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Bezig met laden... America's Greatest Library: An Illustrated History of the Library of Congressdoor John Y. Cole
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. Ah, I forgot I never closed this one out. My LJ review as follows (the online version is here, if anyone's interested in seeing it in context). Like its subject, this title takes on several roles at once. Handsome, slightly oversize, with high production values and lavish photographs and illustrations, it could be taken for a coffee-table book. But this would do it a disservice, as Library of Congress historian Cole has compiled a thorough overview of the library’s history, with an exhaustive time line ranging from President John Adams’s 1800 act to appropriate $5,000 “for the purchase of such books as may be necessary for the use of Congress” to the 2016 swearing in of current Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden, accompanied by well-written essays. The chronology offers detailed accounting of the institution’s construction, collection building, division development, staff, outreach, cataloging and computing innovations, and ever-expanding mission. The essays zero in on subjects and events such as the library’s role after John F. Kennedy’s assassination (providing emergency historical reference for presidential funerals and keeping its restrooms open all night for mourners), or a portrait of pioneering African American bibliographer Daniel Murray, who became a member of the library staff at 19 in 1871. geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
Packed with fascinating facts, compelling images, and little-known nuggets of information, this new go-to illustrated guide to the history of the Library of Congress will appeal to history buffs and general readers alike. It distils 242 years of history into an engaging read that makes a Washington icon relevant today. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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Google Books — Bezig met laden... GenresDewey Decimale Classificatie (DDC)027.573Information Library and Information Sciences General Libraries; Reports, etc. State and government North America United StatesLC-classificatieWaarderingGemiddelde:
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The story of Ezra Pound being selected for the first Bollingen Prize is priceless, however.
''The Library announces that its Fellow in American Letters have awarded the first Bollingen Prize in Poetry to Ezra Pound for his book The Pisan Cantos. The Fellows take cognizance of the public knowledge that Pound is under indictment for treason and committed to an institution for the insane, stating that they "are aware that objections may be made to awarding a prize to a man situated as is Mr. Pound." On August 19, the Joint Library Committee recommends that the Library "cancel all arrangements for the giving of prizes and making of awards." Librarian Evans announces the Library's immediate compliance.''
Also note, that while a couple of Librarians of Congress were replaced with changes in the party of the President, there was not a specified term until Carla Hayden, the first woman as well as the first African American to hold the post was appointed. Typical. ( )