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Library of Congress Magazine March/April 2020 Digging Into the Treasure Chest LIBRARY OF CONGRESS MAGAZINE MARCH/APRIL 2020 DIGGING INTO THE TREASURE CHEST Inside A New View Of the Library Making Music for Blind Musicians Plus Happy 220th, LOC! Journalism’s North Star Science Mysteries Solved FEATURES ▪ These historical catalogs still house 10 12 18 enormous numbers of cards representing A New View Opening the Chest That All May Play individual items in the An underway project aims To further their work, Braille music collections Library’s collections. to change the way visitors researchers seek out gems help blind musicians Shawn Miller experience the Library. in Library collections. pursue their passions. LIBRARY OF CONGRESS MAGAZINE ▪ On the cover: Collections officer Beatriz Haspo displays a facsimile copy of the illuminated Manuale (Psalterium) of St. Ruperti Salzburg from the 14th century. Shawn Miller LIBRARY OF CONGRESS MAGAZINE DEPARTMENTS MARCH / APRIL 2020 VOL. 9 NO. 2 Mission of the 2 Trending Library of Congress The Library’s mission is to engage, 4 By the Numbers inspire and inform Congress and the American people with a universal and enduring source of 5 Online Offerings knowledge and creativity. 6 Curator's Picks Library of Congress Magazine is issued bimonthly by the Office of 5 Communications of the Library 8 Page from the Past of Congress and distributed free of charge to publicly 22 My Job supported libraries and research institutions, donors, academic libraries, learned societies and 23 Favorite Place allied organizations in the United States. Research institutions and educational organizations in other 24 Around the Library countries may arrange to receive Library of Congress Magazine on an exchange basis by applying in 25 News Briefs writing to the Library’s Director for Acquisitions and Bibliographic Access, 101 Independence Ave. 26 Shop the Library S.E., Washington DC 20540- 4100. LCM is also available on the web at loc.gov/lcm/. All 27 Support the Library 8 other correspondence should be addressed to the Office of Communications, Library of 28 Last Word Congress, 101 Independence Ave. S.E., Washington DC 20540-1610. [email protected] loc.gov/lcm ISSN 2169-0855 (print) ISSN 2169-0863 (online) Carla Hayden Librarian of Congress April Slayton Executive Editor Mark Hartsell 22 Editor Ashley Jones Designer Shawn Miller Photo Editor Contributors Amara Alexander John Y. Cole Talía Guzmán-González Megan Halsband Jennifer Harbster CONNECT ON Wendi Maloney Jennifer Ashley Tepper loc.gov/connect Katherine von der Linde 28 MARCH/APRIL 2020 LOC.GOV/LCM 1 #TRENDING ▪ The Thomas Jefferson even (disapprovingly) observed a “group Building has served as of laughing, chatting ladies nonchalantly home for the Library TWO CENTURIES turning over the elephant sheets of of Congress since the Audubon’s ornithology.” In 1892, Congress building opened in 1897. OF SERVICE Prints and Photographs included the Library when it authorized Division access to all Washington, D.C., scientific The Library marks 220 years and literary organizations for students of of serving Congress and the higher education. public. In 1861, President Abraham Lincoln devoured books from the Library to learn what he In April, the Library of Congress celebrates could about the arts of war. The real push its 220th anniversary — more than two for public access, however, came from centuries of public service. How did this Lincoln’s appointee as Librarian of Congress: key legislative agency also become such a Ainsworth Rand Spofford. Service to the public treasure? Well, Congress did it. public was an important part of Spofford’s In the first three decades of the 19th plan to shape the Library into a national century, Congress expanded the Library’s cultural institution. His friend, historian use to include the president and the vice George Bancroft, was the first researcher president, the U.S. Supreme Court and other and scholar he encouraged to use the government agencies. collections — with a couple of twists. In 1866, he persuaded Bancroft to recommend the The public soon took full advantage of purchase by Congress of the Peter Force the Library’s location in the U.S. Capitol, collection, which became the foundation a public building; in 1837, a local writer of the Library’s Americana and incunabula 2 LIBRARY OF CONGRESS MAGAZINE HOW DO I GET A READER ID CARD Reader identification cards are required for patrons who wish to conduct research in the Library’s reading rooms and computer catalog centers or in the U.S. Copyright Office public service areas. The cards are free of charge and are valid for two years. They can be obtained by anyone age 16 or older by completing the registration process and presenting a valid driver’s license, state-issued identification card or passport. With a reader card, patrons can request materials from the Library’s general collections via the Library of collections; the same year, he also charged Congress Online Catalog (catalog.loc. Bancroft $25 for the transcription of two gov) using their individual account letterbooks in the collection. numbers. Spofford’s