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Presents resources for digital imaging projects. Variables involved depending on the project; Questions needing to be answered for a given project; Resources from the United States Library of Congress (LC) and the US National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Understanding underlying technical issues; Use of Kodak materials; List of published and Internet resources.

Reports on the efforts of the United States Library of Congress (LC) to reassemble Thomas Jefferson's personal library of 6,487 books in honor of the library's bicentennial. Destruction of Jefferson's original collection by fires in the 1800s; Donation of $1 million by Dallas Cowboys owners Jerry and Gene Jones, which has allowed LC to locate and purchase copies of the same editions owned by Jefferson.

The article reports on the annual conference of the American Library Association (ALA) which was held in June 2010 at the Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C. Topics include advocacy issues such as lobbying for the U.S. Library Services and Technology Act's funding. The ALA initiative called Our Authors, Our Advocates was introduced by ALA's president Roberta Stevens.

Highlights the midwinter meeting of the American Library Association (ALA) organized during January 31, 1981 to February 5, 1981 in Washington D.C. Emergence of doubts about the future of federal library legislation and disagreements over the organizational future of ALA; Issues discussed in the meeting; Plan for a summit meeting scheduled for April 1981.

Describes the online exhibits available on the Library of Congress' American Memory Historical Collections Web site. Other information provided by the Web site.

Reports that United States Librarian of Congress nominee Daniel J. Boorstin has successfully fielded the third round of questioning by the Senate Committee on Rules and Administration on September 10, 1977 in which he confronted charges made against him. Objections raised by the American Library Association against Boorstin's nomination; Questions asked by the Committee to Boorstin.