| Latest News: Library Celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month with New Collections Resources, Music and Cultural Traditions
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| 09/09/2026
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The Library of Congress will celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month with new resources and programs inviting the public to explore Hispanic and Latino heritage through the Library’s rich collections. This includes researching cultural traditions, listening to renowned authors read from their works, transcribing centuries-old documents and experiencing music drawn from the collections.
The monthlong national celebration from Sept. 15 to Oct. 15, established by Congress, honors the culture, history and contributions of Hispanic Americans, the second largest demographic group in the nation.
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| Today in History - September 10
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| 09/10/2026
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Explorer, author, and cartographer John Smith became the leader of the Jamestown settlement when he assumed the presidency of its governing council on September 10, 1608. Continue reading.
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| Poetry 180: Poem 003 - "Abecedarian Requiring Further Examination of Anglikan Seraphym Subjugation of a Wild Indian Rezervation"
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| 09/10/2026
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A poem by Natalie Diaz from the Library's Poetry 180 Project.
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| Law Library: News & Events: Join Us on Thursday, September 24 at 2:00 PM EDT for a Foreign and Comparative Law Webinar on Legal Developments Ahead of the Upcoming Israeli National Election at 2 PM EDT
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| 09/10/2026
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Join senior foreign law specialist, Ruth Levush, on Thursday, September 24, at 2:00 p.m. EDT for a Foreign and Comparative Law Webinar. This series of classes is designed to shed light on some of the foreign and comparative law issues currently being researched by the foreign law and international law experts at the Law Library of Congress.
October 27, 2026, is the date set for Israel's next national election. In this presentation, Ruth will discuss the legal developments unfolding in the lead up to the election. The webinar will examine government efforts to advance legal reforms introduced after the outgoing governments inauguration. The reforms intended to affect the status and relationship among the branches of government and have been subject of public debate. A review of the current status of the reforms will be provided. Among additional topics that will be discussed are legislation relating to the October 7, 2023 Hamas attack and the subsequent war, and the military conscription of Ultra-Orthodox (Haredi) men.
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| “Every Day I Miss Spofford and Our Great Library of Congress”: James A. Garfield and the Library of Congress
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| 09/10/2026
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| Reid Wiseman: To the Dark Side of the Moon … and Back
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| 09/10/2026
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| Sparking Curiosity with Primary Sources
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| 09/10/2026
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| Taiwan: Virtual Asset Service Act Enacted
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| 09/10/2026
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| Jobs and Internship Opportunities Supervisory Librarian (VAR003371)
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| 09/10/2026
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This position is for a Supervisory Librarian and is located in Discovery and Preservation Services, Acquisitions and Bibliographic Directorate, German and Slavic Division, in the German Section.
The incumbent of this position serves as Section Head and is responsible for managing the work, including acquisitions and cataloging functions, of the section, overseeing the work of a staff of librarians and library technicians performing these functions, and performing administrative and human resource management functions relative to the staff supervised. The incumbent serves under the administrative supervision of the division chief. The incumbent works highly independently, exercising considerable judgment, and carries out duties and responsibilities in accordance with broad overall guidelines and policies.
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| Testing AI Translation Tools on Nineteenth-Century Spanish-Language Archives: An Interview with Martin Corona
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| 09/10/2026
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| Exploring The Sudan Through Topographic Maps as a Mosaic Dataset
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| 09/10/2026
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| Jobs and Internship Opportunities CLOSING SOON| Library Technician (VAR003407)
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| 09/10/2026
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The Library of Congress shares its vast collections of books, manuscripts, photographs, maps, audiovisual materials, and priceless artifacts to cultivate curiosity and spark imagination. We engage, inspire, and inform Congress and the American people with a universal and enduring source of knowledge and creativity.
We seek highly talented professionals to join a vibrant and collaborative community. Your work here will have lasting impact on the Library and its users well into the future.
This position is located in African, Latin America and Western European Division. It is a hybrid position that combines the major technician duties for the functions of acquisitions, cataloging, and serials control. The duties include performing acquisitions searching, placing orders, receiving items, paying invoices, serials check-in, and any other activities needed to support the acquisitions of materials for the library. The duties also include those to support the function of performing cataloging for the library such as shelflisting, record creation, copy cataloging, database maintenance activities, and searching. Often there will be a foreign language requirement for this position depending on the geographical area for which functions are being performed. For example, staff processing and cataloging materials from South America need knowledge of the Spanish language.
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| [approved list] LCSH/LCC Approved Lists for 2512
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| 09/10/2026
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New LCSH/LCC Approved Lists have been posted.
These lists contain new or revised headings approved by the Policy, Training, and Cooperative Programs (PTCP) Division of the Acquisitions and Bibliographic Access (ABA) Directorate.
Please send all questions to PTCP at policy@loc.gov.
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| NLS BARD Support: Smart Speaking to the Smart Speaker, September 2026
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| 09/10/2026
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Smart Speaking to the Smart Speaker, September 2026
The topic for the Thursday, September 17, 2026, Smart Speaking to the Smart Speaker online program will be Effective Use of the Reading History and the Streaming History and What’s the Difference. After the presentation and demonstration, we will answer any questions you have about the My Talking Books skill for Alexa-enabled smart speakers.
The meeting will begin at 7 p.m. eastern time and will last for one hour. To access the meeting, go to: https://loc.zoomgov.com/j/1613454948?pwd=2ag8UwHBsBuV12Ca4pqHAXaQeTMFvl.1
Remember that the meeting is recorded. Do not speak if you do not wish to be on the recording. If you wish to speak, you may request to do so by raising your hand. On a PC, press Alt Y to toggle raising and lowering your hand; on a Mac, press Option Y; and if dialing in via telephone, press Star 9. To mute or unmute yourself on a PC, press Alt A; on a Mac, press Command-Shift A; and on a telephone, press Star 6. If you choose to dial in to the call, use the telephone numbers provided below. The Zoom.gov ID will not work with standard Zoom.us.
The complete Zoom invitation is below. To review past programming, please go to www.loc.gov/nls/news-and-updates/smart-speaking-to-the-smart-speaker.
—The BARD Support Team
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| Patron Services: Introduction to the Japanese Collection
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| 09/10/2026
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