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Announces that several online collections from the Library of Congress are available from American Memory, a project of the National Digital Library Program. Features of the online collections; Vendor contact information.

Announces that portraits of all the United States presidents and most of the first ladies are available from the Library of Congress American Memory online collections. Brief background on American Memory; World Wide Web address.

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.

Presents the Internet research link collections from different public libraries from around the world. Discussion on the link "Writing for the Web: A Primer for Librarians" from the link collections of Worcester Public Library; Importance of the "Reference Desk" collection available at the Buffalo and Erie County Public Library; Information on the "Selected Web Links" page of The King County Library System.

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.

Features the National Society Daughters of American Revolution Library in Washington, D.C. Collection; Family histories available; Functions of the analytical card index; Manuscript collection.

Highlights the move of the Library of Congress to make its collections available online to children in all schools in the United States. Budget asked by President Bill Clinton to be allocated for the project; Cultural documents available online; Comments from Bill Tally, senior research associate at the Center for Children and Technology; When the Digital Library Initiative started.

Announces the plan of the United States Library of Congress (LC) to collaborate with the Association of American Colleges (AAC) for a `digital library project.' Purpose; LC collections available on the Internet.

Introduces an on-line Library of Congress collections available to anyone with an Internet connection. Some of the 350,000 American history collections on-line; When this large-scale digitation effort began; Significance of the National Digital Library.

Reports the announcement of the United States Library of Congress that it has added to and expanded collections available online from its American Memory Web site. The site as a project of the National Digital Library Program; `American Landscape and Architectural Design, 1850-1920,' a collection from the Frances Loeb Library at Harvard University Graduate School of Design; George Washington Papers; Other materials.

Reports on US Senate leaders' rejection of recommendations from the General Accounting Office (GAO) that the Library of Congress abandon its centuries-old mission to acquire and preserve a universal collection of knowledge and creativity available to all Americans. Complaints regarding the library's unwieldy management practices; Results of a management review conducted by the GAO on the library.

The article informs about 2019 American Library Association annual conferences and Exhibition, held at June 20–25, 2019, in Washington, D.C. Topics discussed include e lifetime of thinking about spirituality and the importance of sharing stories translated into a celebration; the destruction of the Library of Alexandria, when those in power realized the danger of letting information spread to the populace; library card information at the library's entrance.

Reports that 68 applications were submitted by ninety-nine institutions in the second round of the Library of Congress/Ameritech National Digital Library Competition. Who the applications are evaluated by; When award winners will be announced; Reason the Library of Congress is sponsoring the competition; Contact point for more information on the Library of Congress/Ameritech National Digital Library Program.

Reports that the ethnographic field collection `Voices of the Dust Bowl: The Charles L. Todd and Robert Sonkin Migrant Worker Collection' from the Library of Congress is available from the American Memory Program at its web site address. Contents of the collection; Reference to the documentation of the everyday life of residents of Farm Security Administration migrant work camps in central California in 1940 and 1941; Contact point for source of the collection.

Reports that online archivist Alexa Internet has given the Library of Congress a gift copy of their recording of the World Wide Web. Description of the donation; Appreciation of the gift by the Library of Congress.

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.

Focuses on the Collaborative Digital Reference Service, a free online reference service the Library Congress (LOC) plans to launch by mid-2001 through a consortium of libraries. Realities surrounding the information world; Consortium members; Mechanisms for routing and responding to queries; Internet-based archival and research services of the LOC.

Reports on the United States Library of Congress' addition of two online collections to its American Memory Project. Library program which this project is part of; Details on the aims and focus of this project; Supporters of the initiative; Detailed information on the collections.

Reports on Rhino Entertainment's licensing and production agreement with the Library of Congress to release compilations of audio and video recordings culled from the library's collections. Features of the initial compilations; First project slated for release called `Great Presidential Speeches.'

Relates concerns about securing the Library of Congress' holdings as the library prepares to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Thomas Jefferson Building in 1997. Finding a balance between access and security of all books and records; The incident that sparked the Jefferson Building to start restricting access to the stacks; How Computer Sciences Corporation was contracted to evaluate security of the Jefferson Building; The changes made as a result.

Presents information on the Farm Security Administration Office of War Information (FSA-OWI) photographic collection relating to the Great Depression to World War II, which is offered by the Library of Congress. Web site at which the collection can be viewed; Details on the first release of the FSA-OWI collection; Information on the access features.

Highlights the 1999 Helen Hayes Awards ceremony held at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. Winners; Hostess of the event; Contributions of the Washington Area Performing Arts Video Archive in the ceremony.

Reports on the naming of the Library of Congress's American Memory historical collections, as `the best Web sites of 1996' by Time magazine. Features of the site.