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Doc Edward Morbius ⭕​<p><strong>President fires Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden</strong></p><blockquote><p>WASHINGTON (AP) — President &lt;elided&gt; abruptly fired Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden as the White House continues to purge the federal government of those perceived to oppose the president and his agenda.</p><p>Hayden was notified in an email late Thursday from the White House’s Presidential Personnel Office, according to an email obtained by The Associated Press. Confirmed by the Senate to the job in 2016, Hayden was the first woman and the first African American to be librarian of Congress. </p></blockquote><p><a href="https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-library-of-congress-carla-hayden-20a1862ce6d2e0d51a84a37b264ce2ef" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">apnews.com/article/donald-trum</span><span class="invisible">p-library-of-congress-carla-hayden-20a1862ce6d2e0d51a84a37b264ce2ef</span></a></p><p><a href="https://toot.cat/tags/Authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Authoritarianism</span></a> <a href="https://toot.cat/tags/PoliticalPurges" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PoliticalPurges</span></a> <a href="https://toot.cat/tags/CarlaHayden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CarlaHayden</span></a> <a href="https://toot.cat/tags/LibrarianOfCongress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LibrarianOfCongress</span></a> <a href="https://toot.cat/tags/LibraryOfCongress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LibraryOfCongress</span></a> <a href="https://toot.cat/tags/Libraries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Libraries</span></a> <a href="https://toot.cat/tags/ThisIsFascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ThisIsFascism</span></a></p>
bibliothekarin<p>You are fired – Abrissbombe Trump kündigt ungerechtfertigt der Librarian of Congress <a href="https://bibliothekarisch.de/blog/2025/05/09/you-are-fired-abrissbombe-trump-kuendigt-ungerechtfertigt-der-librarian-of-congress/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bibliothekarisch.de/blog/2025/</span><span class="invisible">05/09/you-are-fired-abrissbombe-trump-kuendigt-ungerechtfertigt-der-librarian-of-congress/</span></a> <a href="https://openbiblio.social/tags/loc" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>loc</span></a> <a href="https://openbiblio.social/tags/libraryofcongress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>libraryofcongress</span></a> <a href="https://openbiblio.social/tags/carlahayden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>carlahayden</span></a> <a href="https://openbiblio.social/tags/library" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>library</span></a> <a href="https://openbiblio.social/tags/stoptrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>stoptrump</span></a></p>
MineEyesDazzle<p>😡<br>President Trump fires Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden</p><p>"On behalf of President Donald J. Trump, I am writing to inform you that your position as the Librarian of Congress is terminated effective immediately. Thank you for your service."</p><p><a href="https://www.npr.org/2025/05/09/g-s1-65271/librarian-of-congress-fired" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">npr.org/2025/05/09/g-s1-65271/</span><span class="invisible">librarian-of-congress-fired</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/libraries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>libraries</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/USpolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpolitics</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/LibraryofCongress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LibraryofCongress</span></a></p>
Chris Adams<p>Warning: programmer speaking outside his expertise!</p><p>Re: authority, these cases suggest that while <a href="https://code4lib.social/tags/LibraryOfCongress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LibraryOfCongress</span></a> is leg. branch the <a href="https://code4lib.social/tags/LibrarianOfCongress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LibrarianOfCongress</span></a> has executive officer aspects due to control of the Copyright Office and the law doesn’t specify a removal process for the position as it does e.g. judges. If the 2015 modernization act had specified something that’d apply, and if Congress wanted they could force a final decision by SCOTUS.</p><p><a href="https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/357920/eltra-corporation-v-barbara-a-ringer-international-typographic/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">courtlistener.com/opinion/3579</span><span class="invisible">20/eltra-corporation-v-barbara-a-ringer-international-typographic/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://sblog.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/IBS-cert-petition.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">sblog.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-cont</span><span class="invisible">ent/uploads/2013/02/IBS-cert-petition.pdf</span></a></p>
Petra van Cronenburg<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@knud" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>knud</span></a></span> Meanwhile I found a better source which is explaining why "fine" can't be the word for the situation: <a href="https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/president-trump-fires-librarian-of-congress-carla-hayden/3910007/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nbcwashington.com/news/local/p</span><span class="invisible">resident-trump-fires-librarian-of-congress-carla-hayden/3910007/</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span> <br><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fediscience.org/@petergleick" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>petergleick</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/LOC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LOC</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/libraries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>libraries</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/archives" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>archives</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/bookstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bookstodon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/LibraryOfCongress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LibraryOfCongress</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/knowledge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>knowledge</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>education</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/culturalHeritage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>culturalHeritage</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/research" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>research</span></a></p>
