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When Things Start to Think

Event Date: March 28, 2005

Neil Gershenfeld, director of the Center for Bits and Atoms at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, presented a talk in the "Managing Knowledge and Creativity in a Digital Context" series. He presented his concept, Internet Zero (0), and proposes a new infrastructure for the existing Internet that would give an IP address to all electronic devices -- from light bulbs to Internet addresses and URLs -- and interconnect them directly.

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American Heroines: The Spirited Women Who Shaped Our Country

Event Date: March 14, 2005

Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-Texas) discussed her new book, a blend of biography, history and personal memoir that profiles notable American women from the 19th century to the present.

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Revolution in the Archives: The Future of Scholarly Publishing

Event Date: March 14, 2005

Edward L. Ayers, Dean of the College and Graduate School of Arts and Sciences at the University of Virginia, presented a talk in the "Managing Knowledge and Creativity in a Digital Context" series. Among the questions Ayers addresses are the effects of digitization on understanding the human record and the impact of the digital revolution on scholarly writing.

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Report from Armenia 2004

Event Date: Feb. 22, 2005

U.S. Ambassador to Armenia John M. Evans discusses the state of the nation and its role in world affairs.

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It's One O'Clock and Here is Mary Margaret McBride: A Radio Biography

Event Date: Feb. 22, 2005

Historian Susan Ware discussed her new book on the prominent female broadcaster of the 1940s and 50s.

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The Maltese Falcon at 75

Event Date: Feb. 15, 2005

Literary scholar and Hammett specialist Richard Layman discussed the classic Dashiell Hammett book "The Maltese Falcon" on the 75th anniversary of its publication.

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Images of America: Mount Vernon

Event Date: Feb. 10, 2005

Author, historian and archaeologist Patrick L. O'Neill discussed his book on George Washington's home.

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Nicole Hollander: "Oh No, It's Monday, and I've Run Out of Ideas: A Cartoonist's Crisis"

Event Date: March 15, 2004

Nicole Hollander, creator of the lively comic strip "Sylvia," humorously addressed the challenges of staying creative, based on her own artistic career and life.

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Taming the Regulation of Culture

Event Date: March 3, 2005

Lawrence Lessig, a professor at Stanford Law School and founder of the Stanford Center for Internet and Society is an expert on the issues of copyright and “copyleft” the method of making a work free.

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The Need for Global Democratic Governance: A Perspective From Latin America

Event Date: Feb. 22, 2005

Fernando Henrique Cardoso, sociologist, politician and president of Brazil from 1994 to 2002, delivered the fourth annual Kissinger Lecture on Foreign Policy and International Relations.

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The History of Household Technology

Event Date: Feb. 18, 2005

Connie Carter, head of the Library's Science Reference Division, describes the evolution in the technology of washing machines, irons and stoves and its effect on the work of women in the home.

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Ned Crouch, Mexicans & Americans: Cracking the Cultural Code

Event Date: Feb. 14, 2005

International business executive and cultural analyst Ned Crouch believes that, how Mexicans and Americans live and work together will be the big cultural story in North America in the 21st century.

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David M. Levy "Reading: From the Fixed Page to Movable Electrons"

Event Date: Feb. 14, 2005

The fifth lecture of this series features David M. Levy, professor at the Information School of the University of Washington who is the author of "Scrolling Forward: Making Sense of Documents in the Digital Age,". He will present a lecture titled "Reading: From the Fixed Page to Movable Electrons".

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SARS and Influenza

Event Date: Feb. 7, 2005

Dr. Marc Lipsitch, associate professor of Epidemiology and Immunology and Infectious Diseases at Harvard School of Public Health, discussed the lessons learned from dealing with Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome and influenza, and how we can prepare for the future.

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Cutting Edge Research: Cataloging

Event Date: Feb. 2, 2005

This video discusses the Web Cataloging Assistant, an automated approach to cataloging electronic materials on the Web, and is a presentation of the Library's Bibliographic Enrichment Advisory Team (BEAT) in the Cataloging Directorate.

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Brian Cantwell Smith on "And Is All This Stuff Really Digital After All?"

Event Date: Jan. 31, 2005

The John W. Kluge Center at the Library of Congress presents a series of evening lectures on "Managing Knowledge and Creativity in a Digital Context" featuring some of the best known experts in digitally networked communications.

