Events at the Library of Congress

Thursday April 22, 2021 Thursday April 22, 2021

Saturday April 24, 2021 Saturday April 24, 2021

  • Event | concerts and performances
    Terri Lyne Carrington: The New Standards Saturday
    April 24, 2021
     8:00 pm - 9:00 pm EDT
    Add to calendar     NEA Jazz Master and two-time Grammy award-winning drummer, composer, producer, and educator, Terri Lyne Carrington is the 2021 Library of Congress Jazz Scholar. Accompanied by pianist Kris Davis and bassist Linda May Han Oh, Carrington’s all-women-composer program, The New Standards, features music written by stellar musicians including Esperanza Spalding, Maria Schneider and Geri Allen.
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Monday April 26, 2021 Monday April 26, 2021

  • Event | courses and workshops
    Preservation Meets Public Health: Enduring Lessons from Pandemic Planning Monday
    April 26, 2021
     11:00 am - 12:00 pm EDT
    Add to calendar     Learn how the Library of Congress used information from the REALM project in conjunction with public health guidance to develop safe operations plans for activities that involved the Library’s collections. This event will unpack the decision-making processes that staff used to allow the agency to operate safely, adapt to developments in the pandemic, and incorporate lessons-learned to improve future operating plans.
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  • Event | courses and workshops
    World IP Day: The Creative Business Monday
    April 26, 2021
     12:00 pm - 1:00 pm EDT
    Add to calendar     The U.S. Copyright Office celebrates World IP Day with the theme "World IP Day: The Creative Business." This event will feature tips from several small business owners in creative fields, aspects of copyright protections and an overview of the impact small, creative businesses have on our economy as well as the economic impact of the arts.
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Tuesday April 27, 2021 Tuesday April 27, 2021

  • Event | courses and workshops
    Restarting Preservation Operations During a Pandemic Tuesday
    April 27, 2021
     11:00 am - 12:00 pm EDT
    Add to calendar     Learn how the Preservation Directorate’s Collections Management Division at the Library of Congress prioritized its workload during the pandemic in light of limited on-site staff and the need to re-evaluate processes and procedures to ensure safety and efficiency.
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  • Event | courses and workshops
    Uncertainty and Loss: The Impact of the Pandemic Tuesday
    April 27, 2021
     11:30 am - 12:30 pm EDT
    Add to calendar     The current COVID-19 pandemic has made the world more acutely aware of the impact of grief and loss on daily life. After one year, when many of us face continuing uncertainty about the future and wonder when will things become normal, we see multiple waves of the pandemic raging. We are facing an echo pandemic of mental illness. Physical health, emotional well-being, economic security,...
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Wednesday April 28, 2021 Wednesday April 28, 2021

Thursday April 29, 2021 Thursday April 29, 2021

  • Event | courses and workshops
    Librarians-in-Residence: Training the Next Generation Thursday
    April 29, 2021
     11:00 am - 12:00 pm EDT
    Add to calendar     This presentation will discuss the Librarians-in-Residence (LIR) program that was established in 2018 for recent graduates of Library and Information Science programs. Current librarians in this program will share their own experiences working at the Library of Congress.
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  • Event | lectures and symposia
    Advancing the Rule of Law Now: A Global Perspective Thursday
    April 29, 2021
     3:30 pm - 4:30 pm EDT
    Add to calendar     This year's Law Day program will explore the rule of law from an international perspective, specifically, how the United States contributes to global understandings of the rule of law, including through funding of rule of law projects, championing rule of law principles in international entities and settings, and cultivating an image as a rule of law country both at home and abroad.
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  • Event | courses and workshops
    Double Take: How Should We Index This Image? Thursday
    April 29, 2021
     4:00 pm - 5:00 pm EDT
    Add to calendar     Join cataloging specialist Arden Alexander and processing technician Libby McKiernan on an exploration of the Library of Congress Thesaurus for Graphic Materials (TGM), to learn approaches to describing images, using topical terms, plus ways you can use the TGM for your personal or work collections. The specialists will also invite participants to index some images from the Library’s collections with them.
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  • Event | lectures and symposia
    Poetry Spotlight: Victoria Chang and Brenda Shaughnessy Thursday
    April 29, 2021
     7:00 pm - 8:00 pm EDT
    Add to calendar     Poets Victoria Chang (“Obit”) and Brenda Shaughnessy (“The Octopus Museum”) discuss their poetry collections, which address issues of loss, fear and the future of the planet. A National Poetry Month event.
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Friday April 30, 2021 Friday April 30, 2021

  • Event | courses and workshops
    Peek Inside the Lab: Two Mini Presentations Friday
    April 30, 2021
     11:00 am - 12:00 pm EDT
    Add to calendar     Two mini presentations: The Conservation and Digitization of the Yongle Dadian presentation will cover the condition review, conservation treatment and digitization of the Yongle Dadian, a manuscript encyclopedia from 1565. American Book Design Buffet will focus on three important people in the world of 19th and early 20th century book design: John Feely, Sarah Wyman Whitman and Margaret Armstrong.
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  • Event | concerts and performances
    Mahan Esfahani, Harpsichord Friday
    April 30, 2021
     8:00 pm - 9:00 pm EDT
    Add to calendar     The virtuosic and versatile Iranian-American harpsichordist Mahan Esfahani has pursued two primary passions in his career: the compositions of J.S. Bach and contemporary music for the harpsichord.
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Monday May 3, 2021 Monday May 3, 2021

