25 Best Library of Congress Podcasts

1. Early Films: Westinghouse, 1904
2. National Book Festival 2008 Videos
3. Early Films: Edison Companies
4. Books & Beyond
5. Kluge Center Series: Prominent Scholars on Current Topics
6. Music and the Brain Webcasts
7. Origins of American Animation
8. National Book Festival 2009 Webcasts
9. Theodore Roosevelt - His Life and Times on Film
10. Law and the Library
11. Digital Preservation Webcasts
12. America at Work, America at Leisure
13. Early Films of San Francisco, 1897-1916
14. Voices from the Days of Slavery: Stories, Songs and Memories
Oral histories and interviews with African Americans who endured the hardships of slavery. These recordings document the first-person accounts of several individuals whose life experiences spanned the period during and after slavery. The podcasts are...Show More
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Voices from the Days of Slavery: Stories, Songs and Memories - George Johnson
13:43 | Jun 29th, 2009
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In this interview from 1940, Mr. George Johnson of Mound Bayou, Mississippi, shares memories of slavery times, including his relationship with Jefferson Davis, President of the Confederacy. The interv...Show More
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15. Music and the Brain
The Library's Music and the Brain events offer lectures, conversations and symposia about the explosion of new research at the intersection of cognitive neuroscience and music. Project chair Kay Redfield Jamison convenes scientists and scholars, comp...Show More
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Making Music Changes Brains
0:00 | Apr 29th, 2010
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Dr. Gottfried Schlaug, Director of the Music, Neuroimaging and Stroke Recovery Laboratories, Beth Deaconess Israel Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, talks with host Steve Mencher about the no...Show More
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16. 2009 National Book Festival Podcast
Listen to interviews with some of the award-winning authors participating in the 2009 National Book Festival, including George Pelecanos, James Patterson, Rickey Minor, Nicholas Sparks, and more. The 2009 National Book Festival, organized and sponsor...Show More
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Sue Monk Kidd & Ann Kidd Taylor: National Book Festival 09
20:24 | Sep 18th, 2009
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Sue Monk Kidd is the author of the widely acclaimed nonfiction books “The Dance of the Dissident Daughter” (1996) and “When the Heart Waits” (1990). Her first published novel, the best-seller “The Sec...Show More
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17. Digital Preservation
The mission of the National Digital Information Infrastructure and Preservation Program is to develop a national strategy to collect, preserve and make available digital content for current and future generations. Collaboration and shared ideas are e...Show More
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William Kilbride, Digital Preservation Coalition
40:35 | Jul 25th, 2012
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William Kilbride, executive director of the UK-based Digital Preservation Coalition, talks with the Library of Congress’s Mike Ashenfelder about data management and digital preservation in the UK. Kil...Show More
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18. Basic Creation of Name and Title Authorities - Cataloging Skills (CCT)
19. Basic Subject Cataloging Using LCSH - Cataloging Skills (CCT)
20. Fundamentals of Library of Congress Classification - Cataloging Skills (CCT)
21. Fundamentals of Series Authorities - Cataloging Skills (CCT)
22. Digital Project Planning & Management Basics - The Digital Library Environment (Cat21)
23. Metadata and Digital Library Development - The Digital Library Environment (Cat21)
24. Metadata Standards and Applications - The Digital Library Environment (Cat21)
25. Principles of Controlled Vocabulary and Thesaurus Design - The Digital Library Environment (Cat21)