Archive of Previous Special Events

• ": The Business of Being an Artist," presented on August 10, 2005. Artist Jessa Huebing-Reitinger and her husband James Reitinger discuss the business of being an artist.
  
  
  • WMA audiorecording about the business of being an artist (10 MB file; playback time of 67 minutes)
  
  
  • MP3 audiorecording about the business of being an artist (19 MB file; playback time of 67 minutes)
  
  
  • Audiorecording, text chat, and webpages visited about the business of being an artist
  
  

• Batter Up: Baseball at the Library of Congress, presented on July 13, 2005 by Peter Armenti and Judy Graves from the
  
  
  • Downloadable WMA Audiorecording about Baseball (7.4 MB file; playback time of 50 minutes)
  
  
  • Downloadable MP3 Audiorecording about Baseball (11.4 MB file; playback time of 50 minutes)
  
  
  • Streaming audio, text chat, and webpages visited about baseball
  
  
  • Resources and links about baseball at the Library of Congress

• "One for the Ages: Libraries Serving Aging Baby Boomers, the Greatest Generation, and Beyond," presented on June 16, 2005, by Barbara Mates, Head of the
  
  
  • Audiorecording of the Mates presentation, Part 1 (8.8 MB WMA file; playback time of 59 minutes)
  
  
  • Audiorecording of the Mates presentation, Part 2 (9.5 MB WMA file; playback time of 63 minutes)
  
  

• "Develop a New Image Through Photography," presented on June 2, 2005. Paul Wohlfeil, a professional photographer who is legally blind, explains the basics of using photographs to communicate via images.
  
  
  • Audiorecording only about photography (7.6 MB WMA file; playback time of 51 minutes)
  
  
  • Audiorecording, text chat, and webpages visited about photography
  
  
  • Presentation slides about photography
  
  
  • Portfolio slides about photography
  
  

• ": Setting up Artists-in-Residence Programs at Your Library," presented on May 20, 2005. Librarians from the in Kansas discuss the work of artist-in-residence Jessa Huebing-Reitinger with her husband and manager, James Reitinger.
  
  
  • Audiorecording only about Project InSECT (5.7 MB WMA file; playback time of 47 minutes)
  
  
  • Audiorecording, text chat, and webpages visited about Project InSECT
  
  

• Informal discussion of the major points and themes from the . The conference was held on Thursday, April 14, 2005. The informal follow-up discussion was held on Monday, April 18, 2005.
  
  
  • Audiorecording of the Discussion (4.3 MB WMA file; playback time of 36 minutes)
  
  
  
  
  • , which should contain many of the presentation slides within two weeks after the conference.

• Lincoln Rarities, a presentation given on March 18, 2005 by Kim Bauer, Lincoln Curator at the
  
  
  • Audiorecording of Kim Bauer's remarks about Lincoln Rarities (6.8 MB WMA file; playback time of 57 minutes)
  
  
  • Images of Lincoln Rarities

• The Unique American Woman: Stories of Sisters, Wives, Mothers, and Friends, presented on March 16, 2005 by Judith Graves and Peter Armenti from the Library of Congress
  
  
  • Audiorecording only of The Unique American Woman (5 MB WMA file; playback time of 41 minutes)
  
  
  • Steaming audio, text chat, and webpages visited of The Unique American Woman
  
  
  • Resources and links to The Unique American Woman

• An introduction to blogs and audio blogs conducted on March 1, 2005 by the David Faucheux
  Audiorecording of Intro to Blogs (6.7 MB WMA file; playback time of 55 minutes)

• Introduction to the motion picture collections at the Library of Congress, conducted on December 8, 2004.
  WMA Audiorecording of introduction to Library of Congress motion picture collections, part 1 (large file; playback time of 50 minutes)
  
  WMA Audiorecording of introduction to Library of Congress motion picture collections, part 2 (large file; playback time of 50 minutes)

• The Armchair Traveler session conducted on August 24, 2004 by the Library of Congress
  Armchair Traveler Handout with URLs (HTML file)