GAZETTE Volume 26, No. 43 • November 6, 2015 • A weekly publication for Library staff Inside David Bromberg Papers American folk-music legend David Bromberg donates papers to Library. Page 3 Public Broadcasting Collections Online American Archive of Public Broadcast- ing Online Reading Room adds some Shawn Miller 7,000 hours of American public radio and TV content. Basarat Kazim of Alif Laila Book Bus Society in Pakistan speaks at the 2015 Library of Page 4 Congress Literacy Awards announcement, Oct. 27. The Public Library The Library of Congress has acquired photographs from “The Public Library: Library Announces Literacy An American Commons,” a photo- graphic survey by Robert Dawson of Award Winners for 2015 public libraries in the U.S. Page 6 he Library of Congress last week The Library of Congress Literacy announced the recipients of the Awards Advisory Board, which comprises T 2015 Library of Congress Literacy a broad range of experts in the field of Awards, a program originated and spon- literacy and reading promotion, provided sored by philanthropist David M. Ruben- recommendations to former Librarian of stein. The literacy awards, first announced Congress James H. Billington, who made in January 2013, help support organiza- the final selections. tions working to alleviate the problems of First Book received the $150,000 David illiteracy and aliteracy in the United States M. Rubenstein Prize for its work to further and worldwide. The awards highlight and educational equity by tackling the scar- Ensemble Intercontemporain performs reward organizations that do exemplary, city of books and educational resources the world premiere of Library innovative and easily replicable work. In for millions of children growing up in low- commission by composer Hannah Lash, conjunction with the awards presentation income families in the U.S. and Canada. Nov. 13 in the Coolidge Auditorium. and its annual best-practices publication Through its growing network – currently and related programming, the Library numbering nearly 200,000 schools, librar- On Tap of Congress encourages new groups, ies, after-school programs, social-service Lectures, films, concerts, classes and organizations and individuals to become organizations and other groups serving other events at the Library of Congress in the coming week. involved. A formal presentation of the children in need – First Book has provided Page 8 awards will take place next spring. LITERACY PRIZE, continued on page 7 2 THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS GAZETTE NOVEMBER 6, 2015 EVENTS Upcoming GAZETTE November Events To Be Held in Remembrance of Kristallnacht www.loc.gov/staff/gazette The Library of Congress will host ‘Writing the Holocaust’ GAYLE OSTERBERG two public events in November in Executive Editor Noon, Nov. 9 MARK HARTSELL remembrance of Kristallnacht, the Pickford Theater, Madison Building Editor “Night of Broken Glass,” which took Contributing Editors: Erin Allen, Calendar; place in cities throughout Germany Carlin “René” Sayles, Moving On and Length of Service; Lisa Davis, Donated Leave and Austria on Nov. 9, 1938. The brutal On Monday, Nov. 16, the Library’s Proofreader: George Thuronyi attacks by German Nazis on the Jewish Asian American Association and Design and Production: Ashley Jones population left 91 dead, and approxi- Hebrew Language Table, in associa- PETER BRAESTRUP GAIL FINEBERG JAMES W. 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NOVEMBER 6, 2015 THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS GAZETTE 3 NEWS David Bromberg Donates Collection to Library By Mike Ashenfelder David Bromberg – performer, singer, multi-instrumentalist, luthier and violin authority – has donated his collection of writings, photographs, memorabilia, audio and video recordings to the Library of Congress’ American Folklife Center. Bromberg’s career began in the early 1960s in his home city of New York, where he was part of the Greenwich Village music scene. He became a protégé of Reverend Gary Davis, a renowned finger- style guitarist. “Through him, I discovered the music Shawn Miller in churches,” said Bromberg in a July Musician David Bromberg (center), accompanied by his wife Nancy Josephson 2014 Open Mic interview at the Library (left), and their daughter Ruth (right), attend a reception in honor of the Library’s acquisition of portions of his collection, Oct. 29. of Congress. Bromberg’s musicianship transcended Grateful Dead, David Grisman, Bonnie made between 1850 and 1950. In 2002, he styles and genres, and by the late 1960s Raitt, George Harrison and Ringo Starr. and his wife moved to Wilmington, Dela- he backed other musicians in the studio, In 1980, Bromberg burnt out on the ware, where they are now the proprietors mostly playing rock ’n’ roll. music business, stopped playing and did of David Bromberg Fine Violins, which In 1970, Bromberg accompanied folk some soul-searching. sells and repairs instruments. singer Rosalie Sorrels at the Isle of Wight “I had a personality crisis, because Bromberg has also returned to play- music festival and made an impression on I’d always thought of myself as a musi- ing and touring and has found a bal- the raucous crowd with his witty perfor- cian,” he said.