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LC to Offer Workshops at ALA
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Virginia D. Sorkin)
Fri Jun 20 20:15:17 1997
Date: Fri, 20 Jun 1997 17:03:37 -0500
From: "Virginia D. Sorkin" <vsor@loc.gov>
To: PACS-L@LISTSERV.UH.EDU
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June 18, 1997
Contact: Guy Lamolinara (202) 707-9217
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS TO OFFER NEW INITIATIVES, WORKSHOPS
AT AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION ANNUAL CONFERENCE IN SAN FRANCISCO
Representatives of the Library of Congress will be available in
booth No. 3016 during the Annual Conference of the American Library
Association (ALA) in San Francisco, June 28-July 1. Staff of the
Library's National Library Service for the Blind and Physically
Handicapped will discuss their programs in booth No. 3247.
A special program on "Promoting Libraries Through the Library of
Congress's Bicentennial," hosted by Winston Tabb, Associate Librarian for
Library Services, and John Y. Cole, Director of the Center for the Book,
is a forum on how the nation's libraries can benefit from the Library of
Congress's celebration of its bicentenary in the year 2000. The program,
to be held June 28, 2-4 pm., at the San Francisco Marriott, Golden Gate A1
Meeting Room, will also include speakers from ALA, the Illinois State
Library, Drexel University, Johns Hopkins University, the Naval Research
Laboratory and the Minnesota Center for the Book.
New on-line collections from American Memory, a project of the
National Digital Library Program that is making available on the Internet
the most important American historical collections of the Library
(http:www.loc.gov), will be demonstrated. These new offerings are:
"California as I Saw It: First-Person Narratives of California's
Early Years, 1849-1900." Offers 190 books documenting the Gold Rush and
the decades of early statehood that followed in individual narratives
about travel to and life in California.
"California Gold: Northern California Folk Music from the '30s." A
multiformat ethnographic field collection that includes sound recordings,
still photos, drawings and written documents from a variety of European
ethnic and English- and Spanish-speaking communities in Northern California.
"The New Deal Stage: Selections from the Federal Theatre Project,
1935-1939." Playscripts, production materials, photographs, and
administrative records selected from the output of a New Deal WPA arts
project. Additional materials to be added to this on-line.
"Panoramic Maps, 1847-1909." This collection preview, which
debuted June 9, offers idealized schematic views of towns and cities; a
wealth of detail in setting, streets and buildings. The site allows
viewers to zoom in on particular areas of the maps. Continuing additions
through 1998.
"Inventing Entertainment: Turn-of-the-Century Motion Pictures and Sound
Recordings from the Thomas A. Edison Companies." This is a preview of a
collection of early films and recordings from the company formed by the man
who invented the phonograph.
The Library will also offer demonstrations of the various methods for
searching its electronic catalogs, as well as copyright records. THOMAS
(http://thomas.loc.gov), a congressional database, has some new features,
and the exhibitions home page offers such recent exhibitions as "American
Treasures of the Library of Congress," in addition to 13 others.
Also available will be representatives from the Center for the Book,
discussing the center's literacy and reading-promotion programs; and from
the Cataloging Distribution Service, with their most recent product
introductions. The newest publications from the Library will also
available, and staff of the Sales Shop will offer products based on the
Library's collections.
The National Library Service for the Blind and Physically
Handicapped (NLS) will exhibit two aisles away in booth No. 3247. There,
representatives will be on hand to advise librarians on the services
offered by the free talking-book program and how libraries can help their
eligible patrons enroll in the service.
The representatives will also display cassette and braille books,
demonstrate the special playback equipment used by NLS patrons and help
visitors locate NLS network affiliates throughout the United States and its
territories.
In addition, conference participants will be able to pick up the
brochure "Facts: Books for Blind and Handicapped Individuals"; program
applications for individuals (in English and Spanish) and institutions;
reference circulars citing various resources and bibliographies for blind
and physically handicapped people; and a variety of catalogs and
bibliographies listing selections available through the program. Colorful
plastic bags, print-braille rulers, and braille bookmarks will also be
handed out.
PR97-110
6-18-97
ISSN 0731-3527
