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Gail Petri with a young visitor to the National Book Festival

October 2006 - Vol. 65, No. 10

Educational Outreach

Cover Story
The Library's Educational Outreach Division supports the nation's educators with technology and resources.

About the Cover

  • Tenderloin Elementary students SING A SONG TO AMERICA
    The "Song of America" tour brought the Library's treasures directly into selected classrooms.

  • Sherri Galloway TEACHER IN RESIDENCE
    One educator relates the experience of a lifetime working at the nation's library.

  • no image available THE LIBRARY IN THE NEWS

  • James BillingtonFOR THE NEXT CENTURY
    The Librarian of Congress testified before a House committee on the future of the Library and libraries.

  • jim flatness and the globeA 'NEW' WORLD
    The Geography and Map Division has acquired a large, contemporary globe of the world.

  • no image availableWORLD NEWS IN GLOBAL TONGUES
    The Library's NDIIPP has entered into an agreement to archive high-interest foreign news broadcasts.

  • cartoon of pig'SWANN' SONG
    The Swann Foundation for Caricature and Cartoon has selected three fellows for the coming year.

  • Emily Giglierano and Dr. BillingtonUNDISCOVERED RICHES
    College students unearthed and documented creative works copyrighted more than a century ago.

  • Toni HorneJOIN THE LIBRARY, SEE THE WORLD
    Summer interns processed some 20,000 nautical charts from around the world.

  • Kubbat as-SakhraPLACES NO LONGER THERE
    A Library program featured historical photos of places and culture of the Middle East.

  • Asma SiddikiI AM WOMAN
    Saudi women are taking non-traditional leadership roles at a new women’s college in Saudi Arabia.

  • Barbara HaberGOTTA EAT
    Culinary historian Barbara Haber discussed the mutually inclusive subjects of food and feminism at a Library talk.

  • woman on silver certificatesTRACER BULLETS
    New publications on navigation, physics, green roofs, business and money are available.

  • annual report coverANNUAL REPORT NOW AVAILABLE

  • River of Words NEWS FROM THE CENTER OF THE BOOK

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