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GAZETTE Volume 27, No. 39 • October 7, 2016 • A weekly publication for Library staff Inside

Widmer Named Kluge Director Historian, author, librarian and presidential speechwriter Edward L. Widmer has been appointed director of the John W. Kluge Center. Page 3

New Class of Digital Stewards The Library names five members to the 2016-17 class of the National Digital

Stewardship Residency program. Shawn Miller Page 4 Carla Hayden and Vartan Gregorian (left) present hard drives of digitized collection items to Abdul Bari Jahani, Afghanistan’s minister of information and culture.

Coming Soon to the Library Upcoming events at the Library include Library Repatriates Digitized programs about movie adaptations of books, Mother Teresa, book collecting and saving libraries during wartime. Cultural Treasures to Afghanistan Page 5 to Afghan culture and history – an initia- By Mark Hartsell tive Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden called “a labor of love and devotion.” or decades, the people of Afghani- Hayden, joined by Carnegie Corpora- stan had little access to important tion of New York President Vartan Grego- F pieces of their own cultural history, rian, on Sept. 21 presented hard drives pieces lost to time, natural disasters and containing more than 163,000 pages of long and destructive wars. documents to a delegation from Afghani- The first Afghan printed periodical, stan in a ceremony in the Members Room. photographic accounts of century-old “This digitized content, high-resolu- conflicts with Britain and journals docu- tion images and metadata will be given menting mid-20th-century modernization, directly to the leading Afghan cultural The Library hosts Columbus Day open houses, Oct. 10 in the Main Reading among thousands of other items, could and educational institutions to help them Room and at the Packard Campus. only be found elsewhere – often just at build their own institutional reposito- the Library of Congress. ries,” Hayden said. “Many of the items On Tap The Library recently gave some of and materials in this digitized collec- Lectures, films, concerts, classes and those treasures back to the Afghan tion cannot be found in Afghanistan, as other events at the Library of Congress in the coming week. people, the result of a three-year digiti- they have been destroyed in natural and Page 8 zation project of Library holdings related AFGHAN, continued on page 6 2 THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS GAZETTE OCTOBER 7, 2016

NEWS New Online Presidents and Pioneering GAZETTE www.loc.gov/staff/gazette A monthly update of key additions to up primarily of general correspondence and family papers of Taylor, with some GAYLE OSTERBERG the Library of Congress website. Executive Editor autobiographical material, business and MARK HARTSELL The Library continues to add to its military records, printed documents, Editor online collection of presidential papers: engraved printed portraits and other Contributing Editors: Erin Allen, Calendar; Carlin “René” Sayles, Moving On and Length of Service; New in September were presentations on miscellany relating chiefly to his presi- Lisa Davis, Donated Leave John Tyler and Zachary Taylor. dency; his service as an Army officer, Proofreader: George Thuronyi John Tyler, the 10th president, was especially in the Second Seminole Indian Design and Production: Ashley Jones acutely conscious of the legacy he would War; management of his plantations; and PETER BRAESTRUP GAIL FINEBERG JAMES W. McCLUNG Founder Founding Editor Founding Publisher leave upon his death, carefully collecting settlement of his estate. (1990 – 1997) (1990 – 2009) (1990 – 1994) papers documenting his life and work. Collection Upgrades: The Library Following his 1862 death, the Tyler continues to gradually upgrade and Mission of the Library of Congress home – Sherwood Forest in Charles City migrate older collections to new presenta- The Library’s central mission is to provide Congress, the County, Virginia – was entered by Union tions. The latest upgrade from our legacy federal government and the American people with a rich, diverse and enduring source of knowledge that can be relied soldiers and others. Papers reported pres- American Memory project is “Pioneering upon to inform, inspire and engage them and support their ent in the house were subjected to ran- the Upper Midwest: Books from Michigan, intellectual and creative endeavors. sacking, looting and destruction. Tyler’s Minnesota, and Wisconsin, ca. 1820 to About the Gazette son, Lyon Gardiner Tyler, sought out mate- 1910,” found at http://bit.ly/2dni0li. An official publication of the Library of Congress,The Gazette encourages Library managers and staff to submit articles and rials that might still be extant, contacting The collection portrays the states photographs of general interest. Submissions will be edited to family friends and known recipients of of Michigan, Minnesota and Wisconsin convey the most necessary information. Deadline for submission of articles is 5 p.m. Wednesday, one Tyler correspondence. He recovered part from the 17th to the early 20th century week prior to publication date. Please submit text in digital of an autograph collection and letters, through first-person accounts, biogra- form via e-mail ([email protected]) preferably as an attached Microsoft Word file. or copies of letters, written by his father phies, promotional literature, local histo- Back issues of The Gazette in print are available in the Public to friends and political contemporaries. ries, ethnographic and antiquarian texts, Affairs Office, LM 105.