efforts culminated with the grand To get a reader identification card: public opening in 1897 of the magnificent 1. Visit the Madison Building (room 133) Jefferson Building, the Library’s first from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday separate building. through Saturday. Or visit the Jefferson Herbert Putnam, the Librarian of Congress Building (room 139) from 8:30 a.m. to from 1899 to 1939, welcomed tourists 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, Friday or Saturday and visitors to the new building. He also or from 8:30 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday, formalized its scholarly use through a Wednesday and Thursday. series of endowed chairs and bibliographic 2. Complete a standard form at a self- projects. Importantly, as an experienced serve computer station. professional librarian, he added services to libraries and their patrons to the parade of 3. After verifying your information, a Library users. Library staff member will take your identification photo, ask you to provide Thus, the stage was set for the next a signature and give you a reader card. century’s expansion of the Library’s collections and their varied uses by new To save some time, patrons may generations that still continues today. preregister for a card by completing the form online at loc.gov/readerreg/ –John Y. Cole is the remote/, then completing step three in Library of Congress historian. person. MARCH/APRIL 2020 LOC.GOV/LCM 3 BY THE NUMBERS AN UNPARALLELED More than COLLECTION 10,000 10,000 items come The Library of Congress collection to the Library each includes over 170 million physical items working day. in virtually all formats, languages and subjects. More than 2.4 million 2.4 million digital items accessible on the Other (posters, Library’s prints, drawings, website. broadsides, etc.) The Library’s 470 collection contains Moving images materials in (films, videos, some 470 television languages. VISUAL broadcasts and DVDs) MATERIALS IN THE LIBRARY’S COLLECTION 1,849,175 4,233,807 Moving images Audio materials 2,018,383 5,617,774 Other Photographs Maps 8,135,588 15,039,990 Sheet music nonclassified items 17,075,339 Photographs, 17,376,100 prints, drawings Microforms and posters 24,863,177 Cataloged books 73,908,819 Manuscripts and other nonpictorial material CURRENT HOLDINGS TOTAL 170,118,152 (THROUGH 2019 FISCAL YEAR) 4 LIBRARY OF CONGRESS MAGAZINE ONLINE OFFERINGS programs designed to promote ▪ From left: Abraham creativity and lifelong learning. Lincoln impersonator THE LIBRARY LIFE George Buss explores In recent years, the Library has hosted the Lincoln papers in New Flickr account captures conversations with such notable figures the Manuscript Division. all the action at the world’s as former British Prime Minister Tony Cinderella makes an Blair, country music superstar Dolly appearance at the largest library. Library during a June Parton, Supreme Court Justices Sonia celebration of the Sotomayor and Clarence Thomas, author Something interesting is always addition of the film and actor John Cena and documentarian happening at the Library of Congress. to the National Film Ken Burns. It staged a disco night dance Registry. Visitors place On any given day at the Library, one might party for the public; played nine innings roses on an AIDS quilt hear Gloria Gaynor sing “I Will Survive” in the of 19th-century baseball on its grounds panel in the Great Hall Great Hall, listen to filmmaker Christopher in celebration of America’s game; spent during a ceremony in November. Shawn Miller Nolan discuss the making of “Dunkirk,” summer nights on the lawn picnicking meet veterans of the Battle of the Bulge, and watching classic movies; and witness members of Congress celebrating celebrated the centennial of women’s a milestone of women’s suffrage, watch suffrage through a major exhibition. conservationists preserve a one-of-a- Library of Congress Life also seeks to kind photo of Harriet Tubman or see an capture the beauty of the historic Jefferson African penguin walk through the historic Building, whose dazzling art and architecture Main Reading Room (yes, that happened). make it one of the most popular spots A recently launched account on in the nation’s capital for visitors. Flickr, called Library of Congress Life, The Library invites the public to visit shares photos and videos that give its buildings and to attend its events. a taste of what that life is like. But even if you can’t make it, Library of While the Library provides access to Congress Life virtually takes you there. the millions of books, photos, maps, manuscripts and more in its collections, the institution also hosts hundreds of public events each year — concerts, film MORE INFORMATION screenings, author talks, exhibitions, Library of Congress Life poetry readings, lectures and special flickr.com/people/library-of-congress-life/ MARCH/APRIL 2020 LOC.GOV/LCM 5 CURATOR'S PICKS MYSTERY SOLVED Jennifer Harbster, head of the science reference section, chooses favorite queries submitted by patrons to the Everyday Mysteries online question-and-answer feature.
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