February 24, 1997 - Vol. 56, No. 4
Collections from American Memory
Cover Stories
Last fall, new American Memory Collections debuted on the Library's Web site. This issue takes an in-depth look at "The American Variety Stage: Vaudeville and Popular Entertainment, 1870-1920," which includes materials relating to the career of Harry Houdini, and at turn-of-the-century films of a Westinghouse factory in Pittsburgh.
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BUDGET REQUEST
The Library is asking Congress to appropriate $387.6 million for fiscal 1998. -
NEWS FROM THE NATIONAL DIGITAL LIBRARY
PC Magazine has named the Library's Web site among the 100 best. -
TOP SECURITY
The Library has a new director of security. -
KEYNOTE ADDRESS
Responsibility is the key to alleviating many of the problems of African Americans, said the U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia. -
STANDARDS-SETTING
A new standard will be developed for the digital talking book, initiated by the National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped. -
INDONESIAN READING
A new Library bibliography details more than 17,000 English-language sources on Indonesia. -
LESTER HORTON EXHIBITION
Lester Horton exhibition at the Kennedy Center -
EXHIBITION PREVIEW
An online preview of the exhibition "American Treasures of the Library of Congress" will be available next month. -
KEEPING TIME
The schedule of concerts from the Library is available from a new home page. -
COOLIDGE AUDITORIUM
Library to reopen Coolidge Auditorium in Fall 1997 -
PRESERVATION AWARENESS
Library to Hold second preservation awareness workshop
