LIBRARY OF CONGRESS IN THE NEWS

PERSONAL POETRY
The Librarian of Congress has named Kay Ryan as the Library’s 16th Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry.

CONCERT CORNUCOPIA
The Library has announced its 2008-09 season of 40 free concerts and music-related events.

ARCHIVING AN ERA
A public and private sector partnership led by the Library will preserve and archive U.S. government Web sites at the end of the current administration in January 2009.

SUPPORT THE LIBRARY
Your Library of Congress needs more than the generous appropriations from the Congress to collect, preserve and provide access to its unparalleled collections.

A WORLD OF KNOWLEDGE
The Library and UNESCO are moving closer to the launch of the World Digital Library, signing new partnership agreements with the National Archives and the National Library of Israel.

URGENT CARE REQUIRED
The Library convened a summit of research scientists on the subject of archival preservation.

FINE FELLOWS
The John W. Kluge Center and the Caroline and Erwin Swann Foundation have announced a class of new fellows.

SWANN FOUNDATION FOR CARICATURE AND CARTOON ANNOUNCES FELLOWSHIPS FOR 2008-09

FOUND WONDERS
The 2008 class of Junior Fellow Summer Interns pored over historic copyright deposits to unearth amazing historical finds, from comic books to wax cylinder recordings.

COPYRIGHT NEWS
The Copyright Office has launched a new Web-based processing and registration system. Also, the office has released a report on the statutory licensing systems for cable and satellite television.

PROVINCIAL PUZZLE
Mark Stein came to the Library to discuss his book on the shapes of the individual American states.