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Little OnesFilms for young children by name: nursery rhymes, lullabies, preschool.
KidsCartoons and animation, children's and family films, and educational films, unless they deal with war, propaganda, crime, horror or drugs, or carry racial caricature.
TweensDocumentaries, science, nature and space, classic comedies, newsreels, commercials and lectures.
TeensEverything else, including anything we cannot tell about; war, crime, horror and westerns go no lower.
AdultSexual themes (such as the old "sex hygiene" films), gore, surgery, slaughter, atrocity footage.
Library of Congress Conversation with Vrï: Chamber Folk from Wales 2021 · Talk Join us for a conversation with Vrï: Chamber Folk from Wales. The members describe their music as 'chamber-folk', bringing together the experience of Jordan… Library of Congress Homegrown: Neli Andreeva 2021 · Talk Traditional Bulgarian singer Neli Andreeva grew up in the resort of Narechen in the majestic Rhodope Mountains. There she learned her first folk songs from… Library of Congress Katie Booth on Alexander Graham Bell and the Invention of Miracles 2021 · Talk Join us for an interview with former Kluge Fellow, Katie Booth, on her new book based on her research at the Library of Congress while a fellow at the John W.… Library of Congress Poesías e historias del Caribe: Mapping Caribbean Women Poets in the PALABRA Archive 2021 · Talk 2021 Junior Fellow Karla Roig Blay created a digital StoryMap of Caribbean women poets present represented in the PALABRA Archive. This archive is a… Library of Congress New Technologies for Ancient Hebrew Texts 2021 · Talk New Technologies for Ancient Hebrew Texts 2021 Junior Fellow Shlomit Menashe increased the discoverability of 1,200 uncatalogued Hebrew prayer books by… Library of Congress Carvalho Monteiro Collection 2021 · Talk Amy Olson's 2021 Junior Fellows project in the Collections Management Division helped locate and digitally reunite the 30,000 books in the Carvalho Monteiro… Library of Congress Assessing the Physical Condition of the National Book Collection 2021 · Talk Assessing the Physical Condition of the National Book Collection is an ongoing project within the Preservation Research and Testing Division of the Library of… Library of Congress Primary Sources on American Women in Science and Mathematics 2021 · Talk 2021 Junior Fellow Sam Correia worked with the Professional Learning and Outreach Initiatives Office to develop a resource for teachers that incorporates… Library of Congress African Section Poster Collection 2021 · Talk The African Section of the African and Middle Eastern Division of the Library of Congress holds a rich and vast collection of pamphlets and posters amassed… Library of Congress Arithmetic, Numeracy, Literacy, Imagination 2021 · Talk 2021 Junior Fellows Amal Charara and Sean DiLeonardi worked with science, technology and business materials related to the history of arithmetic in order to… Library of Congress The DOAJ/DMEP Openly Available eSerials Project 2021 · Talk Junior Fellows Alex Reese and Emmeline Kaser worked with the Digital Content Management Section (DCM) on the Openly Available e-Serials Project. DCM was… Library of Congress LC Labs Outreach and Audience Research 2021 · Talk As 2021 Junior Fellows for the Library of Congress in the Digital Strategy Directorate with LC Labs, Abigail Tick and Emily Zerrenner have been doing research… Library of Congress Self-Publishing from Brazil's Margins: Literatura de Cordel 2021 · Talk 2021 Junior Fellows Sara Kittleson and Liam Sims worked with the reading room staff of the Latin American, Caribbean & European Division, to create the… Library of Congress Sustainability of Digital Formats Research 2021 · Talk While working in the Digital Collections Management and Services Division, 2021 Junior Fellows Jacob Kowall and Hilary Szu Yin Shiue assisted in updating and… Library of Congress A Data Driven Approach to Communication and Outreach 2021 · Talk Yuqing Zhou's 2021 Junior Fellows project involved working with the Office of Public Information and Education at the U.S. Copyright Office to assist with its… Library of Congress Archiving the National Book Festival 2021 · Talk In preparation for the 2021 National Book Festival, 2021 Junior Fellows Morgan Gibbs and Rae Enzie designed a project that would enhance the Library's… Library of Congress Debuting the Internal Legal Report Archive: Historical Legal Reports from the Law Library of Congress 2021 · Talk For nearly a century, the Law Library of Congress has produced thousands of research reports on a wide range of legal topics, with particular emphasis on… Library of Congress Constitution Annotated: Supreme Court Biographies 2021 · Talk The Supreme Court Justice Project is part of the ongoing effort of the Congressional Research Service (CRS) to modernize the "Constitution Annotated" site,… Library of Congress Connecting Communities Digital Initiative 2021 · Talk Darshni Patel and Joshua Ortiz Baco's summer project provides the groundwork for answering these questions by drawing on the vast experience of Library staff,… Library of Congress Law Library: Legal Gazettes 2021 · Talk Joe Kolodrubetz joined the Digital Resources Division of the Law Library as a 2021 Junior Fellow to create metadata for the foreign legal gazettes… Library of Congress Web Metrics Analysis of the Presidential Digital Collections 2021 · Talk The Manuscript Division holds the papers of twenty-three U.S. presidents. In 2020, the division completed their digitization, making all presidential papers… Library of Congress New Ways to See Lighting and Fading Data 2021 · Talk Sophie Vogelsang's 2021 Junior Fellow project explored how data from fade-testing and lighting surveys can be effectively analyzed to provide new insights… Library of Congress Literary Programs Development 2021 · Talk Mary Murdock's 2021 Junior Fellows project focused on creating and organizing content for the 2021 National Book Festival (NBF)'s "Near You" component. The… Library of Congress The Rise of American Industrialists 2021 · Talk 2021 Junior Fellow Hannah Spring Pfeifer worked in the Science, Technology and Business Division to produce a blog series on notable American industrialists… Library of Congress BEOnline+ Business Website Collection Review 2021 · Talk Pariti Sutaria's 2021 Junior Fellows project centered on BEOnline+, a database of over 1,200 selected websites on all aspects of business and economics.