The authors document the earnings in the sixth calendar year after youths’ vocational rehabilitation (VR) applications and Social Security Administration (SSA) benefit outcomes during the six years after their VR applications.
At this year’s Health Datapalooza in Washington, DC, Mathematica staff will showcase their expertise in data visualizations, machine learning, and data mining to help progress together on critical issues in today’s health policy environment.
Electronic health record (EHR) log data have shown promise in measuring physician time spent on clinical activities, contributing to deeper understanding and further optimization of the clinical environment.
Make the most of the Library's online collections: photographs, maps, sound recordings, films, legal and historical documents, and more. Join the Digital Reference Section's next free one-hour webinar for an interactive orientation to loc.gov.
Title: Introducing loc.gov: Orientation and Research Strategies
Date: Thursday, September 12
Time: 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm EDT
Registration (required): Please register via Eventbrite.
Orientations are held in real time via webinar software, which allows participants from around the country and the world to join us. Confirmation and log-on instructions will be sent via email. Please read the Library of Congress Comment and Posting Policy.
ADA: Request ADA accommodations five days in advance at (202) 707-6362 or ada@loc.gov. Registration for the program is also required.
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Reminder!!
Please join us for our May topical webinar:
Happy Birthday Walt!: Digitized Walt Whitman Collections from the Manuscript Division
May 2019 marks the 200th anniversary of the birth of poet Walt Whitman, who revolutionized the style and content of American poetry with his 1855 publication of Leaves of Grass. Whitman was also a journalist, printer, publisher, orator, and prose writer.
The Library of Congress holds the largest group of Whitman-related special collection materials in the world, including printed materials, rare books, photographs, and manuscripts. In this webinar program, Manuscript Division historian Barbara Bair highlights the content and research use of three digitized Whitman manuscript collections as well as programs celebrating Whitman’s birthday at the Library of Congress.
Date: Thursday, May 30
Time: 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm EDT
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This program will be held in real time via webinar software, which allows participants from around the country and the world to join us. Confirmation and log-on instructions will be sent via email. Please read the Library of Congress Comment and Posting Policy.
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Please join us for our April topical webinar:
Caught in the Web? Online Tools for Business Research
With so many options available, identifying the best ways to meet your research needs online can be a challenge. Please join our business librarians for an overview of freely available tools for business research, for beginning and intermediate-level users. Topics discussed will include: types of business information, effective use of online search engines, the importance of the deep web, identifying reliable sources of business information, and more. By the end of this program participants will be able to successfully search a research topic online, navigate selected Internet sources, and discover resources and services offered through the Library of Congress Business Reference Section.
Date: Wednesday, April 3
Time: 12:00 noon – 1:00 pm EDT
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Web discussions are held in real time via webinar software, which allows participants from around the country and the world to join us. Registration is required. Confirmation and log on instructions will be sent via email. Please read the Library of Congress Comment and Posting Policy.
Technical requirements: Participants must have access to an Internet-connected computer or device with speakers or headphones. There is also a telephone option for listening to audio.
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Make the most of the Library's online collections: photographs, maps, sound recordings, films, legal and historical documents, and more. Join the Digital Reference Section's next free one-hour webinar for an interactive orientation to loc.gov.
Title: Introducing loc.gov: Orientation and Research Strategies
Date: Tuesday, January 15
Time: 11:00 am - 12:00 noon EST
Registration (required): Please register via Eventbrite.
Orientations are held in real time via webinar software, which allows participants from around the country and the world to join us. Confirmation and log-on instructions will be sent via email. Please read the Library of Congress Comment and Posting Policy.
ADA: Request ADA accommodations five days in advance at (202) 707-6362 or ada@loc.gov. Registration for the program is also required.
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Find a new and historic recipe for a dish to put on your Thanksgiving table in What Mrs. Fisher Knows About Old Southern Cooking. This cookbook, published in 1881, is highlighted in a recent post on the Library of Congress Blog. Abby Fisher perfected her culinary skills as an enslaved cook on a South Carolina plantation but went on to establish a successful catering business in San Francisco and publish a compilation of her recipes—one of the first by an African-American. Learn more about this remarkable woman and, this Thanksgiving, sample a taste of history!