Don’t Miss These Library of Congress Opportunities on June 20

Library of Congress Behind the Scenes Tour for the National Program for the Blind and Print Disabled, Washington, DC

Limit of 100 people, Free

Metro accessible – No Transportation

Provided

Thursday, June 20, 1:00 – 4:00 p.m.

National Library Service (NLS) is a free braille and talking book library service for people with temporary or permanent low vision, blindness, or a physical disability that prevents them from reading or holding the printed page. Through a national network of cooperating libraries, NLS circulates books and magazines in braille or audio formats, delivered by postage-free mail or instantly downloadable. https://www.loc.gov/nls/

Library of Congress Tours: High-Density Collections Storage Modules at Fort Meade, Maryland

45 People per session, $20 per person

Transportation Provided

Thursday, June 20, Group One: 8:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.; Group Two: 1:00 – 5:00 p.m.

Two tours of the Library’s state-of-the-art high-density storage facility at Fort Meade Maryland

Four hours each and registration fee includes bus transportation.

The Library’s main preservation facility is designed and built to create and optimal preservation environment for the library’s physical collections, including books and bound periodicals, as well as maps, manuscripts, prints, photographs, sheet music, and microfilm masters. Five modules and four cold storage rooms have already been completed and are fully operational, and construction has begun on a sixth. When construction of all modules is completed, there will be five single size (12,500 sq ft) and four double size (25,000 sq ft) modules, in addition to the cold storage rooms, located on a secure 100-acre site within the U.S. Army Base at Fort Meade. https://www.loc.gov/preservation/

Library of Congress Behind the Scenes tour: National Audio-Visual Conservation Center at Culpeper, Virginia

45 people

$40 per person

$20 for box lunch * not required, no food services on site.

Transportation Provided

Thursday, June 20, 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.

Join us for a tour set on a beautiful 45 acre campus with stunning architectural design and landscaping. The Packard Campus of the National Audio-Visual Conservation Center is a state-of-the-art facility where the Library of Congress acquires, preserves, and provides access to the world’s largest and most comprehensive collection of films, television programs, radio broadcasts, and sound recordings. https://www.loc.gov/avconservation/

Library Services to the Incarcerated and Detained Interest Group Meeting

Sunday, June 23, 2:30 – 3:30 p.m. Renaissance Washington Room 10 & 11

Agenda will include introductions, resource sharing, information about the DC Books to Prisons program (www.dcbookstoprisoners.org), and discussion of topics/potential programs for the LSID interest group.

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