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Juan Pablo Paz Discusses How Quantum Computing Will Change the Way We Collect, Store and Distribute Information

Event Date: Jan. 24, 2005

The John W. Kluge Center at the Library of Congress presents a series of evening lectures on "Managing Knowledge and Creativity in a Digital Context" featuring some of the best known experts in digitally networked communications. The hour and a half programs, running from November through March 2005, will be aired live on C-SPAN. C-SPAN will promote an e-mail address which viewers may use to ask participants questions during the event.

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Brewster Kahle on Universal Access to All Knowledge

Event Date: December 13, 2004

Brewster Kahle, digital librarian, director and co-founder of the Internet Archive, presented the second in this series of evening lectures on "Managing Knowledge and Creativity in a Digital Context" featuring some of the best known experts in digitally networked communications.

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The Royal Court Preacher and the Hebrew Book

Event Date: December 7, 2004

In his talk, "The Royal Court Preacher and the Hebrew Book: Early Enlightenment and Hebrew Publishing in Prussia, 1700-1750," Menachem Schmelzer examined the role of an influential figure in the Prussian court, the christian theologian and scholar D.E. Jablonski, who founded the Hebrew press in Berlin in 1690.

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David Weinberger on Blogs

Event Date: November 15, 2004

The John W. Kluge Center at the Library of Congress presents a series of evening lectures on "Managing Knowledge and Creativity in a Digital Context" featuring some of the best known experts in digitally networked communications. Tonight, David Weinberger discusses how and in which situations web logs (or blogs) work, and why they are valuable in children’s education.

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Ernest B. Furgurson discussed his new book "Freedom Rising: Washington in the Civil War"

Event Date: October 26,2004

Historian and biographer Ernest B. Furgurson discussed his new book,"Freedom Rising: Washington in the Civil War" (Knopf, 2004). "Freedom Rising" tells the story of how the Civil War transformed the nation's capital from a provincial city into one of America's most important cultural and social centers.

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Author Daniel Mark Epstein discussed his book, "Lincoln and Whitman: Parallel Lives in Civil War Washington"

Event Date: September 30, 2004

Daniel Epstein is a poet, dramatist and biographer with 12 books in print. Epstein has been awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship and Prix de Rome from the American Academy of Arts and Letters.

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Judith M. Brown to discusses her book on Nehru

Event Date: September 13, 2004

Judith M. Brown, whom the Times Literary Supplement identifies as the most interesting scholar now interpreting recent Indian history, discussed her latest book, "Nehru: A political Life".

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Hsu Cho-Yun presented a lecture on "Traditional Chinese Wisdom and Business World"

Event Date: August 17, 2004

Hsu Cho-Yun, professor of history and sociology at the University of Pittsburgh, will suggest how entrepreneurs can use traditional Chinese wisdom to promote business success.

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Author and Journalist Larry Tye discusses his new book "Rising from the Rails"

Event Date: August 2, 2004

Author and Journalist Larry Tye discusses his new book "Rising from the Rails". Rising from the Rails" explores the 100 year history of the black men who worked on George Pullman's railroad sleeping cars.

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Kissinger Scholar Lanxin Xiang Gives Lecture on "The Ideological Context of U.S.-China Relations"

Event Date: June 16, 2004

In his lecture, Lanxin Xiang, Henry Alfred Kissinger Scholar in Foreign Policy and International Relations in the John W. Kluge Center at the Library of Congress, argues that in American policy circles the ideological context of Sino-U.S. relations is usually identified as democracy versus communist despotism.

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Myron M. Weinstein Memorial Lecture on the Hebraic Book

Event Date: June 7, 2004

The fifth annual Myron M. Weinstein Memorial Lecture on the Hebraic Book. Jonathan D. Sarna presented a lecture "The Jewish Book in America".

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Jefferson's Letter to Meriwether Lewis

Event Date: Summer 2004

Gerard Gawalt discusses the draft of a letter that Thomas Jefferson sent to Meriwether Lewis to initiate the Lewis and Clark Expedition.

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Inside the Library with Kurt Maier

Event Date: Summer 2004

Kurt Maier, Senior Cataloger and longtime docent at the Library of Congress, shares a personal perspective on the Library's historic buildings and collections.

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Krug and Rosenfeld on loc.gov: An Interactive Evaluation

Event Date: May 5, 2004

Usability guru Steve Krug and information architecture expert Lou Rosenfeld bring their expertise to bear as they perform a live review of the Library of Congress Web site.

