Selections from the Year in Review (clockwise from top left): President Clinton signs the Telecommunications Act of 1996 in the Main Reading Room, Feb. 8, 1996; the home page for American Memory, which made available many new Americana collections last year; photographer Therese Bonney, from the traveling exhibition "Women Come to the Front"; Dr. Billington, Chief of Staff Jo Ann Jenkins and Director of Congressional Relations Geraldine Otremba greet Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich before the signing of the Telecommunications Act; an early printing of the Declaration of Independence, from the Library's online exhibitions; Civilization magazine, which won a National Magazine Award for excellence; "Muhammad Splits the Moon," from a Persian book of prophecies published in 1831 by Leipzig orientalist Heinrich Fleischer, from the exhibition "Dresden: Treasures from the Saxon State Library," which can still be viewed online.
