We’re reblogging this post to highlight the St. Alban’s Raid of Oct. 19, 1864. Coverage on a more detailed report of the Raid will be coming tomorrow on our Facebook page.
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VTDNP Bookmark
Here’s the front design of our bookmark, designed by Sally Blanchard from phase 1, 2010-12, of the NDNP Grant.
News from the Library of Congress: October 1, 2013 (REVISED October 3, 2013)
Federal Government Shutdown
Due to the temporary shutdown of the federal government, all Library buildings are closed, all public events are canceled, and all inquiries and requests to the Library of Congress web-based services will not be received or responded to until the shutdown ends.
Information on loc.gov is not being updated.
Copyright.gov, THOMAS.gov and Congress.gov are all available.
A Note to loc.gov Users
Ahead of the temporary shutdown of the federal government, the Library alerted patrons that Library websites, except the legislative information sites THOMAS.gov and beta.congress.gov, would be inaccessible in the event of a shutdown.
The Library has restored access to all sites in addition to our legislative information sites. Other legislative branch agencies, and many executive branch agencies with informat!
ion functions similar to the Library, are granting public access as well.
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PR 13-A07
10/01/13
ISSN 0731-3527
Photos from NDNP Awardee Meeting 2013
As mentioned in a previous post, Project Director (Birdie MacLennan), Project Librarian (Erenst Anip), and Digital Support Specialist (Karyn Norwood) attended and presented at the National Digital Newspaper Project (NDNP) Awardee Meeting, September 11-13 in Washington DC. Click HERE for photos from the event.
Call for Papers: IFLA International Newspaper Conference 2014
By Mazelan Anuar
Theme: Start Spreading the News!
Date: 4-5 February 2014
Venue: FamilySearch Headquarters, Salt Lake City, Utah
As shown by surveys conducted by the National Library of Australia, the California Digital Newspaper Collection, the Cambridge Public Library, and others, historical newspapers are an important source of information for genealogists. Not coincidentally, the IFLA International Newspaper Conference will be held just prior to the 2014RootsTech Family History and Technology Conference on February 6-8. We encourage authors and conference attendees to consider attending RootsTech as well as the International Newspaper Conference.
The IFLA Newspapers Section is currently seeking papers on or about outreach and marketing strategies for using or promoting online newspaper content, text mining, users of newspaper content, and use of news content for research purposes or as primary sources for historical or contemporary themes for its upcoming United States-hosted conference.
Please see here for further details.
Source: https://www.ifla.org/node/8006