Friday, July 27, 2012
Inside the Quest to Put the World's Libraries Online
The Digital Public Library of America wants to make millions of books, records, and images available to any American with an Internet connection. Can it succeed where others have failed?
Reuters
In his short story "The Library of Babel," Jorge Luis Borges imagines the universe as a "total library," whose 410-page books have achieved all possible combinations of letters and punctuation. No two books are the same. Some, of course, are gibberish. But others carry the answer to life's deepest mysteries. In Borges's library can be found every thought ever had, every turn of phrase ever uttered, every masterpiece penned by Shakespeare, and even the ones that he never got to write—simply stated, everything.
Borges's fearsome fantasy builds upon a centuries-old conception of the library as an enclosed instantiation of the universe's mighty sprawl. In Advice on Establishing a Library, a classic manual on the creation of a library, the 17th-century French scholar Gabriel Naudé argued that a library "erected for the public benefit ought to be universal," observing that "there is nothing which renders a Library more recommendable, then when every man finds in it that which he is in search of, and could no where else encounter." This sort of accumulation has sometimes come hand-in-hand with power, as the historian Jacob Soll has shown with his study of Jean-Baptiste Colbert, the finance minister to the great French king Louis XIV who sought to establish a universal library and state archive because he believed it made a firm foundation for national intelligence.
From Colbert to Borges, and still onward from there: The fascination with completeness is as timeless as it is ingrained. In the last decade, the Internet has made the ambition of universality appear closer to realization than ever before: What is the Web, if not a vast collection, and an accessible one? But as with any new frontier, formidable challenges attend exciting possibilities—and nowhere has this been more apparent than in the efforts of the Digital Public Library of America, a coalition spearheading the largest effort yet to curate and make publicly available the "cultural and scientific heritage of humanity," with a focus on materials from the U.S., by harnessing the Internet's capabilities. The DPLA hopes to create a platform that will orchestrate millions of materials—books from public and university libraries, records from local historical societies, museums, and archives—into a single, user-friendly interface accessible to every American with Internet access. It will launch a prototype in April 2013. If successful, the resource has the potential to revolutionize the way information is organized and found online, to radically expand public access to knowledge, and to represent a sharp counterpoint to the model already offered by search-giant Google, whose "Google Books" program is now eight years old.
Librarian Vacancy at Dispur Law College, Assam
Post: Librarian
E.Q: M.Lib and as per Gauhati University's Norm
Last Date: 06 August 2012
Source: The Assam Tribune, 23 July 2012
Assistant Librarian Vacancy at Rangia College, Assam
Post: Assistant Librarian
E.Q: B.Lib
Last Date: 07 August 2012
Send resume to: Principal, Rangia College, Rangia, Assam
Source: The Assam Tribune 24 July 2012
National Federation of the Blind Honors Axis 360
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The National Federation of the Blind (NFB) has honored Baker & Taylor’s Axis 360 digital media platform with the Dr. Jacob Bolotin Award, which recognizes individuals and organizations that have “made outstanding contributions toward achieving the full integration of the blind into society on a basis of equality.”
Baker & Taylor’s Axis 360 platform powers Blio, a free ereading app for Windows, iOS and Android devices that includes features that help visually-impaired individuals and people with reading disabilities. Both Axis 360 and Blio were developed in partnership with the NFB.
“Axis 360 will revolutionize the way in which blind readers get books,” Dr. Marc Maurer, President of the National Federation of the Blind, said in a release. “The blind will now be able to borrow accessible books directly from the collections of their local public libraries instead of having to wait for the books to be converted to an accessible format and included in specialized collections that serve the blind. As the collection of books available through Axis 360 increases, we look forward to the day when every book available at the local library will also be available to the blind at the same time and in an accessible format.”
The award was presented during the NFB’s annual convention, which was held in Dallas earlier this month.
“We are honored to receive this award from the country’s largest and most prestigious organization representing the interests of blind and visually-impaired people,” Arnie Wight, President and Chief Operating Officer of Baker & Taylor, said in a release. “Libraries play a vital role in ensuring their communities have access to the latest and best books and digital media. With Axis 360 and Blio, libraries can more inclusively serve their whole community, by opening up a world of new content to blind and sighted people alike.”
