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Library of Congress to archive Americans’ tweets
The Library of Congress, repository of the world’s largest collection of books, has set for itself the enormous task of archiving something less weighty and far more ephemeral — Americans’ billions of tweets. The venerable US institution is assembling all of the 400 million tweets sent by Americans each day,…
Gay man alleges discrimination in suit against Library of Congress
A gay man who says he was harassed on the job and ultimately fired over his sexual orientation has filed a federal suit against the Library of Congress. According to the Washington Post, Peter TerVeer was employed as an auditor in the office of the Library’s Inspector General, but when…
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