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New York City Book Award Winners
The New York Society Library Announces the 2019 New York City Book Awards
New York — The New York Society Library is proud to announce the winners of the 2019 New York City Book Awards.
Leah Rosovsky Appointed Director of the Boston Athenaeum
Boston — The Boston Athenæum announces the appointment of Leah Rosovsky as Stanford Calderwood Director, becoming the seventeenth leader in the Athenæ
Joy Harjo, Poet Laureate of the United States.
U.S. Poet Laureate Joy Harjo Appointed for a Second Term
Washington, D.C.
Wolfson Shorlist
Wolfson History Prize 2020 Shortlist Announced
London — The shortlist for the Wolfson History Prize 2020, the most valuable non-fiction writing prize in the UK, has been announced today, rec
Presidents Andrew Johnson, Chester Arthur and William McKinley
Papers of Presidents Andrew Johnson, Chester Arthur, and William McKinley Now Online
Washington, D.C.
Museum of Chinese in America Launches Oneworld Covid-19 Collection
New York — To counter the hate that has surfaced against Asian American Pacific Islanders due to the outbreak of COVID-19, the Museum of Chinese in America (MOCA) announces the establishm
LOC collections app
The Library of Congress Launches a Collections App for its 220th Birthday
Washington, D.C.
Dana Gioia
The Huntington Acquires the Papers of Poet Dana Gioia
San Marino, CA — The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens announced today that it has acquired the papers of Dana Gioia, an internationall
Library of Congress Thomas Jefferson Building, Washington, D.C.
Library of Congress Cancels Public Events until July 1
Washington, D.C.
Ulugh Beg’s Tabulae long ac. lat. stellarum fixarum
Peter Harrington Releases New Catalogue of Rare Islamic and Arabic Books
London — A selection of 85 books and manuscripts that offer an enticing selection of some of the most sought after and desirable works by leading lights of the Islamic and Arabic-speaking world.