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Library of Congress Information Bulletin

Baseball Americana

December 2009 - Vol. 68, No. 12

Baseball Americana

Cover Story
The Library hosted a two-day symposium on baseball and the Library’s rich collections on the national pastime.

About the Cover

  • Spalding's Official Base Ball GuideULTIMATE MEMORABILIA DISPLAY
    In conjunction with the baseball symposium, curators assembled a display of some of the rarest and most interesting items at the Library.

  • Cover of Baseball AmericanaCOLLECTOR'S ITEM
    The Library has published a rich treasury that tells the history of baseball.

  • 1948 program from All American Girls Baseball League‘NO CRYING IN BASEBALL!’
    The Library sponsored a baseball-themed film series to accompany the baseball symposium.

  • No image availableLIBRARY OF CONGRESS IN THE NEWS

  • Cover of Bambi songbookMUSIC & PICTURES
    A new exhibition on music in animated films opened in the Music Division.

  • No image availableBIBLIOGRAPHIC FUTURE
    The Library has released the results of its analysis of the current market for bibliographic data.

  • No image availableNDIIPP NAMED 'GREAT GOVERNMENT IT PROJECT'
    Government Computer News has named the National Digital Information Infrastructure and Preservation Program as one of the top federal information technology projects of 2009.

  • Steven HermanFT. MEADE STORAGE FACILITY WINS NATIONAL CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT AWARD
    The Library was recognized for its digital preservation program and its Ft. Meade storage facility.

  • Verlene Herrington and James BillingtonFLICC AWARDS
    The Federal Library and Information Center Committee presented its annual honors for federal librarianship.

  • Dawn Sturdevant Baum‘HONOR TO OUR ANCESTORS’
    A leading Native American activist offered the keynote for the Native American Heritage Month.

  • Dan De Simone and José MindlinMINDLIN'S GIFT
    The leading patron of books in Brazil has inspired the Library of Congress and the world.

  • Perkins BraillerSERVICE TO THE BLIND
    The Library sponsored an exhibition in honor of the bicentennial of the birth of Louis Braille.

  • Experiencing WarSERVICE TO THE NATION
    The Veterans History Project honored Asian Pacific American veterans in a special symposium, and Native American veterans in new presentations on its website.

  • Ronald DworkinINTERPRETING TRUTH
    Prominent legal scholar Ronald Dworkin spoke at the Law Library as the inaugural lecturer in the Kellogg series in jurisprudence.

  • Carl ReinerSTRAIGHT MAN FOR A 2000-YEAR-OLD MAN

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