He sold those original documents and colonial archival documents and other Electronic archived issues and a color PDF file of the current issue copies to the Library in 1919. works drawn from the Library’s general are available online at www.loc.gov/staff/gazette. The Zachary Taylor Papers Collec- collections and Rare Books and Special Library of Congress Gazette tion contains approximately 650 items Collections Division. Washington, DC 20540-1620 dating from 1814 to 1931, with the bulk Editorial: Mark Hartsell, 7-9194, [email protected] Design and production: Ashley Jones, from 1840 to 1861. The collection is made – William Kellum 7-9193, [email protected] ISSN 1049-8184

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The following employees have satisfied eligibility requirements to receive Gazette Welcomes Letters from Staff Staff is invited to use the Gazette for lively and thoughtful leave donations from other staff members. Contact Lisa Davis at 7-0033. debate relevant to Library issues. Letters must be signed by the author, whose place of work Amy Abel Eve Ferguson Melissa Saharko and telephone extension should be included so we can verify Tiffany Allgood NeeCole Hamilton Jennifer Sidley authorship. If a letter calls for management response, an explanation of a policy or actions or clarification of fact, we Craig Andrews Megan Meehan Raymond Watson will ask for management response.—Ed. Antoinette Childs Parthenia Palmer Donna Williams Genita Coger Kevin Pinckney Bernard Wooden Steven Davenport Bernice Reyes- Melissa Young Gazette Deadlines Tameka Epperson Akinbileje The deadline for editorial copy for the Oct. 21 Gazette is Wednesday, Oct. 12. E-mail editorial copy and letters to the editor to [email protected]. To promote events through the Library’s Not Getting All-Staff Emails? online calendar (www.loc.gov/loc/events) and the Gazette Calendar, e-mail event and Any employees who are not receiving all-staff emails should notify the OCIO contact information to [email protected] by 9 a.m. Monday of the week of publication. Hotline at 7-7727 or [email protected]. Include your name, email Boxed announcements should be submitted address and service unit, and you will be added to the appropriate service or electronically (text files) by 9 a.m. Monday support-unit group email account. the week of publication to [email protected]. OCTOBER 7, 2016 THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS GAZETTE 3