NFB has viewed ebook accessibility as a priority as the format has continued to grow. In May, the organization helped four patrons sue the Free Library of Philadelphia over program that loaned NOOK Simple Touch e-readers to patrons over 50. The case argued that NOOKs do not include accessibility features, unlike some alternative e-readers, and that the program therefore violated section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act.
Walk-in Interview at Alagappa University, Karaikudi on 30 July 2012
Applications are invited from eligible candidates for
Temporary Teaching Assistants in the following disciplines at a consolidated
remuneration as per University rules, for the academic year 2012-2013 or till
the regular arrangement is made whichever is earlier. Interested candidates can attend the Walk-in
Interview which will be held at 10.00 a.m. on 30.07.2012 in the administrative building of Alagappa University,
Karaikudi.
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with at least 55% of Marks and M.Phil. in relevant discipline. However, preference will be given to the
candidates with NET/SLET/SET and/or Ph.D.
The candidates should bring all original
certificates along with attested copies of the same at the time of walk-in
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Asst. Librarian and Library Bearer Vacancy at Bajali College, Pathsala, Barpeta, Assam
Post: Assistant Librarian and Library Bearer
Source: The Assam Tribune, 25 July 2012
Professor at NEHU, Mawkynroh, Umshing, Shillong-793022
Employment Notice No. 1-4/Estt.II(B)/2011-2013
Details of essential qualifications, experience, specializations etc. in respect of teaching and non-teaching posts may be seen as under
TEACHING POSTS
- SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS MANAGEMENT,LIBRARY & INFORMATION SCIENCES
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Post of Jr. Librarian at INSTITUTE OF BANKING PERSONNEL SELECTION, MUMBAI
INSTITUTE OF BANKING PERSONNEL SELECTION
Post Name: Jr. Librarian
No. of Vacancies: 01
Salary : Rs.9300-34800 (Rs.29745/- total emolument at the minimum of the scale).
Educational Qualification: A Master’s Degree in Library Science / Information Science /
Documentation Science or an equivalent professional degree with at least 55% marks (or an
equivalent grade in a point scale wherever grading system is followed) and a consistently good
academic record with knowledge of computer and library software(s).
AGE: Above 21 years, maximum 30 years as on 01.07.2012
Experience : Min. 2 years
Period of appointment:– To be employed for 3 years to begin with and will be considered for
regularization on satisfactory performance.
Last date of receipt of application : 10th August 2012
More for details : http://www.indiagol.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/Recruitment-Details28.pdf
University Librarian at Indian Institute of Teacher Education, Gandhinagar, Gujarat
INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TEACHER EDUCATION
(Established under Indian Institute of Teacher Education, Gujarat State Act, 2010)
website :www.iite.ac.in; email : ask4info@iite.ac.in
Last Date of Submission:03/08/2012
University Librarian 15600-39100 GP 6600 1(UR)
Qualifications:
Qualifications:
A. Master’s degree in Library Science/Information Science/Documentation with at least 55% of the marks or its equivalent grade of B in the UGC seven point scale and consistently good academic record.
B. At least five years of experience as Assistant Librarian in a university library or College Librarian.
C. Evidence of innovative library service and organization and of quality published work.
Desirable :
M.Phil. / Ph. D. Degree in library Science / information science / documentation / achieves and manuscript – keeping.
Age: Not more than 50 years.
More Information: http://iite.ac.in/doc/RecruitAdd.pdf
Libraries and e-books:Literary labours lent -The uncertain economics of lending virtual books
I hear Muggles make books disapparate
LIKE a tired marriage, the relationship between libraries and publishers has long been reassuringly dull. E-books, however, are causing heartache. Libraries know they need digital wares if they are to remain relevant, but many publishers are too wary of piracy and lost sales to co-operate. Among the big six, only Random House and HarperCollins license e-books with most libraries. The others have either denied requests or are reluctantly experimenting. In August, for example, Penguin will start a pilot with public libraries in New York.
Publishers are wise to be nervous. Owners of e-readers are exactly the customers they need: book-lovers with money (neither the devices nor broadband connections come cheap). If these wonderful people switch to borrowing e-books instead of buying them, what then?
