
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.
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A NEW USE FOR FORT MEADE
The Library has opened a new high-density book storage facility at Fort Meade, Maryland. -
REMEMBERING LUBOML
A collection documenting Jewish life in avanished Polish village has been donated to the Library. -
9/11: WITNESS AND RESPONSE
Photographer Joel Meyerowitz captured the ruins of the World Trade Center after September 11. -
THE FUTURE OF GROUND ZERO
A panel of architects and critics discussed the future of the "ground zero" site in Manhattan Nov. 1. -
GALLERY TALKS
The Library hosted a series of "Gallery Talks" with artists whose work appeared in the recent 9/11 Library exhibition. -
TEXTBOOK CASE
Scholars from America and the Islamic world gathered to discuss how cultures are depicted in student textbooks. -
WOMEN WORLDWIDE
The Library taped interviews with six notable Muslim women as part of a conference last fall in Istanbul. -
AMERICA'S BIG STICK
Warren Zimmermann discussed American imperialism at a Library program Oct. 24. -
HIGH-TECH REFERENCE
Reference professional Irene McDermott gave Internet reference survival tips in an Oct. 25 lecture. -
JAPANESE CORPORATE CULTURE
Masahiko Aoki delivered the annual Mansfield Lecture on economic change in Japan. -
ALGERIA AND ENERGY
A noted Algerian minister spoke Nov 8. -
INTERNATIONAL LAW
Representatives of 17 nations attended the annual meeting of the Global Legal Information Network (GLIN). -
NEW ONLINE
Three new collections have been added to the Library's American Memory Web site. -
DOBRO POHALOVAT, LIBRARY OF CONGRESS: THE CENTER FOR THE BOOK