VOICE OF THE VETERAN
The Library’s Veterans History Project was created out of a need to preserve memories of older vets, but has reached out to today’s soldiers as well.

WHAT WE'VE LEARNED
The Library helps educators use its broad primary-source collections from 9/11.

LIBRARY OF CONGRESS IN THE NEWS

GOT SOME ‘SPLAININ’ TO DO
A new exhibition celebrates the 60th anniversary of the groundbreaking “I Love Lucy” television program and the lives of its stars, Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz.

FAB FIVE: CURATOR'S PICKS
Curator Raymond White picks his favorite items from the “I Love Lucy” exhibition.

‘LUCY’ IN THE LIBRARY

MUSIC FROM THE LIBRARY
The 2011-12 concert season features a range of music from classical, jazz, pop, country and folk to such Latin rhythms as “Babalu.”

READY FOR OUR CLOSE-UP
The Library was the subject of a 90-minute documentary on the C-SPAN television network.

DOCUMENTING CIVIL RIGHTS
The Library’s American Folklife Center and the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture have joined forces to document the American civil rights movement.

POET OF THE PEOPLE
Philip Levine has been named Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry for 2011-12.

SHOW AND TELL
This year’s class of Junior Fellows Summer Interns unearthed fascinating treasures from the Library’s stacks.

CAPTURING AN ERA
Three new books from the Library’s collections feature the work of 20th-century photographers Carl Mydans, Gordon Parks and Arthur Rothstein.