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Editorial | Talking-Books Budget Cuts
- 2007-08-25
In the budget wars in Washington, where billions usually are at stake, an amount less than $7 million would almost never draw any notice. But this tiny sum - trimmed by Congress from a budget request by the Library of Congress for upgrading its talking-books program - has sent dismay...
U.S. must act to preserve digital data
- 2007-05-20
It is commonly agreed that the destruction of the ancient Library of Alexandria in Egypt was one of the most devastating losses of knowledge in all of civilization. Today, however, the digital information that drives our world and powers our economy is in many ways more susceptible to loss than...
James Monroe and John Adams: an unlikely "friendship".(Biography)
- 2005-09-22
RECENT HISTORICAL SCHOLARSHIP on the political culture of the early United States has turned from analyzing ideologies and issues to examining the personalities and motivations of the first party leaders. Within a framework often termed the "republican paradigm," an incongruous mixture of conservative, deferential, communal, ...
US Librarian of Congress visits Iran as nuclear tensions rise
- 2004-11-03
WASHINGTON AFP — The chief of the US Library of Congress is visiting Iran this week to explore expanding the facility's Iranian document collection as tensions between Washington and Tehran soar over the Islamic republic's nuclear program, US officials said. Librarian of Congress James Billington is leading a small...
US librarian of Congress in Iran on 'cultural' visit as nuclear tensions rise
- 2004-11-03
WASHINGTON AFP — The head of the US Library of Congress is visiting Iran this week, seeking to expand the facility's Iranian document collection, as tensions between Washington and Tehran soar over the Islamic republic's nuclear program, US officials said. Librarian of Congress James Billington is leading a small...
Commentary: Library of Congress is national treasure
- 2004-07-07
Anticipating the celebration of our nation's 228th birthday, my rekindled patriotic spirit initially wanted to find out more about the first Continental Congress. While looking on the Internet, however, I subsequently became intrigued with the unique and interesting history of the Library of Congress. I learned...
American memory updates Century of Lawmaking collection. (And Furthermore).(history of Congress web site updated)(Brief Article)
- 2003-04-01
Just under five years ago the Library of Congress's American Memory program, in cooperation with the Law Library of Congress, introduced a seven-volume set of documents covering the First Congress. Thus was planted a seed of historic U.S. Congressional documents in the collection A Century of...
Library aims to save digital data
- 2003-02-15
WASHINGTON -- Here's the flip side of the digital age's magic act: It's also making information disappear. "The digital history of this nation is imperiled by the very technology that is used to create it," said Librarian of Congress James Billington. So Friday the Library of...
U.S. Congress Approves Library Of Congress Plan For Preservation Of Digital Materials; Librarian Announces National Initiative
- 2003-02-13
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Library of Congress Announces New Registry of Sounds
- 2003-01-28
Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five will go down in history. One of the group's 1982 rap recordings is among the first 50 entries named yesterday to the new National Registry of Sound, which also includes Thomas Edison's earliest sound recordings, in 1888, a 1955 Frank Sinatra album, and...
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