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Flickr Foundation<p>In March, read the books you've always meant to read.</p><p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/6629871985/in/album-72157628703260971" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">flickr.com/photos/library_of_c</span><span class="invisible">ongress/6629871985/in/album-72157628703260971</span></a></p><p><a href="https://glammr.us/tags/WPA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WPA</span></a> <a href="https://glammr.us/tags/LibraryofCongress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LibraryofCongress</span></a> <a href="https://glammr.us/tags/posters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>posters</span></a> <a href="https://glammr.us/tags/reading" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>reading</span></a></p>
Ben Gleason<p>Question for fellow <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/publishing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>publishing</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/librarian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>librarian</span></a> peeps: if the <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/LibraryOfCongress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LibraryOfCongress</span></a> crashes and burns, is there a viable alternative for <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/CIP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CIP</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/CatalogingInPublication" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CatalogingInPublication</span></a> data? Like, do we start trying to register books with the British Library? Or some EU institution? Or some open source endeavor? Or are librarians just going to have to deal with it on their own?</p>
Iñaki de Miguel Díaz :verified_aroace:<p>Entre los cambios que se proponen en <a href="https://classweb.org/tentative-subjects/2412a.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">classweb.org/tentative-subject</span><span class="invisible">s/2412a.html</span></a> se habla de cambiar también encabezamientos de materia referidos al Golfo de México en la Segunda Guerra Mundial!</p><p>Si esto no es reescribir la historia cerca se queda, la LC es una autoridad mundial a nivel de materias. 😞 </p><p><a href="https://masto.es/tags/librarians" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>librarians</span></a> <a href="https://masto.es/tags/libraryofcongress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>libraryofcongress</span></a> <a href="https://masto.es/tags/bibliotecas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bibliotecas</span></a> <a href="https://masto.es/tags/libraries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>libraries</span></a></p>
ד-פּאַקס<p>"One of the most impressive collections of <a href="https://babka.social/tags/Hebraic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hebraic</span></a> and <a href="https://babka.social/tags/Jewish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Jewish</span></a> <a href="https://babka.social/tags/literature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>literature</span></a> today is to be found in Washington’s <a href="https://babka.social/tags/LibraryofCongress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LibraryofCongress</span></a>. Its collection of <a href="https://babka.social/tags/Judaica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Judaica</span></a>, started in 1912 with a gift of some 10,000 <a href="https://babka.social/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>books</span></a> from Jacob H. Schiff, now has 250,000 books, <a href="https://babka.social/tags/periodicals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>periodicals</span></a>, and <a href="https://babka.social/tags/newspapers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>newspapers</span></a>. To celebrate this collection, <a href="https://babka.social/tags/Brandeis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Brandeis</span></a> University has just issued Books Like Sapphires, written by Ann Brener, who highlights a selection of the books in the library, dividing the large format book into sections that cover the <a href="https://babka.social/tags/Hebrew" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hebrew</span></a> Bible, the literature of the sages, children’s books, and so forth."</p><p><a href="https://m.jpost.com/diaspora/article-841808" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">m.jpost.com/diaspora/article-8</span><span class="invisible">41808</span></a></p>
JenHoward<p>Ugh, friends: The Library of Congress has posted a notice that it may change the subject headings for Denali and the Gulf of Mexico to, yup, Mt. McKinley and the Gulf of America. This is not good. TODAY is the deadline for comment. More info on this subreddit thread, including a link for submitting a comment. <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/libraries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>libraries</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/subjectheadings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>subjectheadings</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/LibraryofCongress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LibraryofCongress</span></a> <br> <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/Libraries/comments/1isg3cd/lcsh_for_gulf_of_mexico_and_denali_changing_urgent/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">reddit.com/r/Libraries/comment</span><span class="invisible">s/1isg3cd/lcsh_for_gulf_of_mexico_and_denali_changing_urgent/</span></a></p>
Karen E. Lund 💙💛<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://windbag.org/@adam" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>adam</span></a></span> Herblock was wonderful! We can probably find many more cartoons appropriate to the current situation. </p><p><a href="https://www.loc.gov/exhibits/herblock/overview.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">loc.gov/exhibits/herblock/over</span><span class="invisible">view.html</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.loc.gov/exhibits/herblocks-history/about.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">loc.gov/exhibits/herblocks-his</span><span class="invisible">tory/about.html</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Herblock" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Herblock</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LibraryOfCongress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LibraryOfCongress</span></a></p>
Alan McConchie<p>Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan added to the library of congress National Film Registry 🖖 <a href="https://newsroom.loc.gov/news/25-films-named-to-national-film-registry-for-preservation/s/55d5285d-916f-4105-b7d4-7fc3ba8664e3" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">newsroom.loc.gov/news/25-films</span><span class="invisible">-named-to-national-film-registry-for-preservation/s/55d5285d-916f-4105-b7d4-7fc3ba8664e3</span></a> <a href="https://subdued.social/tags/StarTrek" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StarTrek</span></a> <a href="https://subdued.social/tags/film" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>film</span></a> <a href="https://subdued.social/tags/movies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>movies</span></a> <a href="https://subdued.social/tags/LibraryOfCongress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LibraryOfCongress</span></a></p>