Unlike printed books, which must be checked out and returned to a physical library miles from where you live, book files can be downloaded at home. Digital library catalogues are often browsed at night, from a comfy sofa. The files disappear from the device when they are due (which means no late fees, nor angst about lost or damaged tomes).
Awkwardly for publishers, buying an e-book costs more than renting one but offers little extra value. You cannot resell it, lend it to a friend or burn it to stay warm. Owning a book is useful if you want to savour it repeatedly, but who reads “Fifty Shades of Grey” twice?
E-lending is not simple, however. There are lots of different and often incompatible e-book formats, devices and licences. Most libraries use a company called OverDrive, a global distributor that secures rights from publishers and provides e-books and audio files in every format. Some 35m titles were checked out through OverDrive in 2011, and the company now sends useful data on borrowing behaviour to participating publishers. Yet publishers and libraries are worried by OverDrive’s market dominance, as the company can increasingly dictate fees and conditions.
Publishers were miffed when OverDrive teamed up with Amazon, the world’s biggest online bookseller, last year. Owners of Amazon’s Kindle e-reader who want to borrow e-books from libraries are now redirected to Amazon’s website, where they must use their Amazon account to secure a loan. Amazon then follows up with library patrons directly, letting them know they can “Buy this book” when the loan falls due.
This arrangement nudged Penguin to end its deal with OverDrive earlier this year. The publisher’s new pilot involves 3M, a rival distributor that does not yet support the Kindle. “Ultimately Amazon wants to control the library business,” says Mike Shatzkin, a publishing consultant.
Library users—nearly 60% of Americans aged 16 and older, according to Pew, an opinion researcher—are a perfect market for Amazon. It woos them by making loans on the Kindle uniquely easy. Late last year Amazon also unveiled its Kindle Owners’ Lending Library, which lets its best customers (called “Amazon Prime” members) borrow free one of thousands of popular books each month.
Library boosters argue that book borrowers are also book buyers, and that libraries are vital spaces for readers to discover new work. Many were cheered by a recent Pew survey, which found that more than half of Americans with library cards say they prefer to buy their e-books. But the report also noted that few people know that e-books are available at most libraries, and that popular titles often involve long waiting lists, which may be what inspires people to buy.
So publishers keep tweaking their lending arrangements in search of the right balance. Random House raised its licensing prices earlier this year, and HarperCollins limits libraries to lending its titles 26 times. Penguin plans to keep new releases out of libraries for at least six months, and each book will expire after a year. Hachette is engaged in some secret experiments, and the others are watching with bated breath. In Britain the government will soon announce a review of the matter. The story of the library e-book is a nail-biter.
More News at: http://www.economist.com/node/21559654
Humanities endowment gives $1M for digital library
By BRETT ZONGKER –
WASHINGTON (AP) — A nonprofit effort to digitize the nation's libraries and create a Digital Public Library of America won a $1 million federal grant Thursday from the National Endowment for the Humanities.
The grant will help form a new nonprofit organization and create the technical platform to share digital content across the nation's many public libraries and archives. Digitizing books and building a system for libraries to contribute will take years, though, and millions more dollars from private partners, said endowment chairman Jim Leach.
The project is being spearheaded by Harvard University's library in Cambridge, Mass., with libraries across the country.
An independent board will be formed within two months to establish a new nonprofit organization that will coordinate with statewide library projects with the goal of launching a national prototype by April 2013. Its budget and funding plan are still being developed, though most funding likely will come from outside government, Leach said.
The digital library effort is designed to be free for everyone. It could include partnerships with private groups, such as Google Books, to tap into content that's already digitized. And it has the potential to enhance local libraries with more content beyond their physical walls, Leach added.
"This is a great progression in how knowledge is developed, how it is maintained and spread," he said. "The digital world is probably the greatest democratization in the spread of learning that has ever occurred."
Google's efforts to digitize books have at times been thwarted in court due to copyright laws. Those restrictions may also limit content for a digital public library.
"Copyright laws are very thorny, so one has to work within that dimension," Leach said.
The library effort is meant to complement the World Digital Library project being led by the Library of Congress and international partners. It also will integrate with the European Union's Europeana digital library collection.
Even as more content moves online, physical libraries have seen demand rise in recent years.
