Reports, Speeches and Presentations
Librarians and Archivists: Commitment to Excellence and Leadership

[Great Hall. View from the second floor west corridor. Library of Congress Thomas Jefferson Building, Washington, D.C.], Carol Highsmith, photographer

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Reports

Featured Webcasts from LC’s Digital Future and You Speaker Series

  • Diving Deep in a Pool of Pictures: the Prints & Photographs Online Catalog
    Prints & Photographs Division staff provide an overview of the Prints & Photographs Online Catalog (PPOC), highlighting  features researchers have found useful for discovering, analyzing, and sharing pictures from the Division's collections. [May 8, 2012]
  • Bibliographic Framework Initiative
    Beacher Wiggins and Sally McCallum give an update on the status of the Library of Congress initiative to review the current bibliographic framework to accommodate future needs. [April 2, 2012]
  • Electronic Resources Online Catalog
    Learn more about this valuable research tool that provides expanded access to Library of Congress licensed databases, indexing and abstracting services, and full-text reference resources, including electronic books, serials and staff-recommended free resources. [August 9, 2011]

Speeches and Presentations

Dr. James H. Billington, Librarian of Congress

Dr. Deanna B. Marcum, former Associate Librarian of Congress

  • Response to On the Record... (June 1, 2008)
    Associate Librarian Deanna Marcum responds to On the Record: Report of The Library of Congress Working Group on the Future of Bibliographic Control
  • The Future of Preservation [PDF: 56KB / 16 p.]
    Address to Symposium on The 3-D's of Preservation: Disasters, Displays, Digitization, Paris, France (March 8, 2006)
  • The Future of Cataloging [PDF: 83KB / 14 p.]
    Address to the Ebsco Leadership Seminar, Boston, Mass. (January 16, 2005)