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Mystery Writer Carolyn Hart speaks at the Library of Congress

Event Date: April 28, 2004

Mystery writer Carolyn Hart, creator of the popular "Death on Demand" mystery series, gave a lecture, titled "Why Mysteries?", at the Library of Congress on April 28, 2004.

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Art of Splendor: Islamic Luxury Goods

Event Date: April 19, 2004

The African and Middle Eastern Division and the European Division sponsored a lecture with illustrations, "The Art of Splendor: Islamic Luxury Goods Captivate Renaissance Italians" by Dr. Rosamond E. Mack, author of Bazaar to Piazza: Islamic Trade and Italian Art, 1300-1600.

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Author Susan Weidman Schneider to discuss Jewish Women's Issues

Event Date: March 30, 2004

Author Susan Weidman Schneider, editor-in-chief of Lilith, discussed her experiences of more than two decades at the helm of this award-winning Jewish women’s magazine.

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Panel Discussion: Library and Information Science Education in North America

Event Date: March 16, 2004

R. David Lankes chairs a panel on the ongoing tension in the library and information science (LIS) field between the demands of preparing professionals and the forward-looking research mission of many of today's LIS programs.

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Stewardship in the Digital Age: Roles and Issues for Libraries for Preserving Our Cultural Heritage

Event Date: February 23, 2004

Meg Bellinger of Yale University explores the development and evolution of the digital repository and how digital preservation or archiving in the repository environment fundamentally differs from the purposes of preservation services in the past attempts to refine definitions.

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Jerry Pinkney Presented a Lecture "A Sense of Place"

Event Date: February 17, 2004

Pickney has been illustrating children's books since 1964. These include classics such as "Noah's Ark" (2003), "The Nightingale" (2002), "The Little Match Girl" (1999) and "John Henry" (1994).

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George P. Shultz on "A Changed World

Event Date: February 11, 2004

On February 11, 2004, George P. Shultz delivered a lecture on "A Changed World," as the Third Annual Kissinger Lecture. Shultz was secretary of state under President Ronald Reagan for eight years. He is currently a Thomas W. and Susan B. Ford Distinguished Fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University.

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Web Research: What's New in 2004

Event Date: January 29, 2004

Chris Sherman and Gary Price discuss the rapidly evolving landscape of web search and its role for the online researcher.

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Report from Armenian: 2003

Event Date: January 8, 2004

John M. Ordway, U.S. Ambassador to Armenia since its declaration of independence in 1991, delivered this "Report from Armenian: 2003" at the Library of Congress under the sponsorship of the Near East Section on January 8, 2004.

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No Longer Under Our Control: The Nature and Role of Standards in the 21st Century Library

Event Date: December 3, 2003

William Moen, a fellow in the Texas Center for Digital Knowledge and an associate professor in the School of Library and Information Sciences, University of North Texas, examines the nature and role of standards for the emerging 21st century library.

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The Technology of Copyright: Digital Rights Management

Event Date: November 19, 2003

Karen Coyle, a well-known metadata expert, discussed digital rights management technology and its role in limiting the risk of piracy.

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Jean Bethke Elshtain "Harry Potter, St. Augustine and the Confrontation with Evil"

Event Date: November 12, 2003

Library of Congress Maguire Chair Holder Jean Bethke Elshtain discussed St. Augustine's discourse on evil and his rejection of a dualistic universe in which evil is an active, freestanding principle poised against good.

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An Imperfect God: George Washington, His Slaves, and the Creation of America
By Henry Wiencek

Event Date: November 5, 2003

Historian Henry Wiencek discussed his new book, An Imperfect God: George Washington, His Slaves, and the Creation of America. An Imperfect God focuses on the life of Washington and explores early slavery in America.

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Author Elizabeth Peters discussed new book, "Amelia Peabody's Egypt"

Event Date: November 4, 2003

Elizabeth Peters, creator of the popular Amelia Peabody mystery series, discussed her latest book, her beloved main characters the Emersons, and Egypt past and present.

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"Animal Emotions," Dr. Michael Fox

Event Date: November 3, 2003

Dr. Michael Fox, the veterinarian who writes the Animal Doctor column for the Washington Post, gave a lecture titled "Animal Emotions".