NEWS Widmer Appointed Director of Kluge Center Historian, author, librarian and presidential speechwriter Edward L. (Ted) Widmer, a senior fellow at the Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs in New York and a senior fellow and adjunct professor of history at Brown University, has been appointed director of the John W. Kluge Center at the Library of Congress. The appointment took effect Oct. 3. “Ted brings a wealth of talent and experience to the position,” said Jane McAuliffe, director of National and Inter- national Outreach. “I am certain that under his leadership the Kluge Center will thrive as a haven for serious research and a venue to showcase and celebrate scholarly achievements for the benefit of Congress and the public.” The Kluge Center invites distin- guished scholars from around the world L. Widmer Courtesy of Edward to conduct research at the Library, facili- Edward L. Widmer tates their access to Library collections and engages them in conversation with for speechwriting at the National Secu- senior adviser to Secretary of State Hill- members of Congress and other public rity Council, from 1997 to 2000, crafting ary Clinton during her last year in office. figures. Since the center opened in 2000, foreign-policy speeches for President He then returned to Brown as assistant it has welcomed more than 1,000 senior Bill Clinton. to the president of Brown University and junior scholars and researchers; In his capacity as a special adviser for special projects (2012–2015) and hosted hundreds of public lectures, sym- to the president for special projects returned to the classroom as an adjunct posia and conferences; and awarded (2000–2001), he advised Clinton on professor of history. the Kluge Prize for Achievement in the issues related to history and scholar- Widmer has been with the Carne- Study of Humanity to 10 world-renowned ship. Widmer continued his work with gie Council for Ethics in International intellectuals. Clinton as a special assistant from 2001 Affairs since 2015. He has been a frequent Widmer ’s wide-ranging career spans to 2004, conducting in-depth interviews contributor to a variety of publications, the worlds of academia, politics and with the former president as he wrote his including the New York Times, the Boston journalism. autobiography “My Life.” Simultaneously, Globe and Politico. He also serves on He is the author or editor of many Widmer returned to the academic world the board of the Massachusetts Histori- historical treatises, including a book as the inaugural director of the C.V. Starr cal Society. published this month, “The New York Center for the Study of the American Widmer holds an A.B. in the history Times Disunion: A History of the Civil Experience at Washington College in and literature of France and America, War”; “Listening In: The Secret White Chestertown, Maryland (2001–2006). an A.M. in history, and a Ph.D. in the House Recordings of John F. Kennedy”; From 2006 to 2012, he served as the history of American civilization, all from a biography of Martin Van Buren; and director and librarian at the John Carter Harvard University. “Ark of the Liberties: America and the Brown Library at Brown University. Under The Library established the Kluge World.” Another, “Lincoln on the Verge: his direction, the Library upgraded its Center in 2000 through an endowment An Odyssey, By Rail,” is scheduled for entire digital architecture, placing it on from John W. Kluge, an American entre- release next year. a modern footing for the 21st century. preneur and philanthropist. More infor- Widmer was a lecturer in history and Widmer returned to public service mation about the center is available at literature at Harvard University from 1993 in 2012, when he accepted the role of www.loc.gov/kluge/. u to 1997. He briefly left academia to serve as special assistant to the president for Read the Gazette in color at www.loc.gov/staff/gazette national-security affairs and director 4 THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS GAZETTE OCTOBER 7, 2016

