The Library of Congress announced today that it has been awarded a $1 million grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation for the Computing Cultural Heritage in the Cloud (CCHC) project, which will pilot ways to combine cutting edge technology and the …
The John W. Kluge Center has announced the arrival of several scholars-in-residence at the Library of Congress. Andrea Campbell holds the Kluge Chair in American Law and Governance. Campbell is the Arthur and Ruth Sloan professor of political science at …
Recipient of the 2020 Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song, Garth Brooks. Photo by Joseph Llanes Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden today announced that country music titan Garth Brooks is the next recipient of the Library of Congress …
Press Contact: John Sayers (202) 707-9216 Public Contact: Lee Ann Potter (202) 707-8735 The Library of Congress today announced the selection of four organizations that will receive more than $1.1 million through its Teaching with Primary Sources (TPS) …
The Serge Koussevitzky Music Foundation in the Library of Congress has awarded commissions for new musical works to four composers. The commissions are granted jointly by the foundation and the performing organizations that will present the world premiere …
Three titles will launch the Library of Congress Crime Classics Series in spring 2020. Cover designs were inspired by images from the Library's collections. Classic American crime novels will see new life in a new publishing collaboration between the …
A new website for the Constitution Annotated makes the U.S. Constitution fully searchable with Supreme Court interpretations for the first time. In celebration of Constitution Day, the Library of Congress is launching a new website – constitution.congress. …
The new exhibition "Comic Art: 120 Years of Panels and Pages" explores the visual styles of comics from the first newspaper comic strips to some of the most famous characters. A new exhibition at the Library of Congress explores the fascinating …
The Library of Congress kicked off the 2019-20 school year by welcoming two teachers to its Capitol Hill campus who will work closely with the Library’s learning and innovation team to help make primary sources from the Library’s collections more …
Alan Lomax and Raphael Hurtault listening to playback. La Plaine, Dominica. June 1962. Photo credit: Association for Cultural Equity From hot summer days in Mississippi to windy nights in the Caribbean, the Library of Congress’ latest crowdsourcing …
Festivalgoers explore the expo floor at the National Book Festival, August 31, 2019. Photo by David Rice. Book lovers of all ages came together by the tens of thousands to celebrate reading and meet their favorite authors Saturday at the 19th annual …
Three organizations working to expand literacy and promote reading in the United States and worldwide will be awarded the 2019 Library of Congress Literacy Awards at the National Book Festival gala, Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden announced today. …
Portion of the Gandhara scroll. https://www.loc.gov/item/2018305008/ The Library of Congress has restored and made available online the Gandhara Scroll, a manuscript dating back to around the first century B.C., that offers insight into early Buddhist …
Neil Patrick Harris, Edwidge Danticat and Joy Harjo will be the first three authors featured in the new series National Book Festival Presents at the Library in September. Photos by Mark Veltman, Mark Dellas and Shawn Miller, respectively. The Library of …
An 1881 photograph of President James A. Garfield by Edward Bierstadt. Garfield's papers are now available online. Manuscript Division, Library of Congress The papers of President James A. Garfield, who was assassinated in the first year of his short …
Amy Tan speaks with National Book Festival Literary Director Marie Arana on the Main Stage, September 1, 2018. Photo by Shawn Miller, Library of Congress. The 2019 Library of Congress National Book Festival will offer an outstanding lineup of authors for …
Joy Harjo has been named Poet Laureate of the United States. Photo by Shawn Miller, Library of Congress. Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden today announced the appointment of Joy Harjo as the nation’s 23rd Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry for 2019-2020. …
Michelle Light, director of the Special Collections Directorate at the Library of Congress. Photo by Shawn Miller Michelle Light, formerly director of Special Collections and Archives at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, has been named director of the …
Jane Sánchez, deputy librarian for Library Collections and Services at the Library of Congress.Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden today announced that Jane Sánchez, the law librarian of Congress, has been named the deputy librarian for Library Collections …
Local educators across the nation have been selected from a pool of more than 280 applicants to participate in the Library of Congress’ Summer Teacher Institute, part of the Teaching with Primary Sources program. Click here for more information.