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Armenian Ambassador discussed his book "British Diplomacy and the Armenian Question: 1830-1914"

Event Date: October 30, 2003

Arman J. Kirakossian, ambassador of the Republic of Armenia in the United States, discussed his book, "British Diplomacy and the Armenian Question: 1830-1914," (Gomidas Institute, 2003), Thursday, Oct. 30, at the Library of Congress.

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Historians discussed images of early African American life

Event Date: October 29, 2003

Photographic images of African American life at the turn of the 20th century were the subject of a talk by historians David Levering Lewis and Deborah Willis at on October 29, at the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C. Lewis and Willis’ book, "A Small Nation of People: W.E.B. Du Bois & African American Portraits of Progress" (Amistad, 2003), is based on the Library’s collection of photographs showcased in "The Exhibit of American Negroes" at the 1900 Paris International Exposition.

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Michael Stone gave a lecture at the Library of Congress

Event Date: October 23, 2003

Michael E. Stone, Senior Distinguished Visiting Scholar at the John W. Kluge Center at the Library of Congress, presented a lecture titled “A Hidden Treasure: The Armenian Adam Epic by Arakel of Siwnik."

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Mesa Verde Prehistoric Public Works
Kenneth R. Wright

Event Date: October 20, 2003

Kenneth R. Wright, civil engineer and hydrologist, and president of Wright Water Engineers, Inc., of Denver, Colorado, presented a slide show and lecture on the Mesa Verde Prehistoric Public Works at the Library of Congress on Monday, October 20, 2003.

Please contact Elizabeth Wulkan for any additional information.

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Topic Maps: The Inventor's Perspective on Subject-based Access

Event Date: October 15, 2003

Dr. Newcomb and Dr. Biezunski both work for Coolheads Consulting, a consultancy specializing in semantic analysis, subject-based information integration, and the actual creation and maintenance of topic maps for clients in government, industry, and academia. Dr. Newcomb spoke about the conceptual foundations of the Topic Maps paradigm. Dr. Biezunski spoke about his vision on what the next step should be in applying the abstract foundation provided by the proposed Reference Model.

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Michael Dirda discussed his new memoir, "An Open Book: Coming of Age in the Heartland"

Event Date: October 14, 2003

Pulitzer Prize-winning literary critic Michael Dirda, senior editor of the "Washington Post Book World", discussed his new memoir, "An Open Book: Coming of Age in the Heartland".

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U.S. Surgeon General Richard H. Carmona presented a keynote address titled "Honoring Our Present and Leading Our Future"

Event Date: September 17, 2003

U.S. Surgeon General Richard H. Carmona opened the Library’s 2003 National Hispanic Heritage Month celebration with a keynote address on Wednesday, Sept. 17, at Library of Congress. The theme of this year’s celebration was " Honoring Our Present and Leading Our Future."

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W. Ralph Eubanks discussed his new memoir, Ever is a long time: A Journey into Mississippi's Dark Past

Event Date: September 17, 2003

W. Ralph Eubanks, the director of the Publishing Office at the Library of Congress, discussed his new memoir, "Ever is a Long Time: A Journey Into Mississippi's Dark Past" (Basic Books, 2003), on Wednesday, Sept. 17, at the Library of Congress, 101 Independence Ave. S.E. in Washington, D.C.

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Thich Nhat Hanh delivered a message on Leading with Courage and Compassion

Event Date: September 10, 2003

Thich Nhat Hanh spoke at the Library of Congress on September 10, 2003. The Buddhist spiritual leader delivered a lecture titled Leading with Courage and Compassion at the Library of Congress in the Coolidge Auditorium of the Thomas Jefferson Building, 10 First Street, S.E., Washington, D.C. The event, which began with a reception, was open to Members of Congress, Congressional staff and others by invitation only.

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Abdel Kader Haidara presented a lecture, Timbuktu Manuscipts and the Efforts to Maintain the Desert

Event Date: September 3, 2003

On September 3, 2003 at the Library of Congress, Abdel Kader Haidara, Curator of the Mamma Haidara Memorial Library, in Timbuktu, Mal. presented a lecture entitled Timbuktu Manuscripts and the Efforts to Maintain the Desert. The lecture was related to and illustrative of the exhibit Ancient Manuscripts from the Desert Libraries of Timbuktu

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Jaroslav Pelikan was honored in a lecture Higher
Education in an age of specialized knowledge

Event Date: September 9, 2003

Historian Jaroslav Pelikan was honored in a special lecture titled Higher Education in an Age of Specialized Knowledgewhich will be given by Vartan Gregorian, president of the Carnegie Corporation.

