| Poetry 180: Poem 021 - "Wheels"
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| 09/30/2025
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A poem by Jim Daniels from the Library's Poetry 180 Project.
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| Today in History - September 30
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| 09/30/2025
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On September 30, 1882, the first centrally located electric lighting plant using the Edison system in the West and the first hydroelectric central station in the United States began operation on the Fox River in Appleton, Wisconsin. Continue reading.
On September 30, 1847, Congressman George Perkins Marsh delivered a speech on agricultural conditions in New England to the Agricultural Society of Rutland County, Vermont. Continue reading.
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| Updates from the Veterans History Project: Saturday Skill-Builders, the Library of Congress Hosts a Day of Humanities Programming for Families, Students, and Veterans
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| 09/30/2025
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Learn how to plan an oral history project that could be archived at the Library of Congress! Join the Veterans History Project for a day of experiential learning hosted by Library of Congress staff, D.C. humanities institutions and veteran-focused organizations. Visitors will learn how to collect, preserve, and share community voices through oral history workshops and connect with local organizations at a humanities resource fair.
Resource Fair is an open house and welcomes walk-in visitors; oral history workshops require a free ticket registration.
Defining Oral History workshop (10AM-12PM)
Learn essential and fundamental oral history skills to help you document life events at a two-hour workshop facilitated by staff from Humanities DC and the Veterans History Project. Intended for users who are new to oral history, as well as novice historians who want to advance their documentary skills. Reserve Free Tickets.
Humanities and Experiential Learning Resource Fair (12-2PM)
Explore local resources to advance your research and oral history projects—meet staff from the Library of Congress Informal Learning Office, Internship & Fellowship Programs, Professional Learning and Outreach, and Veterans History Project, as well as humanities groups D.C. History Center, D.C. Humanities, and Oral History in the Mid-Atlantic Region.
Planning Oral History Projects workshop (2PM-4PM)
Elevate recorded stories in an oral history project planning workshop facilitated by staff from Humanities DC and the Veterans History Project. The two-hour workshop will explore the essential considerations and components of oral history collections and how to preserve and share your recordings. Reserve Free Tickets.
This event will be held in LJ-119, LJ-113 and LJ-110 in Mahogany Row.
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| Patron Services: Advisory: Potential Federal Government Shutdown
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| 09/30/2025
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In the event of a temporary shutdown of the federal government effective 12:01 a.m. Wednesday, Oct. 1, all Library of Congress buildings will be CLOSED to the public and researchers until further notice.
Researchers/users will continue to have access to our regular, self-serve online systems, though on-and off-site reference services will not be available until funding is restored. Staff will not have access to office email, voicemail messages or social media accounts during this time.
For updates, please monitor the news media, check www.loc.gov/, or call 202-707-5000.
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| El Salvador: New Foreign Agents Law Approved
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| 09/30/2025
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| Enfrentando el sufrimiento histórico: Mi experiencia con la colección de panfletos de la Sala Hispánica de Lectura
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| 09/30/2025
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| Facing historical suffering: My experience discovering the Hispanic Reading Room’s Pamphlet Collection
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| 09/30/2025
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| [approved list] LCSH/LCC Approved Lists for 2503
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| 09/30/2025
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New LCSH/LCC Approved Lists have been posted.
These lists contain new or revised headings approved by the Policy, Training, and Cooperative Programs (PTCP) Division of the Acquisitions and Bibliographic Access (ABA) Directorate. These lists contain CIP and LC internal proposals only.
Please send all questions to PTCP at policy@loc.gov.
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| Community Helpers, Leaders, and Primary Sources
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| 09/30/2025
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| Jordan: Justice Minister Endorses a New Draft Law to Amend the Penal Code
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| 09/30/2025
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| Jobs and Internship Opportunities - Paralegal Specialist (Vacancy#: VAR003179)
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| 09/30/2025
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As a Paralegal Specialist, you will support ALD’s Legislative Attorneys by researching and verifying legal citations; formatting written products consistent with applicable style manuals including the Bluebook; analyzing legal and factual issues within ALD’s responsibility; proofreading and editing a wide variety of ALD products; providing technical assistance on the use of legal software and databases; updating, maintaining, and troubleshooting ALD’s internal and public-facing websites; and providing support for major CRS legal programs and initiatives, including congressional client outreach, seminar programs, constitutional print and web publications, and legal citation training and support. Strong cite-checking, Bluebooking, writing, legal research, and technological skills are essential. Experience with XML tagging is beneficial but not required.
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| Jobs and Internship Opportunities - Legislative Advisor (Vacancy#: VAR003175)
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| 09/30/2025
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This position is located in the Office of the Librarian, Office of the Chief of Staff Congressional Relations Office. The incumbent serves as an expert Legislative Analyst responsible for performing authoritative legislative research ensuring that information is current and accurate. The incumbent assumes responsibility for planning, coordinating and carrying out approved projects and informs the Director of progress as appropriate. The Legislative Analyst reports to the Director, Office of Congressional Relations. Responsibilities require the incumbent to engage with personnel work and confidential management situations with and on behalf of the Librarian of Congress and congressional oversight committees.
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| Advisory: Library Funding Status
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| 09/30/2025
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Dear Concerts from the Library of Congress Patron,
In the event of a temporary shutdown of the federal government on October 1, 2025, due to a lapse in funding, all Library of Congress buildings will be closed to the public until further notice. Researchers/users will continue to have access to our regular, self-serve online systems, though on-and off-site reference services will not be available until funding is restored. Concerts from the Library of Congress events will be impacted, depending on the duration of the temporary shutdown. Staff will not have access to office email, voicemail messages or social media accounts during this time. For updates, please monitor the news media, check www.loc.gov, or call 202-707-5000. Rest assured that once operations resume, we will provide updates accordingly. In the meantime, check out our digital collections and on demand videos of past performances.
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Anthony Braxton has played a key role in contemporary and avant-garde music as a composer, multi-instrumentalist, music theorist, teacher and visionary. Inspired by Jazz, European art music, and music of global cultures, Braxton labels his output Creative Music. The Library of Congress celebrates the acquisition of his collection with a concert featuring an array of stellar collaborators. This event was presented in cooperation with the Tri-Centric Foundation.
Event Date: March 18, 2025
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Opening the 2024-2025 season was a sparkling September mini festival celebrating an iconic figure in American music. Henry Mancini's unforgettable scores for the cinema, television and recordings earned twenty Grammy awards, four Oscars and commissions from the New York Philharmonic and Boston Symphony Orchestra - and a place in the hearts | | | | |
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