… Library of Congress Franklin Book Program: Bengali Titles 2021 · Talk The Asian Division serves as custodian for Asian language items in five of ten languages from the Franklin Book Program Collection (FBP) housed at the Library… Library of Congress AAPB Curation Project 2021 · Talk Kate Mitchell and Alyssa Knapp worked with the National Audio-Visual Conservation Center (NAVCC) on the American Archive of Public Broadcasting (AAPB) online… Library of Congress Latin American Food Studies 2021 · Talk As part of the Latin American Food Studies Project of the Science, Technology and Business Division (ST&B), 2021 Junior Fellow Joseph A. Torres-González… Library of Congress Resources for Intergenerational Learning: Outreach to Teens & Families 2021 · Talk 2021 Junior Fellows Finn Smith, Rachel Scott, and Echo Rue worked in the Informal Learning Office on Resources for Intergenerational Learning, a project… Library of Congress More Than Words: Design, Dance and Graphic Notation in the Performing Arts 2021 · Talk The Library of Congress Music Division is a treasure house of more than centuries of music, theater and dance materials from composers and performers from… Library of Congress Conversation with Martin Carthy: Part 2 2021 · Talk Join us for a conversation with musucian Martin Carthy, a leading figure in the revival of English folk music since the 1960s. He has been a member of many… Library of Congress Conversation with Martin Carthy: Part 1. 2021 · Talk Join us for a conversation with musucian Martin Carthy, a leading figure in the revival of English folk music since the 1960s. He has been a member of many… Library of Congress Junior Fellows 30th Anniversary 2021 · Talk For the past 30 years, the Library of Congress has convened the Junior Fellows Summer Intern Program to support emerging professionals (undergraduate and… Library of Congress Social Movements and American Democracy in the 21st Century 2021 · Talk Grassroots organizing and collective action have always been fundamental to American democracy. Some recent struggles by Americans to make their voices heard… Library of Congress Peculiar Pop: Genre Comic Books at the Library of Congress 2021 · Talk Jesse J. Holland and Megan Halsband discuss the Library of Congress comics collection, as well as the place of comics in American culture. Halsband completed… Library of Congress Pillars of Democracy: The U.S. Congress 2021 · Talk The Library of Congress John W. Kluge Center, together with the Brookings Institution and the American Enterprise Institute, hosts the Pillars of Democracy… Library of Congress Homegrown: Hubby Jenkins 2021 · Talk Join us for a Homegrown Concert featuring Hubby Jenkins, a talented multi-instrumentalist who endeavors to share his love and knowledge of old-time American… Library of Congress Ask a Librarian at the Library of Congress 2021 · Talk This video demonstrates how to use the Ask a Librarian Service at the Library of Congress. Library of Congress Presidential Inauguration Date Change 2021 · Talk For 144 years, the U.S. President was inaugurated in the spring. But after the election of 1933, Congress changed the date in the 20th Amendment to the… Library of Congress The Presidential Oath of Office 2021 · Talk Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden uses George Washington's autographed 1789 book that includes the Constitution to show the original wording of the incoming… Library of Congress Washington's First Inaugural Address, 1789 2021 · Talk In 1789, the nation's first inauguration featured a surprise -- George Washington made a speech after taking the oath of office, although no one was expecting… Library of Congress Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address, 1865 2021 · Talk Abraham Lincoln's second inaugural address in 1865 captured the nation's trauma over the Civil War and its hopes for the future. It is remembered by his… Library of Congress Presidential Pets: Rebecca the Raccoon 2021 · Talk Mississippi supporters of Calvin Coolidge sent him a live raccoon for Thanksgiving dinner in 1926. Instead, first lady Grace Coolidge named it Rebecca and… Library of Congress Presidential Pets 2021 · Talk Presidential pets have included horses, cats, cows, dogs, raccoons, birds and a goat. A short look at the (mostly) four-legged occupants of the White House. Library of Congress Presidential Pets: Pauline the Cow 2021 · Talk Pauline Wayne III was President William Howard Taft's celebrity cow. She grazed on the White House grounds. But en route to a guest appearance at a dairy show… Library of Congress Zoomax: Physical Description 2021 · Talk Judy Dixon details the physical characteristics of the NLS Braille eReader by Zoomax. Library of Congress Zoomax: How to Connect to a Wireless Network 2021 · Talk Judy Dixon details the procedures for connecting the NLS Braille eReader by Zoomax to a wireless network. Library of Congress Zoomax: How to Get Help 2021 · Talk Judy Dixon describes the various resources available for users of the NLS Braille eReader by Zoomax.