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Annette Kaufman discusses, A Fiddler's Tale

Event Date: July 31, 2003

Pianist and Art Collector Annette Kaufman Discusses "A Fiddler's Tale" at Library of Congress on July 31 Annette Kaufman, pianist and art collector, discussed "A Fiddler's Tale: How Hollywood and Vivaldi Discovered Me," a book she co-wrote with her husband, violinist and art collector Louis Kaufman, at the Library of Congress at on Thursday, July 31, in the Mumford Room, James Madison Building, 101 Independence Avenue S.E., in Washington, D.C.

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Dr. Eve J. Higginbotham Dicussed Glaucoma

Event Date: May 27, 2003

Dr. Eve J. Higginbotham, professor and chair of the Ophthalmology Department of the University of Maryland School of Medicine, discussed glaucoma.

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Robert Caro Discusses His New Book on President Lyndon B. Johnson

Event Date: May 20, 2003

Robert A. Caro, who recently won the Pulitzer Prize in biography for the Master of the Senate (Knopf, 2002) the third volume in his biography of President Lyndon B. Johnson

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Vartan Gregorian Discussed The Road to Home: My Life and Times

Event Date: May 19, 2003

Vartan Gregorian, president of Carnegie Corporation of New York, discussed his new autobiography, The Road to Home: My Life and Times (Simon & Schuster, 2003)

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Sheridan Harvey on Rosie the Riveter

Event Date: May 14, 2003

Sheridan Harvey explores the evolution of "Rosie the Riveter"and discusses the lives of real women workers in World War II.

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David Kresh on Langston Hughes

Event Date: May 14, 2003

Meet David Kresh, Reference Specialist in Poetry, Humanities and Social Sciences Division, Library of Congress. David Kresh discusses Langston Hughes and his poetry.

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Pearl Harbor Oral Histories

Event Date: May 14, 2003

Meet Ann Hoog, Folklife Specialist, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress. Ann Hoog discusses After the Day of Infamy: 'Man-on-the-Street' Interviews Following the Attack on Pearl Harbor.

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QuestionPoint: Reference in a Digital World

Event Date: May 14, 2003

Meet Diane Kresh, director for Public Service Collections at the Library of Congress. Diane Kresh discusses QuestionPoint, a collaborative initiative and online service to create a vision of what reference can be in the twenty-first century.

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The Anarchist in the Library: The Moral Panics over Copyright and Free Speech

Event Date: May 9, 2003

Siva Vaidhyanathan, a cultural historian and media scholar, spoke about peer-to-peer networks that have existed as long as gossip and word-of-mouth advertising--but with the rise of electronic communication, are suddenly coming into their own.

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Poet Laureate Billy Collins Reads His Work

Event Date: May 7, 2003

Cybercast of U.S. Poet Laureate Billy Collins reading his poems in the Coolidge Auditorium on May 7, 2003.

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Sodom Laurel Album Explores North Carolina Mountain Community

Event Date: April 21, 2003

The visual and oral history of a rural mountain community called Sodom Laurel, and one family steeped in the tradition of the area, are the focus of a new book and accompanying CD by Rob Amberg and Sheila Kay Adams. Amberg came to the Library to discuss the work on Monday April 21.

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Transforming the Urban Pubic Library

Event Date: April 18, 2003

Molly Raphael, Director of the District of Columbia Public Library, spoke about urban public libraries all across North America experiencing a great renaissance, as individuals and communities rediscover these centers of lifelong learning.

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Fareed Zakaria discussed his latest book, The Future of Freedom: Illiberal Democracy at Home and Abroad

Event Date: April 16, 2003

Fareed Zakaria, whom Esquire Magazine calls "the most influential foreign policy adviser of his generation" discussed his latest book, "The Future of Freedom: Illiberal Democracy at Home and Abroad," (W.W. Norton & Company, 2003), at the Library of Congress on April 16, 2003.

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Linda Monk discussed her new book, The Words We Live By: Your Annotated Guide to the Constitution

Event Date: April 14, 2003

Award-winning author and journalist Linda R. Monk discussed her new book, The Words We Live By: Your Annotated Guide to the Constitution (Hyperion, 2003), at the Library of Congress

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Barns:By John Michael Vlach

Event Date: April 10, 2003

The first in the Norton/Library of Congress Visual Sourcebooks series, Barns presents a broad, fresh, and newly informed visual analysis of one of America's fundamental building types.

