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	Library of Congress - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Library of Congress is the de facto national library of the United States and the research arm of the United States Congress.
		The Library of Congress was established on April 24, 1800, when President John Adams signed an act of Congress providing for the transfer of the seat of government from Philadelphia to the new capital city of Washington.
		The Library developed a system of book classification called Library of Congress Classification (LC) which is used by most research and university libraries, although most public libraries continue to use the Dewey decimal system.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Library_of_Congress (1273 words)

	LearnThis.Info Encyclopedia articles beginning with 'Li' (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Library of Congress Classification:Class B, subclass BD -- Speculative philosophy
		Library of Congress Classification:Class B, subclass BF -- Psychology
		Library of Congress Classification:Class P, subclass PJ -- Oriental philology and literature
	encyclopedia.learnthis.info /l/li (524 words)

	Library_of_Congress (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The Library of Congress is the unofficial national library of the United States and the research arm of the United States Congress.
		It is part of the United States Capitol Complex located in Washington, D.C. With about 530 miles (850 km.) of shelves it is one of the largest libraries in the world.
		Rejected items are used in trades with other libraries around the world, distributed to federal agencies, or donated to schools, communities, and other organizations within the United States.[1] As is true of many similar libraries, the Library of Congress retains copies of every publication in the English language which is deemed significant.
	www.brainyencyclopedia.com /encyclopedia/l/li/library_of_congress.html (1172 words)

	Blues Great B.B. King Honored by Library of Congress with Living Legend Award (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		In a special ceremony at the Library of Congress today, Librarian of Congress James H. Billington presented B.B. King with a Living Legend medal in honor of his achievements as a musician and ambassador for the blues.
		The Library’s Living Legend award is given to recognize individuals who have made significant contributions to America’s diverse cultural, scientific and social heritage.
		The first awards were given five years ago in connection with the Library’s Bicentennial celebration, to honor Americans whose creative contributions to American life have made them living legends.
	communitydispatch.com /cgi-bin/artman/exec/view.cgi/16/2035 (377 words)

	GAC TV - Library Of Congress Presents... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The Living Legend Award was presented to Dolly Parton by James H. Billington, The Librarian of Congress on April 14th, 2004 at the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C.!
		The recipient of The Living Legend Award is selected by the Library's curators and subject specialists.
		GAC was in Washington, D.C. at the Library of Congress to capture this historic event hosted by Bill Cody, host of GAC Classic, the voice of country on United Airlines and Air Force One.
	www.gactv.com /LibraryOfCongress (578 words)

	classical music - andante - u.s. library of congress names gunther schuller a 'living legend'
		library of congress names gunther schuller a 'living legend'
		WASHINGTON — Gunther Schuller, who has played horn with Dizzy Gillespie, Miles Davis and the Metropolitan Opera, has been named a "Living Legend" by the Library of Congress.
		The library gives the Living Legend award to figures deemed to have enriched American culture.
	www.andante.com /article/article.cfm?id=26206 (243 words)

	Johnny Cash News
		He has lived and worked in Nashville, Tenn., for several years, and now he is moving to New York, temporarily, to direct the music in the upcoming Broadway show “Ring of Fire,” featuring the songs of Johnny Cash.
		He will live as long as the world is intrigued by his magical ability to walk the line -- between peacemaker and patriot, between country boy and rock 'n' roll icon, between the man of God and the rebel he was.
		Library officials are certain the signatures are genuine but are using the word "presumably" in the auction listing at http://www.owensound.library.on.ca.
	maninblack.net /News_2005.html (20116 words)

	Illinois State Library Named for Former Poet Laureate Gwendolyn Brooks (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		SPRINGFIELD — The Illinois State Library was named today in honor of the late Pulitzer Prize winning Illinois poet laureate Gwendolyn Brooks during a dedication ceremony held at the library.
		Established in 1839, the Illinois State Library serves as the library for state government officials and employees and promotes and enhances library and literacy services throughout Illinois.
		The Library also maintains a patent and trademark depository, the second largest state library map collection in the United States, an extensive collection of works by Illinois authors, a literacy office and a Talking Book and Braille Service.
	www.sos.state.il.us /press/release/030606d1.html (910 words)

	Category:Library of Congress - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Articles and media on this topic in other Wikimedia projects can be found at: Commons Category Library of Congress
		The main article for this category is Library of Congress.
		United States Congress Joint Committee on the Library
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Category:Library_of_Congress (112 words)

	Press Releases -- University of the Pacific
		They’ll also open the show for the Dave Brubeck Quartet on Wednesday night, the premiere of the 2003-04 season of Concerts from the Library of Congress, when Brubeck will accept the Library of Congress “Living Legend” award.
		The Brubeck Institute, with a mission of developing artists and audiences for the future, was founded in 2000 at the University of the Pacific in Stockton, California, where Brubeck graduated from the Conservatory of Music in 1942 and where he met his wife and lyricist partner of 61 years, Iola Brubeck.
		The event will be held at the Library of Congress Coolidge Auditorium, Thomas Jefferson Building, 1st and Independence, S.E. in Washington, D.C. Your coverage of this dynamic event is welcome.
	www.uop.edu /homepage/news/releases/2003/2003-0912-for-a-talented.asp (378 words)

