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|| Library Highlights ||
- Library Experience at myLOC.gov
New exhibitions and technologies inspire, engage - Wise Guide to loc.gov
Hanukkah, butterflies, "color" photos, paper preservation and more - Webcasts from the Library
An evening with renowned Nigerian author Chinua Achebe - Places in the News
Headline locations from the Library's map collections - Today in History |
December 19
Travel back in time through American Memory
|| Popular Topics & Collections ||
|| News from the Library ||
Announcement: Special Library holiday hours through January More...
- 2008 Kluge Prize Awarded
Historians Peter Brown, Romila Thapar received prize at Dec. 10 ceremony - New Interactive Features in "Experience"
Extended hours for visitors, Library connects to new Capitol Visitor Center - Lincoln Bicentennial Exhibit Opens Feb. 12
"With Malice Toward None" celebrates 200th birthday of America's 16th president
|| The Library at Work ||
- Lifelong Literacy
Encouraging children to become engaged in reading - Help Your National Library
Lend a hand as the Library preserves knowledge & creativity - Flickr Photo Pilot
Sharing photographs with a broad new audience in a Web 2.0 community - Audio-Visual Conservation
Preserving, and providing access to the world’s audiovisual heritage - Digital Preservation
Collecting and preserving digital knowledge for future generations
|| Did You Know? ||
Did you know that on Christmas Eve, 1851, the Library of Congress, originally housed in the Capitol, caught fire for the second time that century, destroying 55,000 volumes?