No need for #NatBookFest FOMO! You can watch the Main Stage programming right here: youtube.com/watch?v=IKbscw…

The National Book Festival is *technically* free... however. 😂 #NatBookFest

The #NatBookFest Main Stage has been like this all day! If you weren't able to attend #NatBookFest, all the Main Stage sessions are on YouTube! youtube.com/watch?v=IKbscw…

The National Book Festival always goes by too quickly! We had a great day and we hope you did, too. Watch this space for information about next year's #NatBookFest & take our survey to let us know how you enjoyed today! nationalbookfestivalsurvey.com

August is National Make a Will Month, a great reminder to update your will or create one. By including the Library in your plans, you will help ensure generations to come can enjoy the nation’s greatest resource of history, culture, and imagination! loc.gov/programs/suppo…

Thank you to everyone who participated and gathered for this year’s National Book Festival. To the authors, moderators,the hardworking Library of Congress staff, and most importantly the thousands of people who came to the Washington Convention Ctr and watched online.🧵 #NatBookFest

International Dog Day, you say? What a perfect day to share Dog Days of August, a blog series highlighting dog-related items from the American Folklife Center’s archive. Read fascinating stories of America's wild dogs, pet dogs, war dogs & working dogs: blogs.loc.gov/folklife/2024/…

On August 28, 1963, thousands of people arrived in Washington, D.C. to participate in the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. The Library has many artifacts related to this historic event, including this organizing manual. Read it in full: loc.gov/item/201464560…

The Library's American Folklife Center has launched a 6th season of “America Works,” a podcast that honors the grit, resilience, humor & dedication of the American workforce. 💪 Check it out now on Apple Podcasts or loc.gov/podcasts. newsroom.loc.gov/news/library-o…

NOTICE: All buildings of the Library of Congress will be closed to visitors and researchers on Monday, Sept. 2 for the federal Labor Day holiday.

How has it already been a week since the National Book Festival? Oh, well. Guess that puts us one week closer to the next one! (Watch this space for the 2025 date announcement.) If you attended, take our survey & let us know how your day was: nationalbookfestivalsurvey.com #NatBookFest

Labor Day weekend, the unofficial end of summer. 💔 But what a wonderful summer it has been! Poetry in Parks, Movies on the Lawn, a new exhibition opening & more. No need for FOMO. We have a LOT of fun things coming up in the fall, too: loc.gov/events.

When Jerry Lewis’ personal collection was acquired by the Library in 2014, a 10-year restriction was placed on some of the items. Now, for the first time, material from his unfinished film “The Day the Clown Cried” is available for research. Learn more: newsroom.loc.gov/news/footage-f…

Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden has appointed Karen Donfried as director of the Congressional Research Service, effective Sept. 23. Donfried brings more than three decades of experience leading foreign policymaking, analysis and research to the role. newsroom.loc.gov/news/librarian…

The Library's Moving Image collection is ~2 million items, but only about 150 reels in the vaults are 70mm film. So getting two 70mm copyright deposits in one year — “Napoleon” & “Oppenheimer” — is exciting! How film comes to & is stored at the Library: blogs.loc.gov/now-see-hear/2…

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