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• Library Experience at myloc.gov
  NOW OPEN! New exhibitions and technologies inspire and engage
• Wise Guide to loc.gov
  Hurricane lessons, Hispanic heroes, storytelling rugs and yummy candy
• Webcasts from the Library
  Herman Wouk receives Library fiction prize
• Places in the News
  Headline locations from the Library's map collections
• Today in History | October 10
  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  ||

• National Disability Employee Awareness Month
  2008 theme is "America's People, America's Talent, America's Strength"
• 120,000 Book Lovers at National Festival
  First Lady Laura Bush and daughter joined more than 70 authors on Mall
• National Hispanic Heritage Month
  2008 theme is "Getting Involved: Our Families, Our Community, Our Nation"
• Stevie Wonder Is Recipient of Gershwin Award
  Singer/songwriter to perform Library commission Feb. 23
• Library Launches E-Giving
  Help the Library preserve knowledge and creativity

• 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 in the 19th century, dressing up as fruits and vegetables was all the rage for Halloween?

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