	News from The Press Office (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		He and his band, The Clinch Mountain Boys, will also perform at the Library's National Birthday Party and Concert later the same day on the East Lawn of the United States Capitol.
		The celebration, a part of the Library's bicentennial observances, will be hosted by ABC-TV/National Public Radio commentator Cokie Roberts.
		The 73-year-old legend continues to tour and is expected to do approximately 125 shows this year.
	www.thepressoffice.net /releases/nr2.htm (383 words)

	Center for Embedded Networked Sensing
		Previously she was a Project Director at the former U.S. Congress Office of Technology Assessment, evaluating computer and communications technology trends and their social and economic impacts.
		In this position, he coordinated the technological infrastructure for the Library, as well as strategic planning and development for the Library academic program, and the collection of electronic primary sources.
		Previously, he served as the Acting Director, Library Systems, at UC Berkeley, where he was responsible for the operational and strategic management of the UC Berkeley Library Systems Office and acted as project manager for several digital library projects.
	www.cens.ucla.edu /People/Ext_Adv_Board.htm (3861 words)

	Beverly Cleary
		In 2000, Cleary was named a Library of Congress "Living Legend".
		Her most recent "Ramona" book, Ramona's World was published in 1999 and was heralded by critics as being as fresh and enjoyable as any of her early works.
		Cleary's critical acclaim includes (in addition to her two Newbery Honor books and the 1984 John Newbery Medal for the most distinguished contribution to American literature for children): the American Library Association's Laura Ingalls Wilder Award (1975), the Catholic Library Association's Regina Medal (1980), and the Silver Medallion from the University of Southern Mississippi (1982).
	www.nndb.com /people/422/000032326 (639 words)

	Results for 'bird'
		American Treasures of the Library of Congress: Reason (Birds of America).
		Concerts from the Library of Congress, based in the Music Division, premieres Barnum's Bird, a cabaret opera by Libby Larsen, at 8 p.m.
		American Treasures of the Library of Congress: Reason (American Ornithology).
	search.loc.gov:8765 /query.html?qt=bird (286 words)

	For Immediate Release: January 10, 2003 \| Archived Articles \| International Bluegrass Music Association \| IBMA.Org
		Ralph Stanley continues to live in and draw strength from the remote mountainous region of southwestern Virginia.
		The awards are given to individuals or organizations that have achieved definitive leadership in their fields, have contributed to the advancement of folk music and/or dance and who have inspired us through their presence.
		Each year two performers, one living and one deceased, and a person or institution involved in the business or academic side of the folk world are honored.
	www.ibma.org /about.ibma/archived.articles/march.april.2003/press.release.asp (1035 words)

	RALPH STANLEY & THE CLINCH MOUNTAIN BOYS - News and Reviews
		Performed at Library of Congress Bicentennial Celebration in April 2000.
		He is one of the last living founders of a distinctly American art form, which blends rural-based lyrics with fluid, jazz-like instrumental improvisations.
		Ralph Stanley continues to live in and draw strength from the country, in his case the remote mountainous region of southwestern Virginia.
	www.keithcase.com /profiles/ralph/newsrev.html (728 words)

	The Lasker Foundation \| Lasker Luminaries, Michael Debakey
		In 1964, Dr. DeBakey was the first to perform a successful aortocoronary artery bypass, using the large vein in the leg to bypass the blocked or damaged area between the aorta and coronary arteries, a life-saving operation now used throughout the world.
		The cardiac assistor takes oxygenated blood from the left atrium, one of the chambers of the heart that receives blood from the lungs and body, and pumps it back into circulation by a connection to the aorta or a major artery.
		As a result of the Commission's recommendation, regional medical libraries were established at strategic geographic sites throughout the country to expedite dissemination of medical information.
	www.laskerfoundation.org /awards/library/debakey/lumin_mdbio.html (3700 words)

	PlaybillArts: News: Composer Gunther Schuller Named 'Living Legend'
		Composer Gunther Schuller will receive the Library of Congress's Living Legend Award at a ceremony in Washington next month, the library announced.
		The Living Legend Award recognizes "public figures whose achievements have enriched American culture." Among the musicians who have received the award are Yo-Yo Ma, Itzhak Perlman, Isaac Stern, Dave Brubeck, and Quincy Jones.
		Schuller, who recently turned 80, is frequently cited as the founder of the "third stream" movement, which combined jazz and classical music.
	www.playbillarts.com /news/article/3380.html (351 words)

	ionarts
		Before the Jupiter Quartet’s concert at the Library of Congress, it was Gunther Schuller’s turn to be honored by the Library of Congress.
		I don’t go to the Library of Congress very often anymore, but when I do it is for a good reason.
		Playing at the LoC, they were now fitted with different instruments, the library's own Stradivarii: the 1704 “Betts” violin for Meg, the “Castelbarco” violin and cello for Messrs.
	ionarts.blogspot.com /2005/12/jupiter-quartets-return-to-washington.html (957 words)

