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Library of Congress stories: 12 news summaries

(AP) - A lecture by Lynndie England—the woman who became the public face of the Abu Ghraib scandal—had to be canceled at the Library of Congress yesterday after multiple threats led to concerns about staff safety. The former Army reservist had been scheduled to discuss her biography as part of... More »

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Abu Ghraib • threats • Library of Congress • speech • Lynndie England • Iraq war

OPINION

 Wonder Delivers Classical Opus 

Performs 20-minute composition before receiving US award

Feb 24, 09 10:48 AM CST
(Newser) - Stevie Wonder performed an original classical piece last night at the Library of Congress, where he is due to receive the second Gershwin Prize for Popular Song tomorrow, the Washington Post reports. He played piano, keyboard, and harmonica along with a 21-piece ensemble performing “Sketches of a Life,”... More »

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music • classical music • pop music • Library of Congress • Stevie Wonder • Washington, DC • President Obama

(Newser) - The Terminator will live forever. The Arnold Schwarzenegger action flick is among 25 films being added this year to the Library of Congress’ National Film Registry, which seeks to preserve movies of historical, cultural, or aesthetic note. Also among the crop this year were Deliverance, The Asphalt ... More »

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film • history • Library of Congress • preservation • movies • National Film Registry • James Billington

 Flickr Users Help ID
 Archival Photos

Historical archives find new life online

Jul 29, 08 12:50 PM CDT
(Newser) - Flickr users are helping the Library of Congress identify photos in its historical archives, reports USA Today. So far, users have supplied information on 500 photos featured in Flickr's "The Commons" project, which drew 8.2 million views in just 6 months. Both partners are "stunned by... More »

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social networking • Internet • photography • Flickr • file sharing • Library of Congress • The Commons

ANALYSIS

Digital Rules Stymie Library
of Congress

Copyright restrictions make even routine
archiving difficult

Jul 16, 08 8:54 PM CDT
(Newser) - Anti-copyright laws are irritating not only casual music listeners or movie watchers who want to back up their digital media—even the Library of Congress is butting heads with the rules that forbid the duplication of copyrighted works, Ars Technica finds. And though the library has pushed for changes in... More »

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copyright • Library of Congress • DRM • digital media • Digital Millenium Copyright Act

 Thriller Joins Top
 US History Trove 

Jackson hit album added to prestigious aural archives

May 15, 08 12:13 PM CDT
(Newser) - Michael Jackson's Thriller has been added to the prestigious National Recording Registry's archive of the most important recordings in American history, Variety reports. The monster 1982 hit joins 24 other "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant" new additions to the collection, including a 1925 recording of the first-ever broadcast to... More »

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archive • record • Library of Congress • broadcasting • Michael Jackson • speech • Thriller • National Recording Registry

Now on eBay:
6 Million Songs for Just $50M

World's greatest music collection is looking for a home, again

Feb 19, 08 11:20 AM CST
(Newser) - Record collector supreme Paul Mawhinney has put his collection of over 6 million songs on eBay, but with its value estimated at $50 million and a $3 million starting bid, bidders could be rarer than some of the jewels in the collection, the Idolator writes. "It's the history of... More »

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music • eBay • auction • museums • Library of Congress • records

Now Playing: 25 Timeless Flicks

Back to the Future, Bullitt, Days of Heaven ascend to American film-buff heaven

Jan 1, 08 9:59 AM CST
(Newser) - The Librarian of Congress showed off his eclectic film taste this week, selecting 25 "culturally, historically or aesthetically" notable movies that will be preserved forever in the National Film Registry. The widely varied picks, which bring the total list to 475, include:
  1. Back to the Future (1985)
  2. Days
... More »

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film • list • Library of Congress • movies

Sam Cooke Sang, and a Change Came

Library of Congress enshrines late singer's protest anthem

Dec 17, 07 11:00 AM CST
(Newser) - Sam Cooke had his fair share of hits, but he didn't live to see the success of his masterpiece, the protest song “A Change is Gonna Come.” Now that it’s been enshrined at the Library of Congress, NPR takes a look at the civil rights anthem and... More »

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music • Bob Dylan • Library of Congress • Aretha Franklin • Sam Cooke • Blowin' in the Wind • A Change is Gonna Come • civil rights movement

At 500, 1st 'America' Map Baffles

German monk closely mapped South America, unknown Pacific

Dec 4, 07 5:25 PM CST
(Newser) - The Library of Congress this week unveils the first map to use the name "America"—and the 500-year-old mysteries that go with it. The 1507 map by a German monk includes a surprisingly precise rendering of South America, Reuters reports, and seemingly predicts the contours of the continent's... More »

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maps • America • Library of Congress • South America • monks • Martin Waldseemuller • Amerigo Vespucci • Ptolemy • North America • Duke of Lorraine • Prince Johannes Waldburg Wolfegg • Magellan

Net to House World's Top Library

UN unveils plan for 'intellectual cathedral'

Oct 18, 07 11:56 AM CDT
(Newser) - If the World Digital Library works out as planned, it’ll make Alexandria look like a Buck-a-Book. The UN project hopes to collect primary sources from around the world in every medium, digitize them, and offer them online, free, in seven languages. “What they are doing is building an... More »

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Google • Internet • libraries • Library of Congress • World Digital Library

Surrealist Simic Named Poet Laureate

15th national bard known for his dark humor and irony

Aug 2, 07 12:15 PM CDT
(Newser) - Charles Simic, a surrealist poet whose style gleams with dark imagery and ironic humor, will be named the United States' 15th poet laureate today. The 69-year-old, who replaces fellow New Hampshirite Donald Hall, has published more than 20 volumes of poetry as well as essay collections, translations and a memoir. More »

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literature • Pulitzer Prize • humor • America • Charles Simic • poet laureate • poetry • irony • creative writing • Yugoslavia • Library of Congress

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