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...The Library of Congress is the research library of the United States Congress and is the oldest federal cultural institution in the United States. Located in three buildings in Washington, D.C., it is the largest library in the world by shelf space and holds the largest number of books. The head of the Library is the Librarian of Congress, currently James H. Billington. Read full entry
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How long has the Library of if you know any thing about
the Library of congress i need
to know. Like what the hours
are, how long its been a
landmark, admition fee's, and
why your proud of the Library.
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The Library was founded in 1800, making it the oldest federal cultural institution in the nation. On August 24, 1814, British troops burned the Capitol building (where the Library was housed) and destroyed the Library's core collection of 3,000 volumes. On January 30, 1815, Congress approved the purchase of Thomas Jefferson’s personal library of 6,487 books for $23,950. It has over 138 million items in its collection in over 470 languages, the largest rare book collection in North America; and the world's largest collection of legal materials, films, maps, sheet music and sound recordings. The public cannot borrow books or other materials like most libraries, but can use the materials for research when they come to the libarary. You can find out much more information about the Library of Congress at it's website: http://www.loc.gov/index.html |
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what does the Library of I have several old vinyl
albums that have Library of
Congress Numbers on them -
what does this mean?
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I would paraphrase this but the original quotation is a pretty good summary as it is. "A Library of Congress catalog card number is a unique identification number that the Library of Congress assigns to the catalog record created for each book in its cataloged collections. Librarians use it to locate a specific Library of Congress catalog record in the national databases and to order catalog cards from the Library of Congress or from commercial suppliers. The Library of Congress assigns this number while the book is being cataloged. Under certain circumstances, however, a card number can be assigned before the book is published through the Preassigned Card Number Program." |
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What is the function of the I always see on the copyright
page information on the
library of congress? What does
congress do with all these
books?? Like hary potter?
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sounds like what they do with every book published in the UK - a copy gets kept in the British Library. I'd like to think its to keep them preserved for future generations to see what literature was like and how its progressed. |
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