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May

May 22, 2012 (12-109)
American Folklife Center Announces Recipients of Fellowships and Awards
May 18, 2012 (12-101)
Procedural Tools and How They Are Used in Congress Is Subject of Book Discussion
May 17, 2012 (12-103)
Preliminary Authors Named for 2012 Library of Congress National Book Festival
May 17, 2012 (12-106)
Program for Cooperative Cataloging Launches RDA Cataloger Training
May 16, 2012 (12-074)
Library of Congress Commences “Celebration of the Book”
May 15, 2012 (12-102)
Arab Novelist Jurji Zaydan Subject of June 5 Symposium at the Library of Congress
May 14, 2012 (12-100)
Northwest Washington, D.C., Is Subject of Book Discussion
May 14, 2012 (12-098)
Library of Congress to Award President Fernando Henrique Cardoso Kluge Prize for Study of Humanity
May 11, 2012 (12-097)
Journalist Morton Kondracke to Discuss the Life & Career of Jack Kemp May 24

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May 11, 2012 (12-096)
FEDLINK Announces 13th Annual Awards for Federal Librarianship
May 10, 2012 (12-099)
Veterans History Project Hosts Arts, Military + Healing Closing Event
May 8, 2012 (12-093)
Library Honors Bacharach & David with 2012 Gershwin Prize for Popular Song
May 7, 2012 (12-073)
Local Educators Selected to Participate in National Educational Program
May 7, 2012 (12-095)
Library Marks Birthdays of Walt Whitman and Gwendolyn Brooks
May 4, 2012 (12-A01)
Jefferson Building Restrictions May 8
May 4, 2012 (12-094)
Presidential Campaign Posters Subject of New Library of Congress Publication

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April

April 30, 2012 (12-082)
Library of Congress Calendar of Events, May - August
April 26, 2012 (12-089)
Papers of Supreme Court Justice Byron R. White Opened for Research at Library of Congres
April 25, 2012 (12-087)
Visualizing the Nation’s Capital: Two Centuries of Mapping Washington D.C.
April 24, 2012 (12-088)
"My Fair Lady”, “Shaft” Headline May Film Series
April 24, 2012 (12-091)
Richard Dreyfuss to Speak at the 2012 Law Day Program on May 1
April 23, 2012 (12-085)
Nobel Laureate Herta Müller Reads at Library, May 15
April 19, 2012 (12-078)
Biography of Baseball Legend Bill Veeck Is Subject of Book Discussion
April 19, 2012 (12-075)
National Ambassador for Young People's Literature Walter Dean Myers to Be Featured in Program for Young People
April 18, 2012 (12-084)
Library Marks 500th Anniversary of Armenian Printing With Exhibition, Publication

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April 17, 2012 (12-083)
Library of Congress, Ad Council Team Up with RIF to Launch PSA Campaign
April 16, 2012 (12-080)
David Grinspoon Named First Chair in Astrobiology at Kluge Center
April 13, 2012 (12-081)
Librarian of Congress Names New Chief Copyright Royalty Judge
April 13, 2012 (12-076) (REVISED May 1, 2012)
New Online Collection and Book Features Rare Garden Images
April 12, 2012 (12-079)
Norwegian Author Karl Ove Knausgard at Library May 2
April 11, 2012 (12-077)
U.S. Poet Laureate Philip Levine Closes the Literary Season on May 3
April 10, 2012 (12-069)
Library of Congress Celebrates "Preservation Week: Pass It On"
April 9, 2012 (12-072)
"A Rare Astronomical Event: Transit of Venus” Lecture, May 8

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April 9, 2012 (12-071)
"Creating the United States” To Close on May 5
April 6, 2012 (12-066)
Holocaust Rescuers Are Subject of April 19 Book Talk by Mark Klempner
April 6, 2012 (12-070)
Latino Writers Blas Falconer and Lorraine López At Library of Congress, April 26
April 6, 2012 (12-068)
River of Words Youth Poetry and Art Contest Winners to Receive Awards at Library of Congress
April 5, 2011 (12-067)
Library of Congress National Book Festival Slated for Sept. 22-23
April 2, 2012 (12-063)
Library of Congress Acquires Lee Strasberg Collection

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March

March 28, 2012 (12-065)
Packard Campus Theater Spotlights Classic Films in April
March 28, 2012 (12-062)
Library Marks William Shakespeare’s Birthday, April 18
March 28, 2012 (12-064)
Library Conference on Two Centuries of Mapping Washington D.C.
March 26, 2012 (12-061)
Joseph Puccio Appointed Collections Development Officer
March 23, 2012 (12-059)
Author to Discuss Book on Gardens
March 21, 2012 (12-058)
Panelists and Agenda for “The Profound Impact of Stress” Conference
March 19, 2012 (12-057)
Author Jeanne Guillemin to Discuss “American Anthrax” April 3
March 19, 2012 (12-056)
Mark Sweeney Appointed Director of Preservation
March 14, 2012 (12-055)
Garrett Hongo to Discuss Asian-American Poetry, April 13

