| This Coming Weekend at the Packard Campus (January 17 – 18, 2025)
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| 01/13/2025
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| Today in History - January 13
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| 01/13/2025
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On January 13, 1833, President Andrew Jackson wrote Vice President Martin Van Buren expressing his opposition to South Carolina's defiance of federal authority. Continue reading.
Sophie Tucker was born Sonya Kalish to a Russian-Jewish family on January 13. Continue reading.
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| Poetry 180: Poem 080 - "Reckless Poem"
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| 01/13/2025
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A poem by Mary Oliver from the Library's Poetry 180 Project.
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| NLS BARD Support: Smart Speaking To The Smart Speaker, January, 2025
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| 01/13/2025
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The topic for the Thursday, January 16, 2025, Smart Speaking to the Smart Speaker program will be Searching for Books with the Smart Speaker. The program will start with a presentation about ways to search and will include a demonstration. After the presentation, we will answer questions about searching or anything else relating to use of the My Talking Books skill on Alexa-enabled smart speakers.
The program will begin at 7:00 p.m. eastern time and last for one hour. NLS will record this program. The session can be joined by going to: https://loc.zoomgov.com/j/1609900155?pwd=CD2P51ENrnPJzgYgwoSXGNNjjjNSXW.1
Remember that the meeting is recorded. Do not speak if you do not wish to be on the recording. If you wish to speak, you may request to do so by raising your hand. On a PC, press Alt Y to toggle raising and lowering your hand; on a Mac, press Option Y; and if dialing in via telephone, press Star 9. To mute or unmute yourself on a PC, press Alt A; on a Mac, press Command-Shift A; and on a telephone, press Star 6. If you choose to dial in to the call, use the telephone numbers provided below. The Zoom.gov ID will not work with standard Zoom.us.
Earlier programs may be accessed at Smart Speaking to the Smart Speaker - National Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled (NLS) | Library of Congress. The complete Zoom invitation is below.
—The BARD Support Team
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| Legal Research Reports: Israel: Interstate Legal Assistance
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| 01/13/2025
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The Law Library of Congress is proud to present the report, Israel: Interstate Legal Assistance
As amended, the Interstate Legal Assistance Law, 5758-1998 regulates legal assistance between the State of Israel and other states. Legal aid may be provided to foreign states concerning the service of documents, collection of evidence, and other legal actions related to civil or criminal matters. Assistance is not provided pending extradition, or in connection with an offense considered a military offense or offenses of a political nature under definitions provided in the law. The law provides for the procedures that must be followed by foreign states in filing requests for interstate legal assistance.
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| Latest News: Library of Congress, National Park Service Announce 2024 Holland Prize Winner
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| 01/13/2025
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The Library of Congress and the National Park Service announced today that the 2024 Leicester B. Holland Prize will be presented to architectural designer Laura Pressley for a drawing of the Wainwright Tomb at Bellefontaine Cemetery in St. Louis, Missouri, designed by the noted early American modernist architect, Louis Sullivan.
Considered one of Sullivan’s masterpieces, the Wainwright Tomb (1893) is a St. Louis landmark. It has been described as a powerful work of early American modernist architecture, praised for its bold geometry and elaborate organic-inspired ornamentation. As such, its design has been juxtaposed to the 19th century romantic garden-inspired tombs found in Bellefontaine Cemetery, established in 1850 at the height of the American Rural Cemetery movement.
It was the last of three tombs designed by Louis Sullivan. He also designed the Carrie Eliza Getty Tomb (1890), and the Martin Ryerson Tomb (1887), both located in the Graceland Cemetery in Chicago.
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| 2025 marks 125 years of binding at the Library of Congress: Part One
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| 01/13/2025
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| Israel: Family Court Orders Child Born After Misplacement of Embryo During IVF to Be Transferred to Her Genetic Parents
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| 01/13/2025
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| CRS Employment Opportunities: Analyst in Health Policy (Medicare)
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| 01/13/2025
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CRS is accepting applications for Analyst in Health Policy (Medicare), GS-13 until February 18, 2025
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| Congress.gov: Most-Viewed Bills Update
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| 01/13/2025
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| 01/13/2025
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| [announcement] Quarterly Editorial Meeting, January 17, 2025
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| 01/13/2025
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Greetings,
The forthcoming LCSH/LCC Quarterly Editorial Meeting will take place on Friday, January 17, at 11am-12:30pm EST.
Agenda
- Statement on proposal to change Trans-exclusionary radical feminism to Gender-critical feminism
- Discussion of SHM instruction sheet H 1922 Offensive words
- Discussion of proposal for People of color
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| Jobs and Internship Opportunities - Assistant General Counsel (Vacancy#:VAR002999)
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| 01/13/2025
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The United States Copyright Office, located within the Library of Congress and under the direction of the Register of Copyrights, administers the Copyright Law, advises Congress and government agencies on legal and policy matters; provides international representation on copyright issues; administers the national copyright registration system; provides collections materials to the Library through voluntary registration and mandatory deposit programs; records documents relating to copyright chain of title; administers statutory license provisions of the law, including collecting and distributing royalties; maintains the world’s largest database of copyright public records; and provides information and reference services to the public.
Serves as an expert on all legal and factual matters related to the administration of title 17 of the U.S. Code, including matters related to registration and recordation of claims but also emerging technological issues such as those involved in 17 U.S.C 1201, implicated by artificial intelligence, or other new subjects which have been added to title 17. Provides authoritative advice and assistance on all policy and legal issues in these areas. Evaluates the merits of complex laws, legislative proposals, regulations, and policies governing the administration of title 17. Provides professional legal advice and related services to the General Counsel, Deputy General Counsel, and the Register of Copyrights on matters concerning specified matters relating to the administration of title 17, including the implementation of procedures pursuant to the amendment of title 17.
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| Jobs and Internship Opportunities CLOSING SOON | Program Specialist (VAR003001)
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| 01/13/2025
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The position serves as a Program Specialist in the American Folklife Center (AFC), Special Collections Directorate (SCD), Researcher and Collection Services (RCS) within the Library Collections Services Group (LCSG) at the Library of Congress (LC). The position provides procurement, contract management support, liaison, and programmatic division support to the American Folklife Center (AFC) Director to help fulfill the Center’s evolving mission.
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| Congress.gov: House Floor Today Update
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| 01/13/2025
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