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James Hadley Billington (June 1, 1929 – November 20, 2018) [1] was an American academic and author who taught history at Harvard and Princeton before serving for 42 years as CEO of four federal cultural institutions.
James Billington (executioner) (1847–1901), executioner for the British government James H. Billington (1929–2018), American academic and former Librarian of Congress Topics referred to by the same term
On March 31, 2004, Bruce Cole, the directory of the NEH, and James Billington, the Librarian of Congress, signed an agreement creating the National Digital Newspaper Program. The NDNP follows in the footsteps of the successful United States Newspaper Program , a several-decade effort to catalog and microfilm the bulk of America's historic ...
The World Digital Library (WDL) is an international digital library operated by UNESCO and the United States Library of Congress.. The WDL has stated that its mission is to promote international and intercultural understanding, expand the volume and variety of cultural content on the Internet, provide resources for educators, scholars, and general audiences, and to build capacity in partner ...
John Carlo Bertot – library educator, researcher, editor of The Library Quarterly; Anastasius Bibliothecarius; James H. Billington – 13th librarian of Congress; historian; Robert H. Blackburn – former chief librarian of the University of Toronto; Thomas Bodley – founder of the Bodleian Library; English diplomat; 1545–1613
At a news conference announcing the inaugural event, Billington said: "We must all try, in every way we can, to send the message that reading is critical to our lives and to the life of our nation." [3] Laura Bush, founder and Honorary Chair of the National Book Festival 2001-2008, honored in 2008 by Dr. James Billington, Librarian of Congress.
Earlier this week, Laura Helmuth resigned as editor in chief of Scientific American, the oldest continuously published magazine in the United States."I've decided to leave Scientific American ...
President Ronald Reagan nominated historian James H. Billington as the 13th librarian of Congress in 1987, and the U.S. Senate unanimously confirmed the appointment. [40] Under Billington's leadership, the library doubled the size of its analog collections from 85.5 million items in 1987 to more than 160 million items in 2014.