GP Cox gives us the history of Armed Forces Day on his always entertaining and educational blog via Armed Forces Day – 18 May 2019
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Counting how many times I use REALLY, VERY, WAS, FELT, THOUGHT, and all those other, pesky, weak words.
When we write, there some obvious tricks of the trade we try to follow: No passive voice, show-not tell, minimal adverbs. Priscilla Bettis offers us an eyeopening to see how often these no-nos sneak into our writing. via Counting how many times I use REALLY, VERY, WAS, FELT, THOUGHT, and all those other, pesky, weak words.
Introducing LC’s Story Maps
The Library of Congress staff is excited to launch Story Maps, interactive and immersive web applications that tell the incredible stories of the Library’s collections!
Story Maps, created within a Geographic Information Systems (GIS)-based software platform created by Esri, combine text, images, multimedia, and interactive maps to create engaging online narrative experiences. Under a program spearheaded by the Geography and Map Division, collection specialists from across the Library have produced Story Maps with content from the hidden and not-so-hidden collections of the library. We are pleased to showcase the first three published Story Maps from this program, with many more to come!
There are currently eight story maps available. The most recent follow the four D-Day soldiers as they come ashore at Normandy.
The other story maps include:
Holy Land Photography. Journey across the Middle East with English photographer Francis Frith. This Story Map includes 19th century photography and written testimony from Sinai and Palestine, a photographically illustrated book by Frith at the Library of Congress. This downloadable CSV file provides the mapped data in this Story Map.
Camera and Locomotive. Explore the parallel histories of photography and the transcontinental railroad. Objects in the Library of Congress collections tell the story of the fascinating interconnections between the two technologies. This downloadable CSV file provides the mapped data in this Story Map.
Maps that Changed Our World. Using the collections of the Geography and Map Division at the Library of Congress, this Story Map will explore the changes in world maps throughout the centuries and how as a result, perceptions of the world have shifted. This downloadable CSV file provides the mapped data in this Story Map.
Treasure Trove of Trials. This is a story map is centered on a digitized selection of Law Library of Congress piracy trials. This collection is critical for understanding how various nations of the world handled piracy issues before the year 1900. This downloadable CSV file provides the mapped data in this Story Map.
Surveying the South. Noted architectural photographer Frances Benjamin Johnston created a systematic record of early American buildings and gardens called the Carnegie Survey of the Architecture of the South (CSAS), primarily in the 1930s. This downloadable CSV file provides the mapped data in this Story Map.
Incunabula. This Story Map will explore major themes in fifteenth-century (incunabula) printing, including: the transition from manuscript to print, early hand-printing methods, the invention of typography, and the integration of woodcut illustrations with type. This downloadable CSV file provides the mapped data in this Story Map.
Behind the Barbed Wire. A unique glimpse into the daily lives of Japanese-Americans in internment camps during WWII through the digitized collection of internment camp newspapers at the Library of Congress. This downloadable CSV file provides the mapped data in this Story Map.
LC Offers Free Online Children’s Books
In honor of centennial of the first Children’s BookWeek in April 2019, the Library of Congress selected several children’s books and made them available online
This special collection presents children’s books selected from the General and Rare Book Collections at the Library of Congress. The collection includes classic works that are still read by children today, and lesser-known treasures drawn from the Library’s extensive collection of historically significant children’s books. The books in this collection were published in the United States and England before 1924, are no longer under copyright, and free to read, share, and reuse however you’d like.
Highlights of the collection include examples of the work of American illustrators such as W.W. Denslow, Peter Newell, and Howard Pyle, as well as works by renowned English illustrators Randolph Caldecott, Walter Crane, and Kate Greenaway.
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The selections span many generations and topics, and reflect three general themes:
- Learning to Read: Materials produced to teach American children to read: ABC books, primers, and a wooden hornbook.
- Reading to Learn: Materials supporting classroom instruction in subjects such as mathematics, classical mythology, natural science, and the structure and function of the Unites States government.
- Reading for Fun: Materials to nourish the imagination: fiction, poetry, fairy tales and toy books.
AirBnB’s with Libraries
Reprinted from Conde’s Nast . http://links.condenast-traveler.mkt5759.com/ctt?kn=15&ms=MTU1ODg2MzUS1&r=Mjc2MDE1NzQwMTY5S0&b=0&j=MTY0MDMzMDI0NwS2&mt=1&rt=0
This is an international list ranging from the U.S., the Bahamas and Europe.
Paris seems like the top city with three listings.
Not Worth A Life
Lilly Eve explains a commonsense requirement THAT ALL AIR TRAVELLERS SHOULD READ!
via Not Worth A Life
Write to a D-Day Veteran
Reblog from Janine Strange https://www.janinestange.com/dday
June 6th marks the 75th Anniversary of D-Day. Of the 16 million US WWII Veterans, fewer than 400,000 remain today. The average age of our remaining ‘D-Day Survivor’ veterans is 96!
On June 4th through June 9th, the National D-Day Memorial in Bedford, VA will be hosting “The Final Salute: D-Day Plus 75 Years” which will combine the best of the Memorial with the best of the D-Day story: a gathering of veterans and the general public at the nation’s memorial to the invasion of Normandy for reflection and remembrance – the story of ordinary people in extraordinary moments.
Below is a list of D-Day Veterans who are able to attend the National D-Day Memorial’s Final Salute.
Write them (one, two, three … or all) a letter of gratitude. Your letters will be presented to each D-Day Survivor in attendance in the hospitality tent.
In addition to expressing your gratitude, tell them about yourself – and the things you’ve done with the freedoms they fought and sacrificed to ensure we have today. This is an awesome group/school/family project. Unfortunately, we will not have these national treasures with us much longer. Don’t let them leave this earth without taking a moment to personally thank them for their selfless service.
Send your mail directly to:
The National D-Day Memorial
attn: Veteran’s Name
(or if a generic letter: Attn: D-Day Veteran)
PO BOX 1171
Bedford, VA 24523
Mail needs to arrive on or before June 3rd.
Which Shakespeare Character Are You?
This was originally posted for Shakespeare’s birthday on April 20.
Pop quiz: “Which Shakespeare character are you?” WQXR asked.
I was Prospero from the Tempest (which surprised me.).
5 Unconventional Ways to Promote Your Blog
This is a different take on the usual blog advice. Very helpful and insightful.
If you are trying to reach more readers, chances are you’re already familiar with search engine optimization (SEO) and building a presence on different social media networks.
There is nothing wrong with those methods, and you should probably give them a try, but if you have already exhausted all the common methods of promoting your blog, then here are 5 unconventional methods that will get you more readers.
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Re-blog 10 Fascinating Facts about a Corpse that Helped the Allies Win WWII
This happened 76 years ago today, on April 30, 1943. Ian Fleming (of Jame’s Bond fame) helped with the deception….