"The relevance of libraries appears to be increasing — and that's possibly counterintuitive to what one might think digitization would imply," Leach said. "Libraries are really centers of local culture."
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Digital Public Library of America: http://dp.la
Source: The Associated Press
Thursday, July 26, 2012
IIM Kozhikode to Conduct International Workshop on Digital Libraries
Kozikode:
An international workshop on Digital Libraries will be held at IIM
Kozhikode from August 20-24, 2012. The objective of the Workshop is to
conduct a 5-day rigorous and advanced training programme, coupled with
state-of-art lectures delivered by doyens in the field, on Digital
Libraries. The software selected for the workshop will be ‘Greenstone’.
The
Greenstone Digital Library Software is a top of the line and
internationally renowned software system for developing digital
libraries, promoted by the New Zealand Digital Library project research
group at the University of Waikato, New Zealand. Greenstone is developed
and distributed in cooperation with UNESCO and the Human Info NGO. It
is an open-source software, issued under the terms of the GNU General
Public License. The aim of the software is to empower users,
particularly in universities, libraries, and other public service
institutions, to build their own digital libraries. More details of the
software and example digital libraries built using the software are
available at http://www.greenstone.org/.
Greenstone is one of the most preferred and popular software used by
Indian libraries, research establishments and organizations and the
software received the coveted Andrew Mellon Award for Global Technology
Collaboration (2008). The Centre for Development of Digital Libraries
(CDDL) at IIM Kozhikode has the distinction of coordinating the
Greenstone Support for South Asia for the past six years, on behalf of
UNESCO.
The workshop will be inaugurated by Prof. Debashis
Chatterjee, Director of IIM Kozhikode on August 20, 2012. Around 25
participants admitted for the workshop include delegates from the Middle
East, as well as from prestigious institutions all over India. The
course material will focus around the Greenstone Digital Library
Software. The workshop will be offered by a team led by Dr. M.G.
Sreekumar, UNESCO Coordinator, Greenstone Support for South Asia and the
Head Librarian of IIMK. Participants will be instructed in how to
design digital collections of different publications in a variety of
file formats, including multimedia such as audio, video, and images.
They will also undertake assignments to design a small prototype of a
library information system containing diverse type of material.
Participants
will be receiving the Greenstone Digital Library Software and all
instructional material on a CD-ROM, as the take away from the workshop,
so that they can start applying their learning right away, when they are
returned to their homes with renewed enthusiasm for spreading the
exciting new technology of digital libraries. The details of the
workshop can be seen at http://greenstonesupport.iimk.ac.in/.
Source-http://indiaeducationdiary.in/Shownews.asp?newsid=14270
With eBooks, Indian publishers turn new page-- Archana Khare Ghose
On September 14, 2011, well-known bookshop Borders closed its last New
York store. By the end of the month, this chain of bookstores with 226
outlets in the US had shut shop. That itself was indicative of the
churning in the publishing industry of the world's largest books market,
the US. Sale of printed books was declining and those of eBooks rising.
It's the same story elsewhere in the West, where this industry is
seeing a growth in eBooks. However, India is yet to see a similar
impact.
But change may be imminent. According to a FICCI report,
India has an estimated 600 million book readers and, with Penguin, the
country's largest English publisher, releasing 250 new titles from the
last week of June, eBooks seem to have finally found a foothold. The
books include 'The Book of Buddha', 'Dreams in Prussian Blue', 'Farewell
Song' and 'Ideas of a Nation: Subhash Chandra Bose'.
HarperCollins too should be ready to announce its e-titles in a month's
time, while ACK Media, publishers of 'Amar Chitra Katha' among other
popular titles, have gone on record saying they would launch eBooks this
year. They, however, declined to be a part of this story.
"The
driver for the eBooks market is the usage of computers, internet and
mobile phones. And India is not just a rapidly growing market for new
technology, but technology itself has evolved enough for comfortable
reading on various devices," says Ananth Padmanabhan, VP (sales),
Penguin India.
According to the latest World Bank
report, India has 70 mobile subscriptions per 100 people with one of
the highest average mobile data speeds. Padmanabhan says the bigger
challenge, however, is to see how many e-readers the country can have.