  • Event | lectures and symposia
    Talking About Race, Love and Truth: For Kids and Teens Monday
    May 3, 2021
     10:00 am - 11:00 am EDT
    Add to calendar     Adam Gidwitz and Renée Watson, authors of the highly acclaimed middle grade anthology “The Talk: Conversations on Race, Love & Truth,” will discuss their writing process and how they navigate conversations about race. Gidwitz and Watson will also answer pre-recorded student questions. Parents, teachers, and all other caregivers are encouraged to attend with children and teens; the target audience for this presentation is ages...
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  • Event | lectures and symposia
    Talking About Race, Love and Truth: For Caregivers and Teachers Monday
    May 3, 2021
     11:00 am - 12:00 pm EDT
    Add to calendar     Wade Hudson and Cheryl Willis Hudson, editors of the highly acclaimed middle grade anthology “The Talk: Conversations on Race, Love & Truth,” will discuss their dedication to diversity in children’s book publishing and the tools to help young people talk about race.
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Wednesday May 5, 2021 Wednesday May 5, 2021

  • Event | concerts and performances
    Homegrown: Samoan Studies Institute Students' Association for Faasamoa Wednesday
    May 5, 2021
     12:00 pm - 12:30 pm EDT
    Add to calendar     The Samoan Studies Institute at American Samoa Community College formed the Students’ Association for Faasamoa (SAFF) in 2009. It is comprised of students at the college who are interested in learning about Samoan culture. Its purpose is to teach college students the Faasamoa, or the Samoan way, and to preserve its traditions. Since its inception, SAFF has been active in performing the Siva Samoa...
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Thursday May 6, 2021 Thursday May 6, 2021

  • Event | courses and workshops
    Overview of Congress.gov Thursday
    May 6, 2021
     2:00 pm - 3:00 pm EDT
    Add to calendar     Congress.gov is the official website for U.S. federal legislative information. This orientation is designed to give a basic overview of the website. While the focus of the session will be searching legislation and the Congressional member information attached to the legislation, the new features of Congress.gov will be highlighted as well.
    More information at prekindle.com External.
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  • Event | lectures and symposia
    Jim Lee and Asian American Superheroes Thursday
    May 6, 2021
     7:00 pm - 8:00 pm EDT
    Add to calendar     For Asian-Pacific American Heritage Month, an event that celebrates the life work of DC Chief Creative Officer and Publisher Jim Lee. He will appear in conversation with illustrator Bernard Chang (“Generations Forged”) and writers Sarah Kuhn (“Shadow of the Batgirl”) and Minh Lê (“Green Lantern: Legacy”). Moderated by former National Ambassador for Young People's Literature Gene Luen Yang (“Superman Smashes the Klan”).
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Wednesday May 12, 2021 Wednesday May 12, 2021

  • Event | courses and workshops
    Virtual Business Research Orientation Wednesday
    May 12, 2021
     1:00 pm - 2:00 pm EDT
    Add to calendar     The virtual Business Research Orientation provides an overview of resources and services for business research, with an emphasis on Library of Congress tools and search strategies that can be used from home. This class is designed to introduce you to research at the Library, navigating the online catalog, and highlighting resources specific to business research.
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Thursday May 13, 2021 Thursday May 13, 2021

  • Event | courses and workshops
    U.S. Federal Statutes Thursday
    May 13, 2021
     11:00 am - 12:00 pm EDT
    Add to calendar     This entry in the Orientation to Legal Research Series provides an overview of U.S. statutory and legislative research, including information about how to find and use the U.S. Code, the U.S. Statutes at Large, and U.S. federal bills and resolutions.
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  • Event | lectures and symposia
    Finding a Shared Historical Narrative Thursday
    May 13, 2021
     1:00 pm - 2:00 pm EDT
    Add to calendar     Kluge Prize winner Danielle Allen moderates an expert panel to discuss the changing interpretations of the nation’s founding documents and the principles they were founded upon. They will also explore the tension between celebrating what is good about the U.S. and its history, while addressing the exploitation and inequality that are also part of the American legacy.
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  • Event | lectures and symposia
    Talking About Race, Love and Truth: Live Q&A Thursday
    May 13, 2021
     5:00 pm - 6:00 pm EDT
    Add to calendar     Join us for a live Q&A session with the creators of the highly acclaimed middle grade anthology “The Talk: Conversations on Race, Love & Truth.” Authors Adam Gidwitz and Rene Watson and editors/publishers Wade and Cheryl Willis Hudson will be available to take your questions in real time. Registration is required.
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Tuesday May 18, 2021 Tuesday May 18, 2021

  • Event | courses and workshops
    Orientation to Law Library Collections Tuesday
    May 18, 2021
     1:00 pm - 2:00 pm EDT
    Add to calendar     The Orientation to Law Library Collections Webinar is designed for patrons who are familiar with legal research, and would instead prefer an introduction to the collections and services specific to the Law Library of Congress. This webinar is an online version of the one-hour onsite orientations taught by legal reference librarians from the Law Library of Congress, and will cover digital resources available through...
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  • Event | courses and workshops
    Discovering Science Collections Virtually at the Library of Congress Tuesday
    May 18, 2021
     2:00 pm - 3:00 pm EDT
    Add to calendar     The Library of Congress collections are robust in both science and technology. Science subject specialists will provide a tour of these collections, with an emphasis on collections available online. This webinar will also cover how the Library developed these collections and recommended research strategies to discover science at the Library of Congress.
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