP3
format"
"RipDigital is a bulk CD-ripping
operation: send them your CD library and
they'll ship your library back in MP3
format"
01/12/2004 02:57 AMDelicious Library 1.0: Easy, Fun Library
Software Catalogs Your Media
Delicious Library 1.0: Easy, Fun Library
Software Catalogs Your Media
03/17/2005 03:10 AMIn addition to being useful and easy to use, it's just plain fun.
By Mathew Honan, Macworld
Denver Public Library Launches New
Digital Library
Denver Public Library Launches New
Digital Library
05/06/2004 05:47 AMDenver Public Library Launches New Digital Libraryhttp://snipurl.com/65h2Denver Public Library?s new online service is giving city
residents access to popular eBooks directly from their homes and
offices. The Library serves over a half-million residents and 80% of
the city?s population has a library card and access to the new
service. ?This is an exciting opportunity to provide eBooks to the
city,? said Michelle Jeske, Manager of Web Information Services. ?This
year, we saw a 24% increase in the number of online library
transactions. eBooks that can be downloaded from our website fit very
well with this kind of public demand,? she added.
State Library of Tasmania: Image Library
State Library of Tasmania: Image Library
01/16/2004 11:02 AM State Library of Tasmania, Heritage Collection
Image Library.
Stay at Home Mom makes 6-Figure Income
Working Online at Home- Second Time
Around After Huge Comeback
Stay at Home Mom makes 6-Figure Income
Working Online at Home- Second Time
Around After Huge Comeback
09/26/2004 03:48 AMStay at home mother, Sandi Krakowski, always knew that one day she
would create a career and find a way to not interfere with her love
for her family. As a homeschooling mother of 3 for 15 years, Sandi has
found great success by working out of the comfort of her home,
6-Figures worth! [PRWEB Sep 26, 2004]
"When the kids bring them home and open
them up, it's the brightest light source
in the home," said Negroponte. "Parents
love it."
"When the kids bring them home and open
them up, it's the brightest light source
in the home," said Negroponte. "Parents
love it."
04/05/2005 04:08 AMSomewhat amazing story about $100 laptops for children in developing
nations .. 100 dollar laptop ..
laptops
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Motorola Announces Home Media
Architecture, Extending Digital Video
Recording Capabilities Throughout the
Home
Motorola Announces Home Media
Architecture, Extending Digital Video
Recording Capabilities Throughout the
Home
05/04/2004 09:06 PMHidden Wires May 5 2004 0:12AM GMT
Refinance, Home Improvement and Home
Equity Loans
Refinance, Home Improvement and Home
Equity Loans
06/02/2004 06:37 PMAd - http://www.locallender.info Jun 2 2004 11:37PM GMT
Busted For Using Library Wi-Fi Outside
The Library
Busted For Using Library Wi-Fi Outside
The Library
09/01/2004 06:32 AMWorld's Largest Online Library Joins
ISTE in Promoting Technology in
Education - Questia Online Library and
Research Service Joins ISTE 100
World's Largest Online Library Joins
ISTE in Promoting Technology in
Education - Questia Online Library and
Research Service Joins ISTE 100
06/14/2004 02:07 AMQuestia, world's largest online library and research service joins
ISTE 100 to promote effective use of technology in the classroom.
[PRWEB Jun 14, 2004]
British Library Launches British Library
Direct
British Library Launches British Library
Direct
06/05/2005 11:20 PMThe British Library has announced British Library Direct, which is a
pay-as-you-go service that offers nine million articles from 20,000
international research journals. These articles go back five years,
and...
Home sweet home office?
Home sweet home office?
04/01/2005 07:57 PMBlog: Intriguing questions about working from home have been raised
in a couple of recent blogs.
Wednesday, Sun Microsystems...
A Home Away From Home for Dying Children
A Home Away From Home for Dying Children
02/10/2004 02:45 AMThe George Mark Children's House will become the only independent site
in the country to provide medical child care and end-of-life
management for children.
Digital home, sweet home
Digital home, sweet home
05/28/2004 03:19 PMZDNet May 28 2004 6:45PM GMT
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