LoC Global
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2.0KBy the People: Transcribe Early Copyright Applications
Title page copyright application for “The Female Spy,” a romance novel of 1846. Rare Book and Special Collections Division. The Library’s newest...
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2.1KThomas Jefferson’s Quran at the World Expo in Dubai
Yasmeen Khan (center), head of the Library’s Paper Conservation Section, helps install Jefferson’s copy of the Koran in the U.S. exhibit in...
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690National Book Festival: That’s a Wrap!
The Library’s first live event since the spring of 2020. Crossword puzzle experts Adrienne Raphel (l), Will Shortz (c) and Lulu Garcia-Navarro...
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590Kazuo Ishiguro: People in Service, A Life of Meaning
Kazuo Ishiguro. Photo: Andrew Testa. Nobel Laureate and Booker Prize-winning author Kazuo Ishiguro, making a headlining appearance at this year’s National Book...
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619Hispanic Heritage Month: Selena’s “Ven Conmigo”
As we celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month, author Joe Nick Patoski, who has been writing about Texas music and musicians for five decades,...
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540Jason Reynolds Takes a Third Lap
As the National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature for the past two years, Jason Reynolds has been an enthusiastic and supportive proponent...
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Welcome to the 2021 National Book Festival!
The 2021 Library of Congress National Book Festival has begun! Watch as News4 Today journalist Eun Yang talks to Librarian of Congress...
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569Medieval Manuscripts in the Digital Age
Detail from the “Book of Hours.” published in France, circa 1420. Rare Books and Special Collections Division. This is a guest post...
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617Maps: The (Bright) Side of the Moon
The 1962 map of the moon. The Sea of Tranquility, where the Apollo 11 mission landed, is the large dark area at...
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572Venture Smith: The First Slave Narrative
Descendants of Venture Smith gather at his gravesite in East Haddam, Connecticut, during the town’s 2019 Venture Smith Day. Photo courtesy of...
