LIBRARY OF CONGRESS Volume 17, No. 39 A Weekly Newspaper for the Library Staff September 29, 2006 New Portal Supports Staff Web Developers By JOHN SAYERS new staff Web site has been created to support A the Library’s Web develop- ers and content managers as they plan, create and maintain Library Web sites. The Library of Congress Web Production Portal (www.loc.gov/ staff/webproduction/) is the result of a six-month effort within the Office of Strategic Initiatives (OSI) to develop a set of tools and guides to smooth the transition to a new standard- Michaela McNichol Authors and illustrators of books for children captivate and intrigue their young audiences ized format for the Library’s public every year at the National Book Festival. See pages 6 and 7 for schedules. sites. OSI staff members and others will discuss the new portal, as well as Librarian, First Lady to Open implementation strategies, new Web production and process workflows, National Book Festival on Saturday and content stewardship roles and ibrarian of Congress James H. Bil- breakfast, the Librarian and first lady responsibilities for Library staff and lington will open the Library’s sixth Laura Bush will welcome more than management, at a special “Digital LNational Book Festival at 10 a.m. 70 authors coming to the festival and Futures and You” presentation, at tomorrow, Sept. 30, in the History and begin the day with inspirational remarks 9:30 a.m. on Thursday, Oct. 5, in Biography Pavilion on the National Mall, about the joys of reading and lifelong Dining Room A, LM 620. between 7th and 14th streets. learning. The effort supports an initia- He will introduce Doris Kearns Good- Bottled water and printed programs tive of the Librarian of Congress to win, a former Harvard professor and containing full schedules, maps and standardize the look and feel of the Woodrow Wilson Fellow, whose most brief biographies of the authors will be recent book is “Team of Rivals: The available on festival grounds throughout Web site at www.loc.gov, in order to Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln” the day. Books will be available for sale improve the user experience and (Simon & Schuster, 2005). Her work in two Book Sales pavilions (see map give more people better access to on the Roosevelts, “No Ordinary Time: on page 7), and authors will sign them the Library’s digital holdings. Staff Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt” was throughout the day in small pavilions will find templates, tools, policies awarded the 1995 Pulitzer Prize for his- located near 7th Street. and guides to implementation on tory. She is the recipient of the Charles Program information also appears the internal portal. Frankel Prize and the Sara Josepha Hale on the National Book Festival Web site, PORTAL, Continues on page 4 Medal. at www.loc.gov/bookfest, and in this Earlier, at a 7:30 a.m. White House NBF, Continues on page 9 2 T he G A Z ette SEPTEMBER 29, 2006 NOTICES Off-site Freight Screening Starts Oct. 1 The Gazette A weekly newspaper for the Library of Congress staff Beginning on Sunday, Oct. 1, all freight deliveries to Library buildings on Capitol GAIL FINEBERG Hill must be screened off-site by the U.S. Capitol Police (USCP). Both government and Editor MICHAELA McNICHOL nongovernment vehicles carrying items for the Library shall be screened off-site before Visual Information Specialist making deliveries. 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To promote events through the Library’s online Police, 7-5144, or [email protected]. calendar and the Gazette Calendar, email event and contact information to [email protected]. Gazette at a glance . OIG Hot Lines Reports of offenses against Recycling Helps Library Childcare Author Schedules 6,7 the Library may be made in confidence to the Office of the Inspector General, 7-6306, Center: for more information, e-mail Notable Events 11 by fax at 7-6032, or by sending an e-mail to to [email protected]. OIG Hotline, [email protected]. www.loc.gov/staff/gazette SEPTEMBER 29, 2006 T he G A Z ette 3 Laureate to Open Literary Season Oct. 3 he Library’s fall literary season will (Houghton Mifflin, 2000), a finalist for stone,” a reference to the terrain on the open on Oct. 3 with a reading by the National Book Award, will include island of Santorini, where he had lived. TPoet Laureate Consultant in Poetry “When the Towers Fell,” a poem about He is also the author of “The Great Fires: Donald Hall and include additional lives lost in the World Trade Center on Poems 1982-1992.” poetry readings on Oct.