Collection Items
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Film, VideoAsk a Librarian at the Library of Congress This video demonstrates how to use the Ask a Librarian Service at the Library of Congress.- Contributor: Narrator
- Date: 2021-08-11
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Film, VideoCherry Blossoms in Japanese Culture This video explores Japan's centuries-old blossom viewing traditions. It is one in a series for the 2021 National Cherry Blossom Festival that highlights both historic and contemporary traditions of springtime flower viewing. The "Cherry Blossom Viewing Over the Centuries" series features three short films that showcase a stunning variety of artifacts from Library collections, including watercolor drawings, colorful woodblock prints, vintage photos and beautifully...- Contributor: Narrator
- Date: 2021-03-20
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Film, VideoFleeting Beauty, Enduring Traditions This video highlights the Library of Congress National Cherry Blossom Festival collection, which include posters from 1987 to the present and Princess programs from 1949 to the present. It is one in a series for the 2021 National Cherry Blossom Festival that highlights both historic and contemporary traditions of springtime flower viewing. The "Cherry Blossom Viewing Over the Centuries" series features three short films...- Contributor: Narrator
- Date: 2021-03-20
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Film, VideoTokyo's Gift of Friendship This video recounts the origins and events surrounding the 1912 gift of 3,020 cherry trees to the city of Washington. It is one in a series for the 2021 National Cherry Blossom Festival that highlights both historic and contemporary traditions of springtime flower viewing. The "Cherry Blossom Viewing Over the Centuries" series features three short films that showcase a stunning variety of artifacts from...- Contributor: Narrator
- Date: 2021-03-20
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Film, VideoMake a Mini-Book Demonstration of the creative activity of making a mini-book; targeting children ages 5-12.- Contributor: Narrator
- Date: 2020-04-08
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Film, VideoUsing the Science and Business Reading Room Learn how to conduct research in the Science and Business Reading Room at the Library of Congress.- Contributor: Narrator
- Date: 2020-02-19
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Film, VideoResearch in the Recorded Sound Research Center Learn how to conduct research in the Recorded Sound Research Center at the Library of Congress.- Contributor: Narrator
- Date: 2020-01-22
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Film, VideoVeterans History Project: Website Overview This tutorial teaches researchers how to use the Veterans History Project search engine.- Contributor: Narrator
- Date: 2019-10-23
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Film, Video2019 Library of Congress Literacy Award Winners Winners of the 2019 Library of Congress Literacy Awards are announced.- Contributor: Narrator
- Date: 2019-08-15
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Film, VideoUsing the Prints & Photographs Reading Room Learn how to conduct research in the Prints & Photographs Reading Room of the Library of Congress.- Contributor: Narrator
- Date: 2019-05-30
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Film, VideoLibrary of Congress Surplus Books Program Through its surplus books program, the Library of Congress offers free books to libraries, schools and organizations in need of them.- Contributor: Narrator
- Date: 2019-04-01
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Film, VideoUsing the Asian Reading Room Learn how to conduct research in the Asian Reading Room at the Library of Congress.- Contributor: Narrator
- Date: 2019-02-04
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Film, VideoHispanic Local History and Genealogy at the Library of Congress Learn how to research Hispanic local history and genealogy at the Library of Congress.- Contributor: Narrator
- Date: 2018-11-15
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Film, VideoResearch in the Manuscript Reading Room Learn how to conduct research in the Manuscript Reading Room of the Library of Congress.- Contributor: Narrator
- Date: 2018-09-25
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Film, VideoRegistering for Your Reader Identification Card This video will demonstrate how to register for your Reader Identification Card at the Library of Congress. A valid Reader Identification Card is required for users who wish to use the Reading Rooms for research.- Contributor: Narrator
- Date: 2018-08-28
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Film, VideoNational Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled (60) National Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled (formerly National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped) in the Library of Congress (NLS) is a free braille and talking book library service for people with temporary or permanent low vision, blindness or a physical disability that prevents them from reading or holding the printed page. Through a national network of cooperating libraries,...- Contributor: Narrator
- Date: 2018-01-08
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Film, VideoNational Library Service for the Blind & Print Disabled (30) National Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled (formerly National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped) in the Library of Congress (NLS) is a free braille and talking book library service for people with temporary or permanent low vision, blindness or a physical disability that prevents them from reading or holding the printed page. Through a national network of cooperating libraries,...- Contributor: Narrator
- Date: 2018-01-08
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Film, VideoHow to Request Materials Online at the Library of Congress This video demonstrates how to request materials online through the Library of Congress catalog.- Contributor: Narrator
- Date: 2017-11-07
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Film, Video2016 Library of Congress Literacy Awards Promotion Through its Library of Congress Literacy Awards, the Library celebrates literacy organizations and the dedicated people who, through passion and hard work, bring education and literacy to an unprecedented number of people around the globe.- Contributor: Narrator
- Date: 2016-08-17
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Film, Video2016 Junior Fellows Summer Intern Program An overview of the summer 2016 Junior Fellows Summer Intern program at the Library of Congress.- Contributor: Narrator
- Date: 2016-07-19
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Film, VideoRosa Parks Collection: Telling Her Story at the Library of Congress Highlights of the collection of Rosa Parks, a seminal figure of the Civil Rights Movement, on loan to the Library from the Howard G. Buffett Foundation for 10 years. The collection is now available online.Howard Buffett decided to purchase this special collection in 2014, when he learned that it was languishing in an auction warehouse. He wanted to bring these rare items into public...- Contributor: Narrator
- Date: 2016-02-04
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Film, VideoTeacher Resource: Inquiry - Reflect Inquiry is a cycle. Reflection is embedded throughout the inquiry process, but it is especially important at the end of a learning experience for students to think about what they have learned about the topic or idea and about inquiry itself. This video shows what new understandings and perspectives the students share with Jacqueline Braithwaite.- Contributor: Narrator
- Date: 2015-11-19
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Film, VideoTeacher Resource: PS 153 & New York Draft Riots Unit Three educators from PS 153 in New York City open share their teaching practices of using primary sources with their 4th graders. They developed a unit on the New York Draft Riots of 1863 and integrated the inquiry process into their lesson plans.- Contributor: Narrator
- Date: 2015-11-19
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Film, VideoTeacher Resource: Inquiry - Wonder Students will develop focus questions to guide their investigations while wondering during the inquiry process. Jacqueline Brathwait guides students in a discussion on what they already know about the Draft Riots and see them begin to develop questions for further exploration.- Contributor: Narrator
- Date: 2015-11-19
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Film, VideoTeacher Resource: Inquiry - Connect Primary sources can be used during the initial phase of inquiry to open students' minds to the possibility of interpreting and questioning an information source. Shelly Sanderson uses a map to connect the students to the topic in order to gain background knowledge and context about the events of the New York Draft Riots.- Contributor: Narrator
- Date: 2015-11-19