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|| Library Highlights ||

• Library Experience at myLOC.gov
  New exhibitions and technologies inspire, engage
• Wise Guide to loc.gov
  Hanukkah, butterflies, "color" photos, paper preservation and more
• Webcasts from the Library
  An evening with renowned Nigerian author Chinua Achebe
• Places in the News
  Headline locations from the Library's map collections
• Today in History | December 19
  Travel back in time through American Memory

|| Popular Topics & Collections  ||

• National Book Festival
• The Civil War
• Thomas Jefferson
• The Great Depression
• The Declaration of Independence
• The Constitution

|| News from the Library  ||

Announcement: Special Library holiday hours through January  More...

• 2008 Kluge Prize Awarded
  Historians Peter Brown, Romila Thapar received prize at Dec. 10 ceremony
• New Interactive Features in "Experience"
  Extended hours for visitors, Library connects to new Capitol Visitor Center
• Lincoln Bicentennial Exhibit Opens Feb. 12
  "With Malice Toward None" celebrates 200th birthday of America's 16th president

• More news and upcoming events

|| The Library at Work  ||

• Lifelong Literacy
  Encouraging children to become engaged in reading
• Help Your National Library
  Lend a hand as the Library preserves knowledge & creativity
• Flickr Photo Pilot
  Sharing photographs with a broad new audience in a Web 2.0 community
• Audio-Visual Conservation
  Preserving, and providing access to the world’s audiovisual heritage
• Digital Preservation
  Collecting and preserving digital knowledge for future generations

|| Did You Know? ||

Did you know that on Christmas Eve, 1851, the Library of Congress, originally housed in the Capitol, caught fire for the second time that century, destroying 55,000 volumes?

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