Petra van Cronenburg<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/@Jennifer" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Jennifer</span></a></span> The <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/LibraryOfCongress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LibraryOfCongress</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/LOC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LOC</span></a> is one of the best and most important <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/archives" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>archives</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/libraries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>libraries</span></a> worldwide for research. <a href="https://www.loc.gov/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">loc.gov/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> They collect everything with *any* contact to the USA.</p><p>I once searched lost forgotten books (since more than 200 yrs) of a famous French author for a French museum. They had them only because he once had started an expedition in the USA. And they gave a copy to our museum.</p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://glammr.us/@overholt" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>overholt</span></a></span></p>
Nonilex<p>Dr. Hayden became the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/librarian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>librarian</span></a> of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Congress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Congress</span></a> after a lengthy run as the chief librarian in <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Baltimore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Baltimore</span></a>, her longtime home, where she had overhauled the city’s struggling public <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/library" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>library</span></a> system.</p><p>She had known <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Obama" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Obama</span></a> since her early days as a librarian working in the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Chicago" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Chicago</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PublicLibrary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PublicLibrary</span></a>. She started as a librarian in Chicago in 1973 &amp; ultimately became the city’s chief librarian.</p><p>But she harbored a special appreciation for the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LibraryOfCongress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LibraryOfCongress</span></a>, which she called a “treasure chest.”</p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Books</span></a> including “To Kill a Mockingbird,”the novel by <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HarperLee" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HarperLee</span></a> about <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/racism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>racism</span></a> in the Depression-era South, were purged from <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/schools" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>schools</span></a> run by the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Defense" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Defense</span></a> Dept, acc/to a lawsuit filed by the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ACLU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ACLU</span></a>.<br>The <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LibraryOfCongress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LibraryOfCongress</span></a>, which describes itself as the world’s largest <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/library" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>library</span></a>, is home to millions of items, w/collections of books on foreign languages &amp; world history, as well as music, films &amp; newspapers. It serves as the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/research" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>research</span></a> arm of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Congress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Congress</span></a> &amp; is open to the public.<br><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/sexism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sexism</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/idiocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>idiocracy</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>The <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> admin fired the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/librarian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>librarian</span></a> of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Congress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Congress</span></a>, Dr. Carla D. Hayden, on Thurs, drawing swift outcry from <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Democrats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Democrats</span></a>. Hayden was the 1st <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AfricanAmerican" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AfricanAmerican</span></a> &amp; 1st <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/woman" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>woman</span></a> to serve as the head of the institution.</p><p>Hayden, appointed as the 14th librarian of Congress by Pres Barack <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Obama" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Obama</span></a> in 2016, had overseen the library through Trump’s first term. The <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LibraryOfCongress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LibraryOfCongress</span></a>, the oldest govt-run cultural institution in the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/UnitedStates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedStates</span></a>, only rarely gets a new leader. Hayden was its 1st since 1987.</p>