NEWS Library Progam Helps Resolve Workplace Conflict

How do you respond to your col- leagues and supervisors over disagreements? Do you fight, take flight or shut down? On Oct. 14 and 24, the Library of Congress’s Office of Equal Employment Opportunity and Diversity Programs will host a one-hour program, “World Café Conflict Resolution Day,” designed to explore approaches and skills needed for addressing conflict; brainstorm ways to resolve difficult or uncomfortable situations and turn disagreements into pro- ductive workplace discussions. Both programs will take place from noon to 1 p.m. in Dining Room A of the Madison Building. Space is limited; RSVP Shawn Miller New digital-stewardship residents: Meredith Broadway (from left), Amy Gay, Megan at [email protected]. Potterbusch, Joseph Carrano and Elizabeth England. Since 2005, Conflict Resolution Day has been recognized by the Association for Conflict Resolution and marked during New Digital-Stewardship Class Chosen October nationally and internationally to promote awareness of alternative dispute- The Library of Congress, in conjunc- • Meredith Broadway (the University resolution processes such as conflict tion with the Institute of Museum and of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Rhodes coaching, conciliation, mediation and Library Services, has named five mem- College) will be a resident at the World other creative, peaceful means of resolv- bers to the 2016–2017 class of the National Bank Group. ing conflict. Digital Stewardship Residency program. • Joseph Carrano (the University of Events held on the day answer the The 12-month program began in late Maryland, the University of Connecticut) questions: What is conflict and conflict September. will be part of a team at the Georgetown resolution? What are skills essential for The program offers recent master’s- University library. working effectively with others? How degree graduates and doctoral candidates • Elizabeth England (the University does one facilitate cooperation and trust in specialized fields – library science, of Pittsburgh, Drew University) will be within and across teams? information science, museum studies, a resident in the university archives at Conflict is defined as active disagree- archival studies and related technology the Johns Hopkins University Sheridan ment between people with opposing – the opportunity to gain professional Libraries. opinions or principles. experience in digital preservation. • Amy Gay (Syracuse University, the Unresolved conflict may lead to ten- Residents begin the program with State University of New York, Oneonta) sion and awkward situations and can digital-stewardship workshops at the will be a resident at the Food and Drug wreak havoc in the workplace. Employ- Library, followed by specialized project Administration. ees spend time dealing with stress and work at one of five host institutions in • Megan Potterbusch (Simmons Col- anxiety, resulting in absenteeism and the greater Washington, D.C., region. The lege, Earlham College) will serve as a low productivity. projects allow them to acquire hands-on resident at the Association of Research Conflict-resolution approaches and knowledge and skills regarding collec- Libraries, working in partnership with the skills can transform difficult situations tion, selection, management, long-term George Washington University libraries into positive learning environments that preservation and accessibility of digital and the Center for Open Science. support growth and empower individu- assets. More information about the National als, teams and the institution to achieve The five residents, with their schools Digital Stewardship Residency program results. u and host institutions, are: is available at loc.gov/ndsr/. u OCTOBER 7, 2016 THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS GAZETTE 5

