BEHIND THE SCENES AT THE ROGER STEVENS EXHIBITION

REENLISTING THE LAUREATE
Billy Collins has been appointed to a second term as Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry.

GRAMOPHONE GEMS
A new collection online includes selectionsfrom the papers and recordings of Emile Berliner, pioneer in thedevelopment of recorded sound.

HOMEGROWN MUSIC
In cooperation with the Folklore Society of Greater Washington and the Kennedy Center, the American Folklife Center presents a series of outdoor concerts with a homespun feel.

BOOKS, BOOKS, BOOKS
Several new publications have been released by the Library.

GUIDE TO MOTION PICTURE, BROADCASTING, RECORDED SOUND
A new guide to the Library's motion picture, broadcasting and recorded sound collections.

WORLD TREASURES: BEGINNINGS
The first in a series of catalogs relating to the Library's rotating "World Treasures" exhibition

BOOK CULTURE DURING THE COLD WAR
A book of essays on books, libraries and publishing during the Cold War.

NEWS FROM NLS
The National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped partnered in the development of a national standard for the Digital Talking Book.

ISLAMIC INSIGHT
Two prominent historians discussed 1,400 years of Muslim civilization and history at the Library May 7.

EARLY TOLERANCE
A Library scholar discusses the relationship between America's founding fathers and the Muslim faith.

RESPONSE TO TERRORISM
New policies in the wake of September 11 were the subject of a recent Library of Congress symposium.

HEMINGS AND JEFFERSON
A prominent genealogist discussed the children of Sally Hemings at the Library April 16.

HERE COMES THE JUDGE
The Law Library celebrated Law Day May 1 with a panel on the role of the American lawyer as judge.

NEWS FROM THE CENTER FOR THE BOOK