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About being a librarian in congress. I can remember that because i was surprised, i had been advising and consulting because this was an opportunity for the Library Community to weigh in basically on what would be needed for the library of Congress Going into the next few decades so my name was put forward as a person that i should talk to and that went on for a little while and then i was asked, would you consider being considered for the position yourself and it took me back a little bit and i...

To vote, the National Portrait gallery, National Archives and the library of congress have created special exhibits. Curators talk about the Creative Process behind the exhibits including determining goals in selecting objects. The berkshire conference of womens historians and the womens Suffrage Centennial commission hosted this event. Im martha jones, a copresident along with tie i cant miles along the berkshire conference. Im happy to be welcoming all of you to this evenings conversation, and...

Freedom dates back to our founding. Cultural institutions like libraries and museums are offering Historical Context but reexamining and continuing to how we present history and information to our publics and making sure we are part of a solution on the road and not part of the problem. So i am honored tonight and they to be joined by secretary of the smithsonian institution, dr. Lonnie bunch. He is also and was the founding director of the National Museum of African American history and myture ...

Offering Historical Context but also reexamining and continuing to look at how we present history and information to our publics and making sure that we are part of a solution on the road and not part of the problem. So i am honored tonight and today to be joined by the secretary of the smithsonian institution, dr. Lonnie bunch. He is also and was the founding director of the National Museum of africanAmerican History and culture, and, as a librarian, my first purchase, very recently, with onlin...

Of the smithsonian institution, dr. Lonnie bunch. He is also and was the founding director of the National Musicians museum of African American history and culture and, as a librarian, my first purchase, very recently, was online, his new book, a fools errand, creating the National Museum of African American history and culture in the age of bush, obama, and trump. We appreciate you, doctor bunch, for being with us today, and we have a lot of things we would like to cover. I hope you feel free t...

Or on our free cspan app. Creators from the National Portrait gallery, National Archives and the library of congress discuss their institutions exhibits commemorating the nineteenth amendment, which gave women the right to vote. They talked about the Creative Process behind the exhibits, including determining goals and selecting objects. The berkshire conference of women historians and womens Suffrage Centennial commission hosted this event online and provided the video. Hopkinsjohnson universit...

Event the National Book festival . Nice. Nice to see that. Welcome back. And how many of you have attended one of these dash book festival presents . Good, keep coming back. We like you. Thank you so much. [laughing] welcome to the library of congresses National Book festival presents, a vibrant new series of programs inspired by the National Book festival and t to bring you into the heart of this historic, dynamic institution, the library of congress, joe national library. Library. This is a br...

Members of congress, government officials and technology leaders. Brewster kahle, what you do for living . I run the archives. Internet library on the internet that catalogs books, trying to build the internet into the library of alexandria for the digital age. That sounds like the internet. Doesnt it . Guest the internet is getting there but the published works is not fast enough. The average life of a webpage is only 100 days. Before it is changed or deleted. One hundred days. We built our cul...

[inaudible conversations] please welcome dr. Carla hayden and susan orlean. [applaus [applause] well, i have to start by, im carla Hayden Library of congress and i want to thank jamie and feline and the angels and the readers for allowing me to be with someone who hassle evaluat evaluated elevated libraries to such an extent. Thank you. Let me say there have been patron saints of libraries, Andrew Carnegie and stuff like that, about you you are now number one. I finally smacked down Andrew Carne...

There. The life a webpage is 100 days. This takes snapshots of webpages, done it since 1976, and called the way back machine on archives. Org. You can find things that disappeared either maliciously or sometimes they just drop off the net. How many websites are there today . Hundreds of millions. Theyre sort of coming and going all of the time. We collect about 800 million pages every day. The total collection is about 800 billion u. R. L. s. Its kind of huge. That turns out to only be part of w...