UPCOMING EVENTS

Open Houses at the Library major novels by U.S. writers. He will argue Library in 1965 began a project to micro- The Main Read- that novels and cinema are two very film monastic manuscripts in Cold War ing Room will be distinct vehicles. Europe. Since then, the project has spread open to the public Film and television directors have pro- to libraries in Ethiopia, the Middle East, on the Oct. 10 fed- duced adaptations of “The Great Gatsby” South India and the Timbuktu region of eral Columbus Day for seemingly each generation – from Mali. The museum digitized manuscripts holiday, from 10 the now-lost 1926 silent film to the 2002 in Syria from 2005 to 2012 and has been a.m. to 3 p.m. Also this year, the public hip-hop rendering “G” and the opulent active in Iraq since 2009, working in many may visit the Packard Campus of the 2013 Baz Luhrmann version. Corrigan will areas since devastated by civil war and National Audio-Visual Conservation discuss the disappointments of adapta- the forces of the Islamic State. Center from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. to learn tions of Fitzgerald’s classic novel. The event takes place at 3 p.m. in more about the audiovisual conservation room 119 of the Jefferson Building. For services offered by the Library. Making of a Saint more information, contact 7-4515. The Jefferson Building will open to Mother Teresa of the public from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Calcutta, born in 1910 Collegiate Book-Collecting Contest Reference librarians will be on hand to to Albanian parents The Librar y’s demonstrate services, offer instruction in what is now the Center for the Book on obtaining a reader-registration card Republic of Macedo- and its Rare Book and answer questions. No other reference nia, lived most of her and Special Collec- services will be available, and all other life as a Catholic nun tions Division, along Library reading rooms and buildings will helping the poorest with the Antiquarian be closed. Photography is allowed; selfie of the poor in India. Booksellers’ Asso- sticks, mono-, bi- and tripods are not. She died in 1997 and just last month ciation of America, The Library’s Young Readers Center was recognized by the Catholic church the Fellowship of will be open from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. with as a saint. American Biblio- activity stations and programming for On Oct. 14, Roman Catholic priest graphic Societies and the Grolier Club, visitors. Children and teens are invited and biographer Father Lush Gjergji will recently announced the winners of the to bring their own astronaut and outer- discuss Mother Teresa and her accession National Collegiate Book-Collecting Con- space props – helmets, antennae, futur- to sainthood. test. istic outfits – and read a speech at the He has authored over 60 works on The winners will receive their awards center’s “presidential podium,” imagining psychology and religion, as well as 16 during a ceremony on Oct. 14 at 5:30 p.m. that they are encountering a new alien books dedicated to the life, works and in the Madison Building’s Montpelier civilization as president of Earth. spirituality of Saint Teresa. He will discuss Room. The event is free and open to the her life and works, as well as her Alba- public; no tickets are required. Turning Books into Films nian origins. His talk will be translated The guest speaker is Toni Tipton- Two lectures into English. Martin, a food and nutrition journalist at the Library will The event takes place at noon in the and author of “The Jemima Code: Two focus on the adap- European reading room in the Jefferson Centuries of African-American Cook- tation of books Building. For more information, contact books,” an annotated bibliography that into films. 7-4371. tells the story behind her rare collection Mike Canning, of African-American cookbooks and a film critic for the Hill Rag, on Oct. 13 will Saving Libraries in Wartime food culture. present “Novels into Films: Like Apples Daniel K. Gullo, the curator of the The 2016 contest winners are: Luke and Oranges.” Maureen Corrigan, a critic Malta Study Center, on Oct. 14 will pres- Kelly of Harvard University for “A Col- for NPR’s cultural program “Fresh Air,” on ent “Saving Libraries during a Time of lection of Eugene Walter, King of the Nov. 14 will present “The Not-So-Great War: The Hill Museum and Manuscript Monkeys” (first place); Megan Jones of Gatsby: How Hollywood Misinterprets Library’s Race to Preserve Manuscripts the University of Kansas for “The Life and America’s Greatest Novel.” Threatened by War and Cultural Traf- Times of Sacco and Vanzetti” (second Both lectures will be held at noon in ficking.” place); Micaela Beigel of Goucher College the Madison Building’s Pickford Theater. The lecture is presented by the Euro- for “Once We Were Dreamers: A Collec- The events are sponsored by the Humani- pean Division in partnership with the tion of Jewish Resistance During the ties and Social Sciences Division and Embassy of Malta, the Embassy of Italy, Holocaust” (third place); and Samantha Interpretive Programs Office. the Italian Cultural Institute and the Euro- Flitter of Princeton University for “The Canning will look at a number of pean Union National Institutes of Culture. Sand and the Sea: An Age of Sail Library American motion pictures based on The Hill Museum and Manuscript in Rural New Mexico” (essay award). u 6 THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS GAZETTE OCTOBER 7, 2016