India doesn't have a mass-scale reading tradition. According to FICCI's
report, India has a low per capita expenditure on books per annum — Rs
80 as compared to Rs 4,000 in the UK.
However, Lipika Bhushan,
head (marketing), HarperCollins, says that the figure for users of
various e-devices is constantly growing. "Most of these are young
Indians who are very active online. Though no publisher can say with
surety what impact these figures will have on the eBooks market, a
change will positively come."
Rahul Srivastava, director (sales
& marketing), Simon & Schuster India, says, "According to a
survey conducted this year among 10 countries, nowhere have more people
bought and downloaded eBooks than in India, where 24% have tried at
least one."
This is also that chunk of readership which has made
genres like metro reads and college romances popular, adds Bhushan.
"About 5-7 years ago, a bestseller would be sold in the range of
3,000-5,000, but now 50,000 is nothing." Padmanabhan concurs, "About a
decade back, Penguin bestsellers sold 10,000-15,000 copies; today, that
figure stands at half-a-million."
The biggest push for eBooks comes from the growth of online shopping.
Flipkart, the largest online bookstore in India, was established in
2007 and broke even in March 2008. According to FICCI, Flipkart claims
to have at least 100% growth every quarter since its founding. Flipkart
CEO Sachin Bansal in a report on book piracy mentioned that the
estimated size of the online book market here stood at Rs 1 billion in
2011.
The figures for book publishing in India are no less
impressive — it's estimated to have an annual turnover of $1 billion,
making it the the seventh largest book publisher in the world and the
third largest market for English books. No wonder Bhushan says that the
eBooks market in India is an addition to the physical books market and
not an alternative — precisely why publishers are cautious about
pricing.
While in the West an eBook may come for one-tenth of the price of an
actual book, in India that would mean the industry hurting its own hand
as it has one of the cheapest prices for books.
But that is an
issue that is likely to be sorted out soon. And publishers' optimism
about a healthy eBooks market in India in the next five years may not be
misplaced.
Source-http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-07-22/india/32788012_1_ebooks-lipika-bhushan-harpercollins
Various Library Positions at Central Library, Shiv Nadar University, Noida
Shiv Nadar University Central Library
Position: Assistant Librarian
Duties of the Assistant Librarian:
Position: Library Assistant
Roles and Responsibilities:
Work under the direct control of either the Deputy Librarian or Assistant Librarian. Responsible for the books acquisition, processing, circulation, reprography sections of the library. Support the Deputy Librarians and Assistant Librarians in all the routine activities. Perform duties assigned by Librarian/ Dy. Librarian/Assistant Librarian time to time.
Qualification:
Position: Library Attendant
Roles and Responsibilities:
Work under the direct control of the Assistant Librarian. Shelving and re-shelving books, journals which are being available on reading shelves. Responsible for cleaning the library with the help of the members of the cleaning team. Play an important role in moving the registers and files from one section to another section. Perform duties assigned by Librarian/ Dy. Librarian/ Asst. Librarian from time to time.
Qualification:
Courtesy: Akshay Zende, http://www.facebook.com/groups/librarysoup/
Position: Assistant Librarian
Duties of the Assistant Librarian:
- To interact with the academic community of the University in order to determine their requirements of reading materials and acquiring the same for the library.
- To classify the documents bringing out the contents in class numbers/ provides reference services and documentation services to the faculty members, research scholars and students.
- Prepare bibliographies and indexes
- Act as the liaison between the Librarian/Deputy Librarian and staff for communication purposes and supervise the activities of section.
- To attend correspondence relating to the section.
- Any other duties assigned from time to time.
- Masters Degree in general discipline and Masters Degree in Library and Information Science.
- NET/SLET
- Two or three years experience in a good computerized academic library.
Position: Library Assistant
Roles and Responsibilities:
Work under the direct control of either the Deputy Librarian or Assistant Librarian. Responsible for the books acquisition, processing, circulation, reprography sections of the library. Support the Deputy Librarians and Assistant Librarians in all the routine activities. Perform duties assigned by Librarian/ Dy. Librarian/Assistant Librarian time to time.
Qualification:
- Masters Degree in general discipline and Bachelors degree in Library and Information Science.
