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Library of Congress Information Bulletin

Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee

December 2002 - Vol. 61, No. 12

Civil War & American Memory

Cover Story
Leading Civil War scholars examined the event from many angles at a three-day symposium.

About the Cover

  • Ft. Meade stacksA NEW USE FOR FORT MEADE
    The Library has opened a new high-density book storage facility at Fort Meade, Maryland.

  • Billington and OthersREMEMBERING LUBOML
    A collection documenting Jewish life in avanished Polish village has been donated to the Library.

  • Meyerowitz9/11: WITNESS AND RESPONSE
    Photographer Joel Meyerowitz captured the ruins of the World Trade Center after September 11.

  • panel of speakers on Ground ZeroTHE FUTURE OF GROUND ZERO
    A panel of architects and critics discussed the future of the "ground zero" site in Manhattan Nov. 1.

  • NewyorkistanGALLERY TALKS
    The Library hosted a series of "Gallery Talks" with artists whose work appeared in the recent 9/11 Library exhibition.

  • panelists on textbooksTEXTBOOK CASE
    Scholars from America and the Islamic world gathered to discuss how cultures are depicted in student textbooks.

  • no image availableWOMEN WORLDWIDE
    The Library taped interviews with six notable Muslim women as part of a conference last fall in Istanbul.

  • Warren ZimmermannAMERICA'S BIG STICK
    Warren Zimmermann discussed American imperialism at a Library program Oct. 24.

  • Irene McDermottHIGH-TECH REFERENCE
    Reference professional Irene McDermott gave Internet reference survival tips in an Oct. 25 lecture.

  • Masahiko AokiJAPANESE CORPORATE CULTURE
    Masahiko Aoki delivered the annual Mansfield Lecture on economic change in Japan.

  • AlgeriaALGERIA AND ENERGY
    A noted Algerian minister spoke Nov 8.

  • Rubens MedinaINTERNATIONAL LAW
    Representatives of 17 nations attended the annual meeting of the Global Legal Information Network (GLIN).

  • no image availableNOTED ANTHROPOLOGIST DISCUSSES FOSSIL RECORD

  • new online collectionsNEW ONLINE
    Three new collections have been added to the Library's American Memory Web site.

  • To Preserve and Protect'TO PRESERVE AND PROTECT'

  • no image availableDOBRO POHALOVAT, LIBRARY OF CONGRESS: THE CENTER FOR THE BOOK

  • no image availableAUDIO MAGAZINES ONLINE

  • Center for the Book logoNEWS FROM THE CENTER FOR THE BOOK

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