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AFGHAN, continued from page 1 manmade disasters. This project is an example of what’s been called ‘digital unification.’ ” Complete sets of the digitized materials will go to 10 Afghan educational and cultural institutions: the National Library of Afghanistan, the National Archive of Afghanistan, American University of Afghanistan, Badakhshan University, Balkh University, Bamiyan University, Herat University, Kabul University, Kanda- har University and Nangarhar University. “If there is a gift that could not be appreciated by words, it must be this one,” Abdul Bari Jahani, the Afghan minister of information and culture, told the audience. “I really appreciate it, because it must have taken years to collect such a large collection – more than 160,000 pages. “The only word I can [use to] appreciate this work is, I think, the words being used for centuries: ‘Thank you.’ Thank you, Americans.” The content also is now available online at the World Digital Library (WDL), a cooperative global initiative led by the All photos African and Middle Eastern Division All photos African and Middle Eastern Library of Congress. The WDL presents high-resolution documents of cultural Clockwise from top left: The autobiography of ‘Abd al-Rahman Khan, emir of Afghani- stan from 1880 to 1901; “Elephant and mule battery,” from an album of photographs significance of all countries and cultures documenting the Second Anglo-Afghan War (1878-80); Zhvandun, one of the most in a multilingual format – the site currently popular magazines published in Afghanistan in the second half of the 20th century; features items in 132 languages about all “The Durbar-Khaneh of Shah Shoojah-Ool-Moolk, at Caubul,” a print from James United Nations member states. Atkinson’s “Sketches in Afghaunistan.” The Afghan digitization project was egie Corporation of New York and led by of emir ‘Abd al-Rahman Khan, styled as announced in January 2013 in a ceremony John Van Oudenaren, acting director of a manual of advice for princes. at the State Department attended by then- the World Digital Library and director for Other, more recent items such as the Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, then- the Library’s Scholarly and Educational popular magazine Zhwandun and the President Hamid Karzai of Afghanistan, Progams. book “Afghanistan: Ancient Land with then-Librarian of Congress James H. The material gifted to Afghanistan Modern Ways” collectively portray the Billington and Gregorian. includes digitized manuscripts, litho- dynamic, modernizing Afghanistan of the In the Members Room, Gregorian graphic and early printed books, maps mid-20th century – before the Soviet inva- recalled the project’s origins – an and atlases, prints and photographs, and sion of 1979, before the Taliban, before Afghani’s appeal for help. newspapers, journals and magazines. the ongoing war. “He said, ‘We have no roof. Libraries Those works span some 600 years of “Most of what we get about Afghani- need roofs. Libraries need books also, Afghan arts, science, culture and history: stan is written by Westerners, and it’s usu- magazines. Libraries need scholars and the verse of the 13th-century poet Rumi; ally about war and conflict,” said Hirad the safety for them to work.’ That was the the anthology of Aisha Durrani, a 19th- Dinavari, the Library’s Afghan reference genesis of this,” Gregorian said. “Why century Afghan poetess also credited with specialist who selected the Persian and not have the entire history of Afghani- opening Afghanistan’s first girls school; Pashto language content for the project. stan repatriated? It was a repatriation of Shams al-nahar (“The Day’s Sun”), the “This is capturing culture. This is captur- Afghan legacy, Afghan memory. That’s earliest printed periodical published in ing civil society. This is capturing the what we started.” Afghanistan; a 19th-century manuscript society from within and how it sees itself. The project was financed by the Carn- pharmacology guide; an autobiography In that sense, it’s very unique.” OCTOBER 7, 2016 THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS GAZETTE 7