I wonder...<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://wandering.shop/@susankayequinn" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>susankayequinn</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://universeodon.com/@digyoursoul" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>digyoursoul</span></a></span> </p><p>For <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/audiobooks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>audiobooks</span></a> , I choose Libro.fm because it supports my <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/local" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>local</span></a> <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/indie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>indie</span></a> <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/bookstore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bookstore</span></a>.</p><p>That is, for books I can't get through the <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/LibraryOfCongress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LibraryOfCongress</span></a> <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/TalkingBooks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TalkingBooks</span></a> program.</p><p>I also accept free trials from <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/audible" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>audible</span></a> and use those to grab exclusives.</p><p>I tried Libby and it was confusing. It's been a minute, so maybe I should try again.</p>
Steve Montana :49ers:🏞️ ☕🍷🥾<p><a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Fensterfreitag" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fensterfreitag</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/washingtondc" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>washingtondc</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/libraryofcongress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>libraryofcongress</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/architecture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>architecture</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>photography</span></a></p>
Patrick Gillam<p>Anybody here know Joe Biden? Or any high-ranking federal figures? I want to encourage them to immediately begin safeguarding critical information in these precious two months before the Project 2025 flunkies start erasing files.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/archive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>archive</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/knowledgebases" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>knowledgebases</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/libraryofcongress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>libraryofcongress</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/nationalarchive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nationalarchive</span></a></p>
A. Rivera<p>If anything, old map, ca. 1903 or so, few years after US invaded, shows there was quite a bit of agriculture on the island...which gringos then proceeded to fuck up over time and make what was once a relatively autonomous nation into a dependent colony. </p><p>&gt; A Patchwork of Plantations in Puerto Rico <a href="https://blogs.loc.gov/maps/2024/11/a-patchwork-of-plantations-in-puerto-rico/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">blogs.loc.gov/maps/2024/11/a-p</span><span class="invisible">atchwork-of-plantations-in-puerto-rico/</span></a> via <a href="https://mas.to/tags/LibraryOfCongress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LibraryOfCongress</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/BackInTheUSColony" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BackInTheUSColony</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/PuertoRico" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PuertoRico</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>history</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/maps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>maps</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/cartography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cartography</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/GovDocs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GovDocs</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/MastodonPR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MastodonPR</span></a></p>
A. Rivera<p>&gt; “LatinoLand” and Hispanic Heritage Month <a href="https://blogs.loc.gov/loc/2024/10/latinoland-and-hispanic-heritage-month/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">blogs.loc.gov/loc/2024/10/lati</span><span class="invisible">noland-and-hispanic-heritage-month/</span></a> via <a href="https://mas.to/tags/LibraryOfCongress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LibraryOfCongress</span></a> </p><p>I thought our library had the book highlighted; we do not, shame. Anyhow, fixing that by ordering it now. </p><p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/HispanicHeritageMonth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HispanicHeritageMonth</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Latino" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Latino</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>books</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/reading" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>reading</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/bookstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bookstodon</span></a> </p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon@a.gup.pe</span></a></span> <br><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon@fedigroups.social</span></a></span></p>
A. Rivera<p>Remembering Edgar Allan Poe, who died on a day like today in 1849.</p><p>&gt; The Season of Edgar Allan Poe: Autumn, Halloween and The Falling Darkness <a href="https://blogs.loc.gov/loc/2024/10/the-season-of-edgar-allan-poe-autumn-halloween-and-the-falling-darkness/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">blogs.loc.gov/loc/2024/10/the-</span><span class="invisible">season-of-edgar-allan-poe-autumn-halloween-and-the-falling-darkness/</span></a> via <a href="https://mas.to/tags/LibraryOfCongress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LibraryOfCongress</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/book" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>book</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/reading" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>reading</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Horror" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Horror</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/EdgarAllanPoe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EdgarAllanPoe</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Americana" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Americana</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/bookstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bookstodon</span></a> </p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span></p>
Global Museum<p>Live Long and Repair: Caring for the Library of Congress’ Comic Book Collection.</p><p>Did you know that there are comic books at the Library of Congress? It might seem surprising, but it’s true! The Library has over 140,000 comic issues from over 12,000 titles, making it the largest public collection in the nation. </p><p><a href="https://blogs.loc.gov/preservation/2022/07/live-long-and-repair/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">blogs.loc.gov/preservation/202</span><span class="invisible">2/07/live-long-and-repair/</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/comics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>comics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Libraryofcongress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Libraryofcongress</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/libraries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>libraries</span></a></p>
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