	Cerf Receives Paul Evan Peters Award for Foundational Internet Work (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Speaking from the perspective of the library community, ARL Executive Director Duane E. Webster noted that "Vint Cerf is a marvelous choice.
		He was named one of the 100 most important leaders in 20th century librarianship in the December 1999 issue of American Libraries magazine, published by the American Library Association.
		The mission of the Association of Research Libraries is to shape and influence forces affecting the future of research libraries in the process of scholarly communication.
	www.arl.org /arl/pr/cerfpr.html (922 words)

	Guardian Unlimited Arts \| \| Sylvie Simmons on bluegrass legend Ralph Stanley
		Since 2000, Stanley has sung on a five-times-platinum album, been inducted into the Grand Ole Opry, received a Library of Congress "Living Legend" medal and been given awards by the CMA, ACM, IBMA and all manner of important music-industry acronyms.
		He lived in one for a few weeks back in 1951, when he and his late brother Carter left the farm for the car factories in Detroit.
		He still lives there, in a sprawling grey stone house on 35 acres dotted with cattle and horses.
	arts.guardian.co.uk /fridayreview/story/0,12102,1074019,00.html (1434 words)

	Rosenbach Museum & Library - General Info
		The announcement, which comes one day prior to the museum's grand re-opening following an extensive five-year renovation and expansion project, was made at a private preview for the Rosenbach's Board of Trustees and several dozen of Sendak's close friends.
		Moore, a friend and one-time neighbor of Sendak, later bequeathed the contents of her Greenwich Village living room to the museum, where it has been reconstructed as a permanent exhibit.
		His innovative technique and honest portrayal of childhood emotion are celebrated worldwide and have earned him several prestigious honors, including the Caldecott Book Medal (1964), the international Hans Christian Andersen Medal (1970), the National Medal of Arts (1996), a Library of Congress "Living Legend" medal (2000), and the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award for Literature (2003).
	www.rosenbach.org /information/sendaknaming.html (613 words)

	Press Release - What Happens After you Invent the Internet?
		Just as the Internet has made significant progress over the 30 years since its inception, so have the lives and careers of these two gentlemen, who continue to be major contributors to Internet development.
		In addition, Dr. Cerf has received the Library of Congress Bicentennial Living Legend medal, was named one of People magazine's "25 Most Intriguing People" for 1994 and has served as a technical advisor to production for "Gene Roddenberry's Earth: Final Conflict."
		Kahn is a co-inventor of Knowbot programs, mobile software agents in the network environment, and has been developing the concept of a digital object infrastructure that is being used in such applications as the electronic copyright registration system at the Library of Congress.
	www.infointl.com /internet_invent.html (409 words)

	Today in History: June 5
		Because Uncle Tom's Cabin so polarized the abolitionist and anti-abolitionist debate, some claim it to be one of the causes of the Civil War.
		Although these fictional accounts are not currently digitized in American Memory, a search on the term slavery in Narratives of the American South, 1860-1920 will reveal many non-fiction accounts of slavery.
		Tupelo, by John Hill Aughey, describes the plight of abolitionists living in the South at the time of secession while quoting a Southern perspective on slavery.
	memory.loc.gov /ammem/today/jun05.html (963 words)

	Max Kampelman
		In April 2000, he was among those receiving the first Library of Congress “Living Legend” awards.
		Kampelman received the distinguished “Publius Award” from the center for the study of the Presidency.
		He and his wife, Marjorie, live in Washington, DC and have four children and five grandchildren.
	www.ffhsj.com /bios/kampema.htm (505 words)

	Awards and Honors (Library of Congress).
		The Library of Congress > About the Library > Awards and Honors > Living Legends
		Established during its Bicentennial celebration in 2000, the Library of Congress' "Living Legend" award is selected by the Library's curators and subject specialists to honor artists, writers, activists, filmmakers, physicians, entertainers, sports figures and public servants who have made significant contributions to America's diverse cultural, scientific and social heritage.
		The professional accomplishments of the Living Legends have enabled them to provide examples of personal excellence that have benefited others and enriched the nation in a variety of ways.
	www.loc.gov /about/awards/legends (93 words)

	DCist: Classical Music Agenda (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Opinionist: Library Plan Serves Mayor, Not D.C. otavio_dc wrote: "Nothing per se, except that 1) as such, it won't be an exce...
		As a bonus part of this concert, jazz-classical-hybrid composer Gunther Schuller will accept his award as a Library of Congress Living Legend.
		The group performs in the exquisite setting of the Elizabethan theater of the Folger Shakespeare Library on Capitol Hill.
	www.dcist.com /archives/2005/12/11/classical_music_agenda.php (1051 words)

	Country music legend Johnny Cash dead at 71
		Cash was the recipient of many of the entertainment industry's most prestigious awards, including a Living Legend medal from the Library of Congress, a Living Legend Grammy and a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award.
		He was elected to the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1980 and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1992, joining Elvis Presley as the only two performers to be immortalized in both institutions.
		Also living in Memphis at the time was Roy Cash, who introduced his brother to two of his co-workers, Luther Perkins and Marshall Grant.
	www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/archive/2003/09/12/cashobit.TMP&type=printable (3125 words)

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