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To be sure, some of the most-rare “Shahnamah” accessible to an English zines and manuscripts are going back material in the gift was written by West- audience, translated verse from Italian home – at least, in digital form. erners and dealt with war and conflict. and wrote a medical treatise on the blad- “With the war, there is no central “The Expedition into Affghanistan,” der. repository for a lot of these things,” Dina- by British army surgeon James Atkin- He also was an artist: The digitized vari said. “Now, we are making it available son, provides an eyewitness account of collection features a book, “Sketches not just to people online here but audi- the First Anglo-Afghan War. Atkinson in Afghaunistan,” of drawings he made ences around the world – and especially had many talents: He mastered Persian during that war. Afghans themselves, for their sense of and produced the first translation of the Now, all those books, maps, maga- who they were and who they are.” u

MOVING ON The following personnel actions library technician, GS-05, Motion Pic- Division, LS; Lenore Y. Swartzwelder, reported by the National Finance Center ture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound library technician, GS-08, United States/ took effect in Pay Period 17. (MBRS), LS; Christopher M. Pierce, Anglo Division, LS; and Lucia A. librarian (cataloger), GS-11, MBRS, LS; Wolf, librarian, GS-11, European Divi- Permanent Appointments Vimarie L. Rivera, accountant, GS-13, sion, LS. Sonya Hammons, social-science Office of Special Events and Public Pro- analyst, GS-13, Resources, Science, and grams, NIO; and Meghan C. Totten, Temporary Promotions Industry Division (RSI), Congressional paralegal specialist, GS-13, American Shirlena M. Butler, administrative Research Service (CRS); Shonda Y. Law Division (ALD), CRS. specialist, GS-12, Library Services Office Johns, administrative officer, GS-09, of the Associate Librarian (LS/AL); and Hispanic Division, Library Services (LS); Permanent Promotions Korey M. Freeman, administrative spe- Sarah R. Kith, dispute-resolution conve- Jared P. Cole, attorney advisor (gen- cialist, GS-09, Technology Policy Direc- ner, GS-14, Office of Equal Employment eral), GS-14, ALD, CRS; Karen M. Cribb, torate, LS. Opportunity and Diversity Programs copyright specialist (registration), GS-12, (EEO&DP), Office of the Librarian (LIBN); Literary Division, Copyright Office (COP); Reassignments Kezia L. Procita, librarian (research Leah M. Freeman, budget analyst, Paul Capel, supervisory program specialist), GS-11, Office of the Director GS-15, Office of the Chief Finance Officer specialist, GS-11, Records Manage- Congressional Research Service, CRS; (OCFO), Chief Operating Office (OCOO); ment Section, COP; and Katherine R. Kelly R. Revak, archivist, GS-09, Ameri- Herbert S. Garrett, library technician, Zwaard, supervisory information-tech- can Folklife Center (AFC), LS; Edith A. GS-08, Germanic and Slavic Division, nology specialist, GS-15, National Digital Sandler, librarian, GS-09, Manuscript LS; Jennifer A. Gonzalez, librarian, Initiatives, NIO. Division, LS; and Grace H. Thomas, GS-13, Law Library (LAW); Ann K. Hoog, information-technology specialist, GS-12, folklife specialist (processing), GS-13, Resignations Digital Collections Management and AFC, LS; Camille Hordatt, information- Quran M. Boddie, clerk, GS-02, Services (DCMS), LS. technology specialist, GS-14, Office of the Human Resources Services (HRS), Chief Information Officer, OCOO; Julia OCOO; Jacquelyn T. De La Torre, Temporary Appointments Y. Kim, digital-assets specialist, GS-12, library technician, GS-07, Office of Infor- Mostaque Ahamed, accounting AFC, LS; Laurie A. Neider, supervisory mation Management and Technology, technician, GS-08, Office of Business acquisition services specialist, GS-15, CRS; Jordyn L. Jones, clerk, GS-02, Enterprises, National and International Office of Finance and Administration, HRS, OCOO; Connor McFarland, library Outreach (NIO); Craig A. Andersen, CRS; Timothy C. Ott, contract special- technician, GS-04, Acquisitions Fiscal and interpreter (American Sign Language), ist, GS-11, Office of Contracts and Grants Support Office, LS; Matthew D. Miller, E EO & DP, L IBN ; Aleksandra Dowdy, Management, OCOO; Jeannie Park, fiscal clerk, GS-04, OCFO, LIBN; Ian E. program specialist, GS-09, Center for the library technician, GS-08, Asian and Rinehart, social-science analyst, GS-13, Book (CFB), NIO; Clarissa G. Gregory, Middle East Division, LS; Marzieh Rafi, Foreign Affairs, Defense, and Trade Divi- social-science research assistant, GS-07, librarian, GS-11, Geography and Map sion, CRS; and Nydia M. Stukes-Jones, Domestic Social Policy Division, CRS; Division, LS; Vanathy Senthilkumar, clerk, GS-02, HRS, OCOO. Jeffrey H. Harris, paralegal specialist, digital-conversion technician, GS-08, GS-11, Office of the General Counsel, DCMS, LS; Eric T. Smith, administra- Retirements LIBN; Anne C. Holmes, administrative officer, GS-09, Office of the Chief of John S. Hanson, supervisory librar- tive-support assistant, GS-07, CFB, NIO; Operations, COP; Charlotte K. Stich- ian (music), GS-13, National Library Stephanie H. Metherall, public-affairs ter, writer-editor, GS-15, LAW; Jamaal Service for the Blind and Physically Hand- specialist, GS-09, Office of the Counselor Sutton, library technician, GS-08, United icapped, NIO; and Josephus Nelson, to the Director, CRS; Erin M. Palombi, States Programs, Law and Literature special assistant, GS-13, LS. 8 THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS GAZETTE OCTOBER 7, 2016