- Two year experience in a good computerized academic library
Roles and Responsibilities:
Work under the direct control of the Assistant Librarian. Shelving and re-shelving books, journals which are being available on reading shelves. Responsible for cleaning the library with the help of the members of the cleaning team. Play an important role in moving the registers and files from one section to another section. Perform duties assigned by Librarian/ Dy. Librarian/ Asst. Librarian from time to time.
Qualification:
- Minimum pass in 12th Standard OR any Bachelors Degree is desirable.
- Certificate in Library and Information Science course is desirable.
Courtesy: Akshay Zende, http://www.facebook.com/groups/librarysoup/
Government Documents Librarian (Librarian – Advanced) at New Mexico State Library
The Government Documents Librarian provides leadership and coordination of all aspects of the State Depository Porgram (State Publications Clearinghouse) and the New Mexico State Library State Documents Collections (print and virtual publications). Plans, organizes and directs activities to develop, collect, maintain and provide access to State Documents collections. Sets goals, develops and recommends policies. Works in conjunction with other state agencies in the course of coordinating the State Depository Library Program. Develops and implements training for state agencies and other clients.
Requirement: Master’s Degree in Library Information Science from a program accredited by the American Library Association.
Salary: 34,049 - 60,528 USD/year
Experience: 2 - 5
Deputy Director, Public Services at Loudoun County (VA) Public Library, FULL-TIME
DEPUTY DIRECTOR, PUBLIC SERVICES
Loudoun County Public Library is currently seeking qualified applicants for the Deputy Director position. Loudoun County Public Library is the information center of the community providing access to innovative technologies and a full range of library resources for the citizens of Loudoun County. This position reports directly to the Library Director and is a member of the senior management team, working closely with the Director and the leadership team to develop and implement long-range planning for an evolving library system. The Deputy Director will also be responsible for enhancing the culture of the library system and preparing it for the changing landscape ahead. Specific responsibilities include: supervision of all public services units, including eight branches and outreach services; hiring, training, and evaluating branch managers and outreach services manager; developing and implementing customer service and branch operational standards for the system; cultivating community partnerships; representing the library in the community; and managing the library system in the Director’s absence. This position requires leadership qualities, managerial experience, and team building skills. The ideal candidate should be aware of the current and emerging trends and best practices in public library services, and can assist to establish, prioritize, and execute system-wide goals and objectives that amplify and support the mission of the system. This position requires a Master’s Degree in Library Science from an ALA accredited institution and 7 years of related professional level experience including considerable supervisory experience managing professional staff in a challenging environment and operational/administrative oversight experience. Successful candidate will undergo a criminal background, credit and DMV record check. (Hiring Range: $70,891-$102,110)
Requirement: See listing.
Salary: 70,891 - 102,110 USD/year
How to apply: #12-A310-294 Apply immediately. Visit our on-line employment center atwww.loudoun.gov for more information and to apply. EOE.
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Library of Congress Releases “Aesop For Children”, A Free Interactive eBook App For iOS
Although LC has releases two other iOS apps (see below) this is their first ebook app release.
Version 1.0 of the app is accessible here. It’s a free download.
From the iTunes App Store:
The Aesop for Children interactive book is designed to be enjoyed by readers of any age. The book contains over 140 classic fables, accompanied by beautiful illustrations and interactive animations.“Aesop’s Fables”—also called “the Aesopica”—are a collection of stories designed to teach moral lessons credited to Aesop, a Greek slave and story-teller thought to have lived between 620 and 560 BCE.Aesop’s fables are some of the most well known in the world and have been translated in multiple languages and become popular in dozens of cultures through the course of five centuries. They have been told and retold in a variety of media, from oral tradition to written storybooks to stage, film and animated cartoon versions—even in architecture.The fables remain a popular choice for moral education of children today. Younger scholars will be able to trace the origin of aphorisms such as “sour grapes” and “a bird in the hand.”This interactive ebook is presented by the Library of Congress, adapted from the book “The Aesop for Children: with Pictures by Milo Winter,” published by Rand, McNally & Co in 1919. This work is considered to be in the public domain in the United States.
Other iOS Apps From LC include the Congressional Record and the Library of Congress Virtual Tour
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