Friday, January 9, 2004
8:30 a.m.–5:00 p.m.
Library of Congress: Open House
| The
Library of Congress welcomes
members of the American Historical
Association as researchers. AHA
members are cordially invited
to the Library of Congress for
an Open House on Friday,
January 9 from 8:30 a.m.–5:00 p.m. The library's collections are
the most extensive in the world,
covering the history and culture
of other countries, including
international material collected
by its overseas offices and American
publications on all subjects.
Expert staff can guide and assist
with bibliographic and subject-matter
searches in approximately 160
languages and all formats. In
addition to books, serials, and
newspapers, the library has extensive
manuscript, map, photograph,
film, recorded sound, folklore,
and music collections with growing
electronic resources. The "Open
House" will give AHA members
the opportunity to visit select
reading rooms and discuss the
collections and services with
library staff. |
| A
special version of the " Research
Orientation to the Library of
Congress" with a focus on
history will be given during
the Open House from 11:30 a.m.
to 1:00 p.m. in the National
Digital Library Learning Center
of the Madison Building. This
session will feature: suggestions
on how to conduct research efficiently
in the library; instruction on
how to use the Library of Congress
Subject Headings and other sources
for searching accurately by subject;
and information on using the
library's card and online catalogs.
It will also provide a tour of
the collections of American Memory
and Global Gateways. Additionally,
this session will inform participants
about the variety of fellowships
and grants available to encourage
post-doctoral research using
the library's resources. |
| The
reading rooms participating in
the open house are the American
Folklife Center, the African
and Middle Eastern Division,
the Asian Reading Room, the European
Reading Room, the Geography
and Map Reading Room, the Hispanic
Reading Room, the Motion
Picture and Television Reading
Room,
the Newspaper and Current
Periodical Reading Room, the Performing
Arts Reading Room, the Prints
and Photographs Reading Room,
the Recorded Sound Reference
Center, and the Science
and Business Reading Room.
During the open house, attendees
will be able
to visit the reading rooms without
obtaining a reader registration
card, but may be asked to show
a conference badge. Please note
that due to security restrictions
items from the collection may
not be requested without a reader
registration card. |
