The following is a guest post by Lena Maman, a Research Librarian at the Library of Congress’ Congressional Research Service with personal interests in culinary history and cooking in general. The Senate dining room in the U.S. Capitol exclusively serves… Read More »Chef to the Senate: Gottlieb Baumgartner
Calling all teachers, students, cartoonists, and comics fans of all ages! On Friday, September 12, two-time Eisner Award-winning cartoonist and international comics instructor, Paul Karasik, will join us at the Library as our speaker for the 11th Annual SPX Program.… Read More »Award-Winning Cartoonist Paul Karasik to be SPX Program Speaker
This blog post features Grace Pryor, the Serial & Government Publications Division intern from the Library’s 2025 Junior Fellows Program. This summer, Grace contributed to the processing of newspaper issues as part of the “A Nation Changed: Preserving the 9/11… Read More »Junior Fellow Spotlight: Grace Pryor
Leafing through the pages of historic newspapers and periodicals reveals a long-standing fascination with the colors of fall. Newspapers in particular have a deep-rooted tradition of keeping readers informed about the changing seasons by providing updates on the spread and predicted… Read More »Reporting the Colors of Autumn
This latest entry in our occasional series, Double Take, where we look more closely at images from our collections and the stories they tell, was prompted by this dramatic action shot in which a smokestack is midway through collapse. You… Read More »Double Take: Double Smokestacks in D.C.
Every other month, the staff of the Prints & Photographs Division (P&P) gathers for a midday event we call “Learning Hour,” an opportunity for knowledge sharing, training, or discussion. Prior to last month’s meeting, we were given a collections-based challenge… Read More »Open a Box: Behind the Scenes with a Prints & Photographs Staff Challenge
When I was a child, my cousins’ house had an iron spiral staircase that led to a sunlit lofted space. To my young eyes, these stairs seemed to come straight out of a fairy tale – a view that was… Read More »Twisting and Turning: Spiral Staircases in Photographs
If you have a small child in your life, you likely know “Goodnight Moon” by heart: “In the great green room there was a telephone. And a red balloon. And a picture of the cow jumping over the moon…” Frank… Read More »Goodnight Prints, Goodnight Photographs: A Cozy Ramble through the Collections
A library that comes to you is a dream for big readers like myself. But the mission of initiatives like bookmobiles and other moving or temporary libraries is about more that just convenience. Bringing the joy of reading as well… Read More »Books on the Move: Bookmobiles, Mobile Libraries and More
The following is a guest post by Kristen Davis, a Design Division Chief in the Office of the Chief Information Officer. The Congress.gov website team is always working to improve the site. The team applies a user-centered design approach that… Read More »Volunteer for a Congress.gov User Interview