Nonilex<p>FFS</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> Administration Fires <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Librarian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Librarian</span></a> of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Congress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Congress</span></a></p><p>Dr. Carla D. Hayden was the first <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AfricanAmerican" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AfricanAmerican</span></a> &amp; the first <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/woman" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>woman</span></a> to serve as the head of the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LibraryOfCongress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LibraryOfCongress</span></a>. Her firing drew a furious response from Democrats.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/WhiteSupremacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WhiteSupremacy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MaleSupremacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MaleSupremacy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/hate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hate</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/racism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>racism</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/sexism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sexism</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/misogyny" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>misogyny</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/bigotry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bigotry</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/idiocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>idiocracy</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/08/us/politics/trump-librarian-congress-carla-hayden.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&amp;referringSource=articleShare&amp;sgrp=p&amp;pvid=852E056C-9A33-4D16-B6B0-B5E2354FA7A9" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/2025/05/08/us/poli</span><span class="invisible">tics/trump-librarian-congress-carla-hayden.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&amp;referringSource=articleShare&amp;sgrp=p&amp;pvid=852E056C-9A33-4D16-B6B0-B5E2354FA7A9</span></a></p>
Ardy’s<p>every congress person who isn’t immediately saying “fuck no don’t clean out your desk, Trump has no more power to fire you than some drunk rando on the street does” re: Carla Hayden should be subjected to both primaries <em>and</em> <a href="https://convo.casa/@b/114475624324737549" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">gallic wildcat labor action</a>.</p><p><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trump</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/librarian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>librarian</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/nationalLibrarian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nationalLibrarian</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/MAGA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MAGA</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/LibraryOfCongress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LibraryOfCongress</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/labor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>labor</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/bossnapping" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bossnapping</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/wildcatstrike" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wildcatstrike</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fascism</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/elonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>elonMusk</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/fascists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fascists</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Nazi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Nazi</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/CarlaHayden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CarlaHayden</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/libraries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>libraries</span></a></p>
Chris Adams<p>AP is reporting a possible motivation:</p><p>“The current <a href="https://code4lib.social/tags/LibrarianOfCongress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LibrarianOfCongress</span></a> Carla Hayden is woke, anti-Trump, and promotes trans-ing kids,” the group, American Accountability Foundation, said on its X account earlier Thursday, just hours before the firing was made public. “It’s time to get her OUT and hire a new guy for the job!”</p><p><a href="https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-library-of-congress-carla-hayden-20a1862ce6d2e0d51a84a37b264ce2ef" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">apnews.com/article/donald-trum</span><span class="invisible">p-library-of-congress-carla-hayden-20a1862ce6d2e0d51a84a37b264ce2ef</span></a></p><p><a href="https://code4lib.social/tags/LibraryOfCongress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LibraryOfCongress</span></a></p>
Iñaki de Miguel Díaz :verified_aroace:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@lamarea" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>lamarea</span></a></span> y no sólo en <a href="https://masto.es/tags/googlemaps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>googlemaps</span></a> por desgracia, Echad un vistazo a la <a href="https://masto.es/tags/libraryofcongress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>libraryofcongress</span></a> y sus propuestas de cambios...</p><p><a href="https://classweb.org/tentative-subjects/2412a.html?loclr=eashal" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">classweb.org/tentative-subject</span><span class="invisible">s/2412a.html?loclr=eashal</span></a></p><p>Aún no he encontrado si se aceptó pero efectivamente es reescribir la <a href="https://masto.es/tags/historia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>historia</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://masto.es/tags/uspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uspol</span></a></p>
A. Rivera<p>April 19th is <a href="https://mas.to/tags/WorldCircusDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WorldCircusDay</span></a> 🎪 </p><p>&gt; The Greatest Show on Mud: Edwin Martin’s Photographs of Traveling Circuses <a href="https://blogs.loc.gov/picturethis/2025/04/the-greatest-show-on-mud-edwin-martins-photographs-of-traveling-circuses/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">blogs.loc.gov/picturethis/2025</span><span class="invisible">/04/the-greatest-show-on-mud-edwin-martins-photographs-of-traveling-circuses/</span></a> via <a href="https://mas.to/tags/LibraryOfCongress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LibraryOfCongress</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/circus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>circus</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>history</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>photography</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/preservation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>preservation</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/libraries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>libraries</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/archives" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>archives</span></a></p>
