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Bibliographic Framework Initiative (BIBFRAME) Update Forum
The Bibliographic Framework Initiative (BIBFRAME) is a major community challenge to provide an alternative to the deeply embedded MARC formats that will be more compatible with the Web and Internet... -
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Exotic Earths: Progress Towards the Discovery of Inhabited Exoplanets
Avi Mandell discusses how we discover and learn about planets around other stars.
Speaker Biography: Avi Mandell is a research scientist in the Planetary Systems Laboratory at NASA Goddard Space F... -
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BARD Mobile: VoiceOver Function
John Brown provides a tutorial on how to activate the VoiceOver Function in the BARD Mobile app for the iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch.
Speaker Biography: John Brown is head of the engineering secti...- CC
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BARD Mobile: Adjust Font & Contrast
John Brown provides a tutorial on how to adjust the font and contrast settings in the BARD Mobile app for the iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch.
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BARD Mobile: Introduction
The BARD Mobile app for the iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch will allow blind users to download and read NLS Braille and talking books directly from the Braille and Audio Reading Download site (BARD). ...- CC
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Exploring Cultural Heritage Collections with Viewshare
Viewshare is a free, Library of Congress-sponsored platform that empowers historians, librarians, archivists and curators to create and customize dynamic interfaces to collections of digital conten... -
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Muhammed ibn Dawud: The Man of Our Times & the Abbassid Language of Brotherhood
Jennifer Tobkin discusses Muhammad ibn Dawud al-Isfahani (d. 297/909), compiler of an anthology of poetry called "Kitab al-Zahra" ("The Book of the Flower") and author of some 500 lines of poetry i... -
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Preconcert Talk: John Adams, Zosha di Castri & Claire Chase
John Adams, Zosha di Castri and Claire Chase talk about the International Contemporary Ensemble.
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Preserving Your Memories: Traditional & Digital Albums & Scrapbooks
Conservators highlight basic preservation measures one can do at home for long-lasting albums and scrapbooks; enumerate the pros and cons of dismantling old scrapbooks and albums in poor condition;... -
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Nigerian Writer A. Igoni Barrett
Nigerian writer A. Igoni Barrett reads from his work and discusses the state of contemporary African literature.
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Advances in Raman Spectroscopy for Analysis of Cultural Heritage Materials
A panel discussion on the advances in Raman Spectroscopy for analysis of cultural heritage materials. Speakers included Lynn Brostoff, Richard Bormett, Silvia Centeno and Marco Leona.
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From Mecca to Mashhad: A Lithographed Shiite Pilgrimage Scroll from Iran
A Nowruz lecture featuring Ulrich Marzolph speaking about a lithographed Shiite pilgrimage scroll from Qajar, Iran.
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Magical Realism in Russia: How Ancestry Worship, Shamanism & Christianity Shaped the Nation
Oksana Marafioti, Black Mountain Fellow, explores the effects of folk belief and religion on Russian culture, the fascinating relationship between the people of that region and their past, and the ... -
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Preconcert Talk: David Nelson & Chaya Czernowin
Composer Chaya Czernowin and Orchestra 2001 percussionist David Nelson discuss an evening concert of works by George Crumb and a Library of Congress Dina Koston and Roger Shapiro Fund for New Music... -
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Jill Biden: Don't Forget, God Bless Our Troops
As part of a program aimed at supporting children of military families, Jill Biden gave a public reading of her book, "Don't Forget, God Bless Our Troops."
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Jack Kemp: A Congressman Who Changed America
A discussion on Jack Kemp's congressional career, leadership and influence on the Republican Party and the nation.
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Significance of the Religious Experience
Howard Wettstein speaks on his new book "The Significance of the Religious Experience."
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Necessary Utterance: Poetry as Cultural Force (Poets)
As part of the "Necessary Utterance: Poetry as Cultural Force" event commemorating Natasha Trethewey's historical year as Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry at the Library of Congress, poets Marily... -
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Necessary Utterance: Poetry as Cultural Force (Trethewey)
Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry Natasha Trethewey delivers her final lecture, "Necessary Utterance: Poetry as Cultural Force," closing the spring literary season at the Library of Congress.
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Sharia in the West? What Place for Faith-Based Family Laws in Western Democracies?
Legal scholar John Witte Jr. discusses how Western legal systems grapple with non-state-based, family-law systems such as Sharia, Halacha and Canon Law. Witte predicts that the Western-legal-system... -
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The Write View: What Book Shaped You? (Part 2)
Authors from the 2012 National Book Festival share their personal stories on the books that shaped their lives. Speakers include James Dashner, Philip Levine, Lois Lowry, Susan Tejada, Michael Conn... -
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The Write View: What Book Shaped You? (Part 1)
Authors from the 2012 National Book Festival share their personal stories on the books that shaped their lives. Speakers include Kathleen Ernst, Jeff Kinney, Bob Shay, T.C. Boyle, Paul Hendrickson,... -
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A Renaissance Globemaker's Toolbox: Johannes Schöner & the Revolution of Modern Science 1475-1550
John Hessler discusses Renaissance cartographer Johannes Schöner.
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Preconcert Talk: Helen Ashby & Andrew Griffiths
Members of the Stile Antico ensemble discuss Renaissance vocal music.
Speaker Biography: Soprano Helen Ashby sings with a variety of ensembles in the UK including Oxford Camerata, the Brabant Ense... -
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The Quest for the New in Latin American Culture: Fashion & Newspapers in the 19th Century
Kluge Fellow Victor Goldgel-Carballo analyzes the impact that periodicals (new media) and fashion (defined as a pattern of cyclical renovation) had upon Argentine, Chilean, and Cuban culture during... -
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The New Generation of Modern Arab Women
Judith Hornok describes a new image of the Arab world, the modern generation of Arab women.
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A Day Like No Other: Commemorating the 50th Anniversary of the March on Washington
U.S. Rep. John Lewis, who was a young civil-rights leader in 1963, opened the photo exhibition "A Day Like No Other: Commemorating the 50th Anniversary of the March on Washington" at the Library of... -
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