Early on the morning of Sunday, September 9, 1739, twenty Black Carolinians met near the Stono River, approximately twenty miles southwest of Charleston. Continue reading.
Mark Twain lost significant royalties when a Toronto publisher pirated the text of Tom Sawyer months before the publication of the novel's American first edition. Outraged over this theft, Twain spent decades advocating for stronger copyright protections for authors and artists.
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In this post, based on an interview between 2026 Junior Fellow Oliva Piersall and J. Mark Sweeney, former Principal Deputy Librarian of Congress and Newspaper Section Head on September 11, 2001, we learn about the September 11th Newspaper Collection at the 25th anniversary of the attacks.
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Discover the American Folklife Center’s Collection at Home & at September’s Family Day
The American Folklife Center's new exhibition, "Alive in Many Hands: The American Folklife Center at 50," is set to open to the public on September 17 in the Thomas Jefferson Building’s Southwest Gallery at the Library of Congress in Washington, DC. Together, the exhibition and related programs highlight the vital role that AFC plays in preserving and celebrating cultural traditions. These events honor the Center’s remarkable past and aim to inspire future generations to explore, appreciate, and contribute to living cultural traditions. Please join us for the following events to celebrate the opening:
September 17, 2026
Panel Discussion – Celebrating 50 Years of the American Folklife Center (September 17, 10:30am – 12:00pm, LJ-119, Thomas Jefferson Building)
A community of dedicated people who built the American Folklife Center will gather to celebrate 50 years of preserving and presenting folklife at the Library of Congress. Many critical figures – former and current directors, staff and board members – will assemble to tell the story the Center. Come celebrate the Center with the people who built it as they look toward to the next 50 years of preserving and presenting folklife at the Library of Congress.
Live! At the Library: "Alive in Many Hands" Opening (September 17, 5:00pm – 8:00pm, Great Hall, Thomas Jefferson Building)
Celebrate the grand opening of "Alive in Many Hands: The American Folklife Center at 50!" This exhibition celebrates the American Folklife Center’s 50th anniversary with highlights from the Center’s collections. The exhibition will explore how the Center helps preserve and share living cultural traditions, practices, and expressions throughout the world, including music and dance, food traditions, crafts-making, storytelling, and more.
Alive in Many Voices: A Concert Celebrating 50 Years of the American Folklife Center (September 17, 7:00 – 8:00pm, Coolidge Auditorium, Thomas Jefferson Building)
American Folklife Center Board of Trustee members Natalie Merchant, Martha Gonzalez, and Lori Pourier have curated a great concert of music from Bayla Davis (Appalachian banjo), Quetzal (East LA Chicano sounds), and Maȟpíya Lúta (Red Cloud School Singers). Natalie Merchant will host, and she'll be joining the performers for several songs, too! The event is free and open to the public, but registration is required.
September 19, 2026
Family Day, featuring the American Folklife Center (September 19, 10:30am – 3:30pm, Great Hall, Thomas Jefferson Building)
The American Folklife Center will also mark the opening of "Alive in Many Hands" with a Family Day that invites children, families, and visitors of all ages to engage with the Center’s collections and mission through interactive programming. Reflecting the exhibition’s themes of sharing and sustaining folklife, the event will feature collection-inspired crafts, an exhibition scavenger hunt, and special guests Los Herederos, who will demonstrate community documentation and participatory music-making with the Sonicycle, a bicycle outfitted for recording and sound. This event is free to the public, but registration is required.
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Congress.gov Notifications Join Us on September 24 for the 2026 Congress.gov Public Forum
09/09/2026
We are pleased to announce that we are holding a Congress.gov Public Forum in the Mumford Room, which is located in the Library of Congress Madison Building, on September 24, 2026, from 1-3 p.m. EDT.
During the forum, we will provide you with an update on the enhancements that have been made to the site over the past year, many of which have been inspired by your feedback. And, as in past years, you will have the opportunity to provide the Library and our data partners with your feedback about how we can better serve your legislative information needs. If you would like to submit feedback ahead of the public forum, please use our Congress.gov Public Forum Survey Form.
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Canada: Supreme Court Clarifies Patentability of Medical Dosing Regimens
On July 17, 2026, the Supreme Court of Canada reaffirmed that medical treatment methods are unpatentable when they amount to professional medical skill and judgment or seek to “fence in” an area of medical treatment. By a 7–2 majority, the court upheld Janssen Inc.’s patent covering dosing regimens for a schizophrenia drug because implementing the regimens did not require professional medical skill and judgment. (Pharmascience Inc. v. Janssen Inc., 2026 SCC 26 (Decision).)Case BackgroundJanssen developed a long-acting injectable formulation and dosing regimen for the drug paliperidone to treat schizophrenia. After conducting phased studies to determine the optimal dosing regimen, Janssen arrived at the regimen that became the basis of Canadian Patent 2,655,335 (the 335 Patent), which was issued in 2016....
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Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers: What's New?
Chronicling America is regularly updated with newly-digitized newspapers from contributors to the National Digital Newspaper Program. Digitized newspapers are delivered in the form of batches, where each batch can contain one to many issues, from one or more newspaper titles. Recently loaded batches can be discovered on the Chronicling America Research Guide. More details about the batch can be discovered by clicking on the batch name link.
Recent additions to Chronicling America include:
Providence Morning Star (Providence, RI) 1873-1877, 1886. On January 1, 1873, the Morning Star expanded into the full-size Providence Morning Star, citing the need for more space for news and editorials. The publisher vowed to produce a paper that would be “independent in all things, neutral in nothing.” By 1886, the paper proclaimed itself “the only Republican daily paper in Providence.”
In this interview excerpt, 11-time Grammy-winning bassist Christian McBride recounts the origins of the band that recorded “Live at Tonic” in 2005, the musicians' paths after the album's 2006 release, and their reunion 20 years later.
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Jobs and Internship Opportunities Librarian (Business) (VAR003413)
LC Organization Unit: Researcher and Collection Services
Grade: GS-09
Series: 1410
Minimum Salary: $70,623.00 per year
Maximum Salary: $91,815.00 per year
Work Schedule: Full-time-Flexitime
Promotion Potential: GS-12
Duty Location: Washington, DC
Security Clearance: Other
Availability: Open to All
Telework Eligibility: Hybrid
This position serves as a Librarian (Business) in the Researcher Engagement and General Collections Division (REGC); General and International Collections Directorate (GICD), Researcher and Collections Services (RCS) within the Library Collections and Services Group (LCSG)at the Library of Congress (Library).
The Library of Congress recently launched a new digital collection of nearly 500 first-hand accounts from 9/11 responders to mark the 25th anniversary of the World Trade Center attack.
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Join the Library of Congress Business Section for a webinar at 1pm on Wednesday, September 23, highlighting collections, with content related to the automotive industry as examples.
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