teufelswerk<p>Der Windows-95-Startsound ist nun historisch bedeutsam.<br>Die US-amerikanische Library of Congress hat den Windows-95-Startsound in ihr National Recording Registry (NRR) aufgenommen. Damit ist der Sound nun Teil einer Liste von Aufnahmen, die „kulturell, historisch oder ästhetisch bedeutsam“ sind. Auch „Volume Alpha“ von Minecraft wurde in das NRR aufgenommen.</p><p><a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/windows95" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>windows95</span></a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/bootsound" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bootsound</span></a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/historic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>historic</span></a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/kulturgut" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>kulturgut</span></a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/libraryofcongress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>libraryofcongress</span></a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/volumealpha" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>volumealpha</span></a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/minecraft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>minecraft</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.theverge.com/microsoft/646387/windows-95-startup-sound-national-recording-registry" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theverge.com/microsoft/646387/</span><span class="invisible">windows-95-startup-sound-national-recording-registry</span></a></p>
Melissa<p>Tomi Ungerer 1972 poster from <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/libraryofcongress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>libraryofcongress</span></a></p>
Calishat<p><a href="https://researchbuzz.masto.host/tags/music" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>music</span></a> <a href="https://researchbuzz.masto.host/tags/CulturalHeritage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CulturalHeritage</span></a> <a href="https://researchbuzz.masto.host/tags/LibraryOfCongress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LibraryOfCongress</span></a> </p><p>"Elton John’s monumental album 'Goodbye Yellow Brick Road,' Chicago’s debut 'Chicago Transit Authority,' the original cast recording of Broadway’s 'Hamilton,' Mary J. Blige’s 'My Life,' Amy Winehouse’s 'Back to Black,' Microsoft’s reboot chime and the soundtrack to the Minecraft video game phenomenon headline the 2025 class of the National Recording Registry."</p><p><a href="https://blogs.loc.gov/loc/2025/04/take-a-fast-car-to-the-2025-national-recording-registry/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">blogs.loc.gov/loc/2025/04/take</span><span class="invisible">-a-fast-car-to-the-2025-national-recording-registry/</span></a></p>
Deadline<p>Elton John’s ‘Goodbye Yellow Brick Road,’ ‘Hamilton’ Cast Album And ‘Minecraft’ Among Additions To Library Of Congress’ National Recording Registry<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>News</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Politics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ElectionLine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElectionLine</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/EltonJohn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EltonJohn</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Hamilton" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hamilton</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LibraryofCongress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LibraryofCongress</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Minecraft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Minecraft</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Music" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Music</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NationalRecordingRegistry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NationalRecordingRegistry</span></a></p><p><a href="https://deadline.com/2025/04/national-recording-registry-library-of-congress-2025-1236363956/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">deadline.com/2025/04/national-</span><span class="invisible">recording-registry-library-of-congress-2025-1236363956/</span></a></p>
Dorothea Lange<p>Farm Security Administration - Office of War Information photograph collection (Library of Congress) </p><p> <a href="https://mastodon.ozioso.online/tags/LibraryofCongress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LibraryofCongress</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ozioso.online/tags/American" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>American</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ozioso.online/tags/DorotheaLange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DorotheaLange</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ozioso.online/tags/Lange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Lange</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ozioso.online/tags/theGreatDepression" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>theGreatDepression</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ozioso.online/tags/OpenAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenAI</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ozioso.online/tags/undefined" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>undefined</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ozioso.online/tags/photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>photography</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ozioso.online/tags/DorotheaLange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DorotheaLange</span></a></p>
Betsy Roberts Miller ⁂<p>Law Librarians of Congress announce “Improved Public Access to CRS Reports on Congress.gov” </p><p>Enhancements include<br>* Search CRS products and other Congress.gov collections from the homepage search bar<br>* Web-friendly CRS products<br>* New Congress.gov search form for CRS products<br>* Durable, predictable URLs<br>CRS reports have a new base URL <br>Appropriations status tables have a new base URL </p><p><a href="https://historians.social/tags/LibraryOfCongress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LibraryOfCongress</span></a> <a href="https://historians.social/tags/CongressionalResearchService" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CongressionalResearchService</span></a> <a href="https://historians.social/tags/Research" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Research</span></a> <a href="https://historians.social/tags/USgovernment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USgovernment</span></a> <a href="https://historians.social/tags/USgovt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USgovt</span></a> <a href="https://historians.social/tags/CRS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CRS</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://blogs.loc.gov/law/2025/03/improved-public-access-to-crs-reports-on-congress-gov/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">blogs.loc.gov/law/2025/03/impr</span><span class="invisible">oved-public-access-to-crs-reports-on-congress-gov/</span></a></p>