April 21, 1997 - Vol. 56, No. 8
The Preservation Directorate
Cover Story
A liquid-based deacidification technology is helping the Library lengthen the useful life of many of the volumes in its collections.
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A NEW AWARENESS
The Library's Preservation Directorate, in conjunction with the Center for the Book, recently held its second Preservation Awareness Workshop for the Public. -
A NINTH MEMBER
Robert Pinsky this fall will join the eight others who have held the title Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry. -
DISTINGUISHED GUEST
Mayor of Vienna Michael Haeupl paid a courtesy call to Dr. Billington. -
'AMERICAN TREASURES'
An unprecedented exhibition of the best of the Library's collections in American history and culture will open May 1. -
NEW FROM THE CATALOGING DISTRIBUTION SERVICE
The second edition of the NACO Participants Manual. -
FILM EXPANSION
More than 100 Israeli films were recently presented to the Library, the first donation of what is expected to be a continuing relationship with the Israeli Embassy. -
WARM WELCOME
The Library hosted a reception for new senators. -
NEW COUNTRY STUDIES AVAILABLE FROM FEDERAL RESEARCH DIVISION
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PRIZE POETRY
Nobel Prize-winning poet Czeslaw Milosz read before a full house at the Library. -
NLS CONTRACTS FOR VALIDATION OF NATIONAL LITERARY BRAILLE COMPETENCY TEST