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Will Eisner on the Graphic Novel

Event Date: April 1, 2003

Will Eisner, universally acknowledged as one of the great masters of comic book art, discussed the Graphic Novel.

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Director of the National Zoo, Dr. Lucy Spelman

Event Date: April 3, 2003

Dr. Lucy Spelman, Director of the National Zoo, grew up on a fourteen-acre farm in Fairfield County, Connecticutt, where her love for animals and nature was born.

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Amy Shapiro Discusses Millicent Fenwick: "Her Way"

Event Date: April 1, 2003

The first biography about former congresswoman and U.N. ambassador Millicent Fenwick was featured in a presentation by Amy Shapiro the author of "Millicent Fenwick: Her Way" (Rutgers University Press, 2003).

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Shakespeare and Genius

Event Date: March 25, 2003

Harold Bloom, America's leading literary critic, discusses "Shakespeare and Genius" at the Library of Congress. .

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Women's Activism and Social Change: Documenting the Lives of Margaret Sanger and Jane Addams

Event Date: March 24, 2003

Ester Katz, editor-in-chief of the Margaret Sanger papers Project at the New York University, and Mary Lynn McCree Bryan, editor-in-chief of the Jane Addams papers Project at Duke University, were the featured speakers at the Women's History Month program. .

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The National Digital Preservation Program: Challenges and Solutions

Event Date: March 21, 2003

Laura Campbell, Associate Librarian for Strategic Initiatives, spoke about the national effort to forge an infrastructure to identify, acquire, manage, and preserve important works in digital form through the National Information Infrastructure and Preservation Program (NDIIPP).

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The Shield of Achilles: War, Law and the Course of History

Event Date: March 19, 2003

Phillip Bobbitt and Sir Michael Howard discuss Bobbitt's book "The Shield of Achilles: War, Law and the Course of History".

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Records, Documents, and Stuff in the Digital Era

Event Date: March 7, 2003, 10:30am - 12:00noon

Richard J. Cox is Professor in Library and Information Science at the University of Pittsburgh, School of Information Sciences where he is responsible for the archives concentration in the Master's in Library Science degree and the Ph.D. degree.

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Moral Guardianship and the First-Amendment Rights

Event Date: March 6, 2003

Paul S. Boyer spoke at the Library of Congress on Moral Guardianship and the First-Amendment Rights: Reflections on censorship in America from the Gilded Age to the Computer Age. .

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Native American Women Writers Discuss New Book, "Sister Nations"

Event Date: March 4, 2003

"Sister Nations" is a lively anthology of fiction, prose, and poetry that celebrates the rich diversity of contemporary Native American women.

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The Herb Garden at the National Arboretum

Event Date: March 1, 2003

A lecture by Jim Adams, Curator of the National Arboretum. Mr. Adams talked about the uses of herbs and showed many slides to illustrate his talk. .

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White: The Biography of Walter White, Mr. NAACP by Kenneth Janken

Event Date: February 25, 2003

This is the first biography about Walter White, who served as executive secretary of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) from 1931
to 1955, and is credited with bringing the NAACP to national prominence.

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The Preparation of the European Constitution

Event Date: Feb. 11, 2003

Valéry Giscard d'Estaing, president of the Convention on the Future of Europe, delivered the 2002 Kissinger Lecture.

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Why Does Digital Reference Matter?

Event Date: February 10, 2003, 10:30 am - 12:00 noon

Dr. Joseph Janes, is the Founding Director of the Internet Public Library, and an Assistant Professor at the Information School of the University of Washington .

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Avenues to Library Services: User Preferences

Event Date: January 15, 2003, 10:30-12:00

Dr. Neal Kaske, is currently the Manager of the Engineering & Physical Sciences Library at the University of Maryland Libraries in College Park, and an adjunct faculty member in the College of Information Studies.

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From Promises to Proof

Event Date: January 14, 2003

Dr. Stephen Straus, From Promises to Proof: Studying Complementary and Alternative Medicine

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Information Ethics: Challenges for Library and Information Science Professionals

Event Date: December 9, 2002

Toni Carbo is a professor in the School of Information Sciences and the Graduate School of Public and International Affairs at the University of Pittsburgh.

