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|| Library Highlights ||

• National Book Festival 2008
  Nearly 70 authors on the National Mall Sept. 27
• Library Experience at myloc.gov
  NOW OPEN! New exhibitions and technologies inspire and engage
• Wise Guide to loc.gov
  Public markets, vaudeville, family trees and tourism
• Webcasts from the Library
  Forum on education and the
  economy
• Places in the News
  Headline locations from the Library's map collections
• Today in History | July 24
  Travel back in time through American Memory

|| Popular Topics & Collections  ||

• The Civil War
• Thomas Jefferson
• The Great Depression
• The Declaration of Independence
• The Constitution

|| News from the Library  ||

• New Poet Laureate Appointed
  Kay Ryan named to position
• National Book Festival Lineup Announced
  Geraldine Brooks, Tiki Barber, Dionne Warwick among featured authors
• Book Festival Podcasts
  Warren Brown, Arthur & Pauline Frommer talk recipes and travel
• Section 109 Report Released
  Cable, satellite licenses examined
• eCO Opens
  Copyright registration made easy online

• More news and upcoming events

|| The Library at Work  ||

• Lifelong Literacy
  Encouraging children to become engaged in reading
• Flickr Photo Pilot
  Sharing photographs with a broad new audience in a Web 2.0 community
• Audio-Visual Conservation
  Preserving, and providing access to the world’s audiovisual heritage
• Digital Preservation
  Collecting and preserving digital knowledge for future generations

|| Did You Know? ||

Did you know that Amelia Earhart both was born and died in the month of July?

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