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OCTOBER Special Display: Library [email protected]. Center for the Book, FRIDAY curators and subject-matter Meeting: LC Ballroom along with the Antiquarian 7 experts deliver a tour of Booksellers’ Association Conference: A two-day Dancing. 12:30 p.m., LM 139. Cuba through some of the Contact 7-6111. of America, presents the conference hosted by unique items in the Library’s National Collegiate Book the Geography and Map collections. Noon, Hispanic OCTOBER Collecting contest ceremony Division at the Library of Reading Room, LJ 240. FRIDAY and reception. 5:30 p.m., Congress celebrates the 14 Contact 7-6404. Aerobics Class: Strength Montpelier Room, LM 619. 500th anniversary of Martin Contact 7-5221. Waldseemüller’s Carta Marina Forum: Bible study. Open training and floor exercise. and focuses on some of the to all. 12:05 p.m., LM 542. Noon, LC Wellness Center, LA Film: “The Mad Miss Manton” most mysterious maps of the Contact [email protected]. B-36. Contact 7-8637. (RKO, 1938). 7:30 p.m. medieval and early modern Aerobics Class: Strength Ceremony: The Library’s Packard Campus Theater, periods. 9 a.m.–3 p.m., training and floor exercise. Culpeper, Va. Contact 7-9994. Coolidge Auditorium. Contact 12:30 p.m., LC Wellness 7-7223. Center, LA B-36. Contact LCPA / CFC Book Sale Aerobics Class: Strength 7-8637. training and floor exercise. Yoga/Pilates: Start at your Noon, LC Wellness Center, LA own level. 1 p.m., LM SB-02. It’s almost time for the Annual LCPA/CFC Book Sale! B-36. Contact 7-8637. Contact 7-3013. Donations are now being accepted until the book sale OCTOBER Lecture: Poets Janine begins on Oct. 26. You can drop off donations daily 10 MONDAY Joseph and Aimee from noon to 1 p.m. in the Madison Building atrium or Nezhukumatathil read and at any of the designated drop-off locations around the Holiday: The Jefferson discuss their work with library, listed at www.loc.gov/staff/lcpa/booksale/. For Building’s Great Hall and Kundiman advisory board exhibitions will be open to the Co-Chair Jennifer Chang. more information, contact Lauren Fasceski at lsvi@loc. public from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 6:30 p.m., Montpelier Room, gov or 7-6771. p.m. for the Columbus Day LM 619. Contact 7-5394. holiday. The Main Reading Room will be open to the OCTOBER public from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., 13 THURSDAY along with the Young Readers Lecture: Mike Canning, a ‘Isfahan to Irvine’ Center. All other reading film critic for the Hill Rag, rooms and other Library presents “Novels into Films: buildings will be closed. The African and Middle Eastern Division and the Like Apples and Oranges.” Roshan Institute for Persian Studies at the University Contact 7-8000. Noon, Pickford Theater, LM of Maryland on Oct. 18 will present “Isfahan to Irvine,” OCTOBER 301. Contact 7-2138. a documentary film about the Persian ney instrument. TUESDAY Lecture: Gregory S. 11 The event also features a demonstration by Hossein Lecture: Historian Franklin Hutcheson of the University Knight presents a lecture of Louisville and Josiah Omoumi, Faraz Minooei and Nazanin Moghbeli. on the history of rum. Noon, Blackmore of Harvard Pickford Theater, LM 301. discuss their book “Queer The screening takes place at noon in the African and Contact 7-6404. Iberia: Sexualities, Cultures and Crossing from the Middle Middle Eastern reading room (LJ 220) of the Jefferson Bloomsday Camerata: Ages to the Renaissance.” Building. For more information, contact Hirad Dinavari Reading “Jerusalem,” by Noon, Mumford Room, LM at 7-4518 or [email protected]. William Blake. Noon, LM 227. 649. Contact 7-6404. Contact 7-6971. Lecture: Olajumoke Meditation: Open to all. Yacob-Haliso of Babcock 12:15 p.m., LA G-06 and LM University in Nigeria presents 507. Contact [email protected], “Reintegration of Refugee Polyandry, Wife-Selling in Chinese [email protected]. Women in Post-Conflict History OCTOBER Liberia.” Noon, African and WEDNESDAY Middle Eastern Division The Asian Division of Library of Congress and the Asian 12 Reading Room, LJ 220. Gallery Talk: John Hessler Division Friends Society on Oct. 14 will present a book Contact 7-1980. of the Geography and Map talk by author and historian Matthew H. Sommer on his Aerobics Class: High-Low. Division presents “Reading new book, “Polyandry and Wife-Selling in Qing Dynasty Maya Ceramics: Lessons Noon, LC Wellness Center, China: Survival Strategies and Judicial Interventions.” from Everyday Objects.” LA B-36. Contact 7-8637. Noon, “Exploring the Early Yoga: Noon, LM SB-02. Americas” exhibition, Contact 7-5984. The event takes place at noon in the Whittall Pavilion. Northwest Gallery. Contact Meditation: Open to all. For more information, contact Qi Qiu at [email protected]. 7-3822. 12:15 p.m., LA G-06. Contact

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