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“No Guts, No Glory”: Information Professionals March Into the 22nd Century

Event Date: December 4, 2002

Barbara Quint is the Editor-in-Chief of "Searcher: The Magazine for Database Professionals".

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Public Access to Digital Materials

Event Date: November 20, 2002

Brewster Kahle, Digital Librarian, Director and Co-founder of the Internet Archive, has been working to provide universal access to all human knowledge for more than fifteen years.

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Pen of Fire: John Moncure Daniel

Event Date: November 18, 2002

Peter Bridges discussed his new book, Pen of Fire: John Moncure Daniel (Kent State University Press,2002), the first full-length biography of Confederate champion John Moncure Daniel, at the Library of Congress Monday, November 18.

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Surviving the Internet: Strategies for the High-Tech Reference Desk

Event Date: October 25, 2002

Ms. McDermott addresses the sudden appearance of the World Wide Web at the reference desk and will discuss the advantages and disadvantages of this new technology for librarians.

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The People and the President: America’s Conversations with FDR

Event Date: October 15, 2002

As part of the Center for the Book’s Books & Beyond author series, cultural historians Lawrence W. Levine and Cornelia R. Levine gave a lecture on their book, The People and the President: America’s Conversations with FDR (Beacon Press, 2002).

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Intellectual Freedom 2002: Living the Chinese Curse

Event Date: May 23, 2002

Judith F. Krug, director of the American Library Association's (ALA) Office for Intellectual Freedom, presents a Library lecture titled "Intellectual Freedom 2002: Living the Chinese Curse."

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"What Went Wrong . . . and Why"

A lecture sponsored by the The African and Middle Eastern Division and The Office of Scholary Programs
Event Date: Tuesday, May 7, 2002 at 6:00pm

A discussion with Professor Bernard Lewis author of What Went Wrong: Western Impact and Middle Eastern Response and Professor Mohamed Arkoun author of The Unthought in Islamic Contemporary Thought.

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The Tenth Annual Vardanants Day Armenian Lecture Program

Sponsored by the African and Middle Eastern Division
Event Date: April 22, 2002

This program is named for the Armenian holiday that commemorates the battle of Avarayr which was waged in A.D. 451 by the Armenian general Vardan Mamikonian and his compatriots against Persian troops who had been sent by the King of Kings to reimpose Zoroastrianism on the Christian state.

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100 One-Night Reads: A Book Lover’s Guide Books and Beyond

Sponsored by the Center for the Book
Event Date: April 17, 2002

David C. Major and John S. Major, authors of 100 One-Night Reads: A Book Lover’s Guide (Ballantine Books, 2001) discussed their book at the Library of Congress in the James Madison Memorial Building.

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Classics Illustrated: A Cultural History, with Illustrations

Sponsored by the Center for the Book
Event Date: March 5, 2002

From 1941 to 1971, the well-loved yet controversial Classics Illustrated series brought abridged, comics-style versions of literary masterpieces such as Homer's Odyssey, Shakespeare's Hamlet, Goethe's Faust and Victor Hugo's Les Misérables to children and adults worldwide.

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Bluegrass Odyssey: A Documentary in Pictures and Words, 1966-86

Sponsored by the Center for the Book and the American Folklife Center
Event Date: February 27, 2002

The fruit of four decades of collaboration between bluegrass music's premier historian and photographer, Bluegrass Odyssey offers a fascinating journey into the heart of a quintessentially American musical form.

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Jill Lepore: A Is for American

Sponsored by the Center for the Book and the Manuscript Division
Event Date: February 26, 2002

Jill Lepore discussed A Is for American: Letters and Other Characters in the Newly United States on Tuesday, February 26 at the Library of Congress as part of the Center for the Book's Books & Beyond author series.

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Children of the Depression

Sponsored by the Center for the Book and the Prints and Photographs Division
Event Date: February 12, 2002

During the Depression, Roy Emerson Stryker, head of the Farm Security Administration Historical Section, hired some of the best photographers in the United States—including Dorothea Lange, Gordon Parks, Walker Evans, Ben Shahn, Marion Post Walcott, John Delano, John Vachon, and Arthur Rothstein—to record the state of the country during its direst days.

