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|| Library Highlights ||

• Library Experience at myloc.gov
  NOW OPEN! New exhibitions and technologies inspire and engage
• Wise Guide to loc.gov
  H for hero, maps of history, and leadership, diversity and harmony
• Webcasts from the Library
  Vanessa James on Shakespeare's genealogies
• Performing Arts
  Explore resources and presentations on music, theater and dance
• Places in the News
  Headline locations from the Library's map collections
• Today in History | May 17
  Travel back in time through American Memory

|| Popular Topics & Collections  ||

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

|| News from the Library  ||

• 2007 National Recording Registry
  Politics, alien encounters and the "King of Pop" make the list
• Alvin Ailey Exhibition Open
  Dancer and choreographer and his company honored
• Library Receives First Spider-Man Story
  Original pages to Lee-Ditko "Amazing Fantasy #15" donated
• Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month
  Special resource site celebrates "Leadership, Diversity and Harmony"
• Jewish American Heritage Month
  Special resource site celebrates "The American Jewish Experience"

• 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 the month of May is named after Maia, the Roman goddess of spring?

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