Lost in Translation

The emergence of the online public-access catalog has largely rendered the traditional library card catalog obsolete. At the Library of Cong...

Just noticed today that the Library of Congress logo looks like a waving American flag, as well as an open book. Very cool. (For more on d...

Last weekend I checked out the National Book Festival (annual event on the Mall organized by the Library of Congress) and brought back some...

I was mildly disappointed when I walked into the Library of Congress to discover that this exhibition is NOT about social media. Instead, ...

Here's one last figure from the bronze doors to the Adams Building (Library of Congress). Here we see Odin ( Óðinn in Old Norse), the G...

Here's another figure from the bronze doors on the Adams Building (Library of Congress). Here we see Cadmus ( Κάδμος ), the man who - ac...

The bronze doors on the west side of the Adams Building of the Library Congress depict mythological and historical figures who are (for some...

Library of Congress, November 2009. I must say the interactive display accompanying the LOC's Gutenberg Bible is really cool. The Gute...

January 1, 2010. Happy New Year everyone! I start the year with images from the Library of Congress copy of "Poor Richard's Alman...

Library of Congress, November 2009. Two early printers' marks painted on the ceiling of the Jefferson Building. On the left, D. Appl...

Library of Congress, November 2009. A snazzy interactive computer display allows the visitor to view another early printer's mark. Not...

Library of Congress, November 2009. A rarely-noticed ceiling motif in the ceiling of the Jefferson Building is its sequence of early print...