Library of Congress 2.0 - WVIZ EdTech 2013

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Teaching Primary Source Nonfiction Analysis with the Library of Congress American Memory Digital Archive for the Common Core

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Library  of  Congress  2.0  Linda  &  David  Lackey  American  Memory  Fellows      

Teaching  Primary  Source    Nonfic3on  Analysis  with  the    Library  of  Congress  American  Memory  Digital  Archive  

WVIZ/PBS  ideastream  Technology  +  Learning  Conference  November  14,  2013  

     Library  of  Congress  -­‐  hOp://www.loc.gov        

Billington  championed  the  Library’s  American  Memory  Program  which  makes  freely  available  on-­‐line  over  24  million  American  historical  items  as  a  way  of  “keeping  democracy  vital”.  

Dr.  James  Billington  Librarian  of  Congress    1987-­‐Present  

To  put  the  en*re  Library  of  Congress  in  even  the  smallest  town,  all  we  have  to  do  is  run  a  network  spigot  into  that  town,  and  hook  it  up  to  the  computers,  and  we  will  have  the  en*re  Library  of  Congress  at  our  finger*ps.      -­‐  Steve  Jobs,  1990  

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       Library  of  Congress  2.0    Linda  Lackey  –  lolackey@gmail.com    David  Lackey  –  dlackey52@gmail.com      

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