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Joanne B. Freeman discusses her books Affairs of Honor:National Politics in the New Republic and Alexander Hamilton: Writings

Event Date: December 12, 2001

Affairs of Honor: National Politics in the New Republic and Alexander Hamilton: Writings, are Ms. Freeman's first published books. The author of many scholarly articles, she has served as a history consultant for the History Channel, the Public Broadcasting Service, and the Discovery Channel. She has been an exhibition coordinator for the Library of Congress and a staff member of the National Digital Library's American Memory project. Most recently, she was the 2000-2001 recipient of the J. Franklin Jameson Fellowship Award, sponsored by the American Historical Association and the Library of Congress.

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Assessing Digital Reference Services

Sponsored by the Poetry and Literature Office
Event Date: February 8, 2002, 9:30-11:00am

Charles R. McClure is the Francis Eppes Professor of Information Studies at the School of Information Studies, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida.

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In Search of Lost Time: Intrigue, Invention and the Hunt for a Stolen Pocket Watch
Lecture and Discussion with Author Allen Kurzweil

Sponsored by the Center for the Book
Event Date: November 28, 2001

As part of the Library's "Books and Beyond" program, the author of The Grand Complication: A Novel talks about libraries, books and librarians.

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Patience and Fortitude: A Roving Chronicle of Book People, Book Places and Book Culture
Lecture and Discussion with Author Nicholas Basbanes

Sponsored by the Center for the Book
Event Date: November 8, 2001

The Library's "Books and Beyond" program hosted Nicholas Basbanes to discuss his new book. Based on dozens of interviews, Patience and Fortitude is filled with personal stories about the relevance of books and book culture for individuals and nations.

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Sharon Robinson

Sponsored by the Center for the Book
Event Date: November 6, 2001

Sharon Robinson, baseball legend Jackie Robinson's daughter and director of educational programming for the Office of the Commissioner of Major League Baseball, came to the Library of Congress to discuss her newly published book, Jackie's Nine: Jackie Robinson's Values to Live By.

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• Read about the donation of Jackie Robinson's papers to the Library by his widow,
Rachel Robinson.

Warren and Margot Coville Collection
Photographs from the Clarence H. White School of Photography

Sponsored by the Center for the Book and the Prints and Photographs Division
Event Date: October 11, 2001

Founded in 1914, the Clarence H. White School of Photography was the first in America to teach photography as a creative art form. Warren Coville describes his experience collecting works by photographers associated with this influential school. Joining him is Kathy Erwin, Curator of the Coville Collection.

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A Tale of Two Gardens
Lecture by James A. Duke

Sponsored by the Science, Technology and Business Division
Event Date: June 11, 2001

Dr. Duke, ethnobotanist and author, presented a lecture about medicinal plants and herbals as part of an occasional noontime lecture series.

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• View a bibliography of Dr. Duke's work.

SuperStrings: Einstein's Dream at the New Millennium
Lecture by Sylvester James Gates Jr.

Sponsored by the Science, Technology and Business Division
Event Date: June 5, 2001

Dr. Gates, John S. Toll Professor of Physics at the University of Maryland, presents an audiovisual discussion of the concept of "superstrings," a new theory that describes the forces and matter that make up the universe.

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• View a bibliography of superstring theories.

The Metaphysical Club: A Story of Ideas in America
Lecture and Discussion with Author Louis Menand

Sponsored by the Center for the Book
Event Date: May 30, 2001

The Library's "Books and Beyond" program hosted Louis Menand, contributing editor at the New York Review of Books and staff writer for the New Yorker, to discuss his book, The Metaphysical Club: A Story of Ideas in America.

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Historians Joseph Ellis and Annette Gordon-Reed discuss Jefferson and his legacy.

Event Date: July 25, 2000

Historians Joseph Ellis and Annette Gordon-Reed discuss Jefferson and his legacy.

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Harold Bloom Discusses His Book How to Read and Why

Event Date: June 28, 2000

Harold Bloom discusses his book How to Read and Why

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Author William Styron

Event Date: Wednesday, November 4, 1998

Mr. Styron, one of America's leading novelists, appeared with James West III, author of William Styron: A Life, in this Books & Beyond program at the Library. Mr. Styron is known primarily for his novels such as Lie Down in Darkness (1951), The Confessions of Nat Turner (1967), and Sophie's Choice (1989). His most recent work, Tidewater Morning: Three Tales from Youth (1993), is a collection of stories set in his native Tidewater, Virginia.

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