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March 13, 2012 (12-054)
Conversation with South African Poet Laureate Keorapetse Kgositsile, April 3
March 12, 2012 (12-051)
Library of Congress Announces New Asian Division Chief
March 9, 2012 (12-052)
Women Veterans of the Persian Gulf War Subject of Panel Discussion
March 8, 2012 (12-047)
Poet Laureate Chooses Asekoff and Black for Witter Bynner Award
March 7, 2012 (12-050)
Library Marks Tennessee Williams’ Birthday, March 26
March 6, 2012 (12-049)
Kluge Center to Hold Conference on “The Profound Impact of Stress,” March 26-27
March 6, 2012 (12-048)
Swann Fellow to Discuss Early Comic Strips and the Nature of the Child
March 2, 2012 (12-046)
Vardanants Day Lecture Marks Opening of Library of Congress Armenian Exhibition
March 2, 2012 (12-045)
Amber Straughn to Discuss the James Webb Space Telescope, March 21
March 1, 2012 (12-044)
Lectures and Tours Related to Cherry Blossoms Offered with Exhibition Opening March 20

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February

February 29, 2012 (12-040)
Veterans History Project Examines Military Photography in 36th Web Feature
February 28, 2012 (12-043)
Lecture Will Explore Role of Libraries in Improving Lives of Citizens in Jalisco, Mexico
February 28, 2012 (12-041)
Life of 20th Century’s First Woman Newspaper Editor-in-Chief Is Subject of Talk
February 17, 2012 (12-037)
Author Joseph Fruscione Discusses Faulkner and Hemingway Literary Rivalry, March 16
February 16, 2012 (12-039) (REVISED March 8, 2012)
Library Display on Sun Yat-sen’s Life and Legacy Marks Centennial of the Republic of China
February 13, 2012 (12-035)
Woman’s Building Library at 1893 World’s Columbian Exhibition Is Subject of Book Discussion
February 13, 2012 (12-038)
Karen Keninger Appointed Director of the National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped
February 10, 2012 (12-036)
Israeli Women Composers Subject of March 6 Lecture at the Library
February 8, 2012 (12-028)
“Sakura: Cherry Blossoms as Living Symbols of Friendship” Exhibition

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February 8, 2012 (12-032)
New Endowment to Support Contemporary Music Launches
February 7, 2012 (12-033)
"Herblock Looks at 1962” Exhibition Opens March 20
February 7, 2012 (12-031)
Engineer Who Inspired Wright Brothers Is Subject of Book Discussion
February 6, 2012 (12-034)
Birthday Celebration for Ralph Ellison, March 1
February 1, 2012 (12-024)
Library of Congress and French Archive INA Exchange Cinema and TV Treasures
February 1, 2012 (12-029)
Main Reading Room Open House on Presidents Day, Feb. 20

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January

January 30, 2012 (12-030)
Library Highlights Epic Drama "Roots" During Black History Month
January 30, 2012 (12-025)
Library of Congress to Offer Junior Fellows Summer Internships
January 30, 2012 (12-026)
Symposium on Carl Jung and Aging To Be Held March 28
January 30, 2012 (12-027)
Veterans History Project Launches Multi-Year Effort to Collect Vietnam War Stories
January 26, 2012 (12-023) (REVISED February 24, 2012)
Library Marks 500th Anniversary of the Armenian Literary Tradition with Exhibition, Publication
January 25, 2012 (12-022)
William May to Discuss “Testing the National Covenant,” Feb. 29
January 24, 2012 (12-020)
Journalist and Author Jonathan Lyons to Discuss “Islam Through Western Eyes,” Feb. 16
January 24, 2012 (12-019)
Intellectuals’ Experience with Soviets’ “Great Experiment” Is Subject of Book Discussion
January 23, 2012 (12-018)
Life of Slave Owned by President Madison Is Subject of Book Discussion

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January 20, 2012 (12-011)
U.S. Naval Observatory Donates Rare Book to Library of Congress
January 19, 2012 (12-016)
Library Leaders Announce New Digital Curation Residency Program
January 18, 2012 (12-017)
Library of Congress Offers Congressional Record as iPad App
January 18, 2012 (12-015)
Jacob Bleacher to Discuss “NASA’s Desert RATS,” Feb. 14
January 18, 2012 (12-012)
New Library Publication Highlights Civil Rights Struggle
January 17, 2012 (12-013)
“Politics and the Dancing Body” Opens Feb. 16
January 12, 2012 (12-014)
Gayle Osterberg Named Director of Communications
January 10, 2012 (12-009)
The People Behind the Formation of the States’ Borders to Be Discussed

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January 6, 2012 (12-010)
Koussevitzky Foundations Announces Commission Winners
January 6, 2012 (12-008)
J. Edgar Hoover’s Brief Career at Library of Congress to Be Discussed
January 4, 2012 (12-006)
Roberta Shaffer Appointed Associate Librarian for Library Services
January 4, 2012 (12-005)
David Mao Appointed Law Librarian of Congress
January 4, 2012 (12-003)
Greek Poet Odysseas Elytis and the Hispanic World, Jan. 27
January 4, 2012 (12-002)
Birthday Celebration for Langston Hughes, Feb. 1
January 3, 2012 (12-001)
Walter Dean Myers Named New National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature
January 3, 2012 (12-004)
Author to Discuss Fashion Industry Impresario Eleanor Lambert, Feb. 2

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