January 2001 - Vol. 60, No. 1
5 Million Items Online
Cover Story
The Library's American Memory project has reached an important milestone: 5 million
items online.
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SIGNIFICANT CINEMA
Twenty-five films have been added to the National Film Registry. -
POETRY PRIZE
David Ferry has won the 2000 Rebekah Johnson Bobbit National Prize for Poetry. -
"E-JOURNALS"
The Library has acquired its first complete set of an electronic journal archives. -
HORBLIT HISTORY
The Science, Technology and Business Division has collected nearly the entire run of an important scientific book series. -
EMINENT EMERITUS
Former Librarian of Congress Daniel Boorstin was honored at a recent "Books & Beyond" program. -
BICENTENNIAL WRAP-UP
In the last installment of our "Bicentennial Background" series, we review how the Library of Congress celebrated its 200th birthday. -
A POEM OF PRAISE
In 1922, Amy Lowell wrote a poem celebrating the Library of Congress. -
PACIFIC PUNDITRY
Tadashi Yamamoto discussed the need for government reform in Japan in the annual Mansfield Lecture. -
COLA COMMERICIALS
Coca-Cola has donated some 20,000 television commercials to the Library for its archives, and a curator reviews the history of television advertising. -
TELEVISION ADVERSTISING
A brief history. -
CATALOGING CONFAB
Leaders in cataloging and library systems assembled at the Library in November. -
CALL FOR FELLOWS
Applications are now available for the 2001 American Memory Fellows Program. -
AUDIO ARCHIVES
The Library will lead an audio preservation initiative. 18 Globalization Conference: The Library hosted a conference on law in Muslim societies. -
CLASSIFICATION SCHEDULES
Library tests classification schedules online. -
GLOBALIZATION AND LAW
Library sponsors event on role in Muslim societies. -
POLK COUNTY
An unpublished play by Zora Neale Hurston was read in the Coolidge Auditorium. -
COPYRIGHT SYMPOSIUM
Library hosts copyright symposium.