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NEW FRONTIERS
A symposium on developments in knowledge over the past century -- and looking toward the new millennium -- is the first in a bicentennial series.

THE JEFFERSON CONNECTION
The Library has long felt the guiding hand of our third president.

MAPMAKER, MAPMAKER
A facsimile of a 16th century map of the Americas is now available.

FUEL FOR THOUGHT
The Library played host to members of the Domestic Petroleum Council in April.

NATIONAL NEWSPAPER ASSOCIATION CONGRESSIONAL LUNCHEON

THE SOUND OF VERSE
Poet Laureate Robert Pinsky closed the 1998-1999 Poetry and Literature Series with a reading of new work.

21ST CENTURY SCHOLARSHIP
The Library hosted a meeting to address how it could better serve scholars and researchers.

LATEST FROM THE LAW LIBRARY
George Mitchell received the 1999 Wickersham Award from the Friends of the Law Library.

LAW DAY 1999
Law Day was observed May 3.

PRESERVING THE DIGITAL LAW
A new initiative to preserve digital legal sources was announced

UNDER THE SEA
Jessie Willcox Smith's illustrations from The Water-Babies will go on display June 10.

TOP PRIZES
Eight scholars have won stipends in the third Mellon Foreign Area Fellowship competition.

THE EARLIEST 'TOONS
Early American animation finds its way to the Library's Web site.

UNLOCKING ANCIENT SECRETS
A noted Asian scholar is translating a collection of pictographic manuscripts from a region of China.

NAXI PRESERVATION CHALLENGES
The special preservation needs of these Naxi materials.

ASIAN PACIFIC AMERICAN HERTIAGE
An educational activist calls for aid to rural Chinese schools.

TO MAKE A BROADER DIFFERENCE
The first Chinese-American U.S. representative keynotes the Library's celebration of Asian heritage.

BUILDING A NATION OF READERS
Fourth- and fifth-graders attended a program of historical readings and presentations at the Library.

NEWS FROM THE CENTER FOR THE BOOK