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As of 2018, the largest public library in the United States and second-largest library in the world is the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C., the de facto national library of the United States, [2] which holds over 167 million items, including over 39 million books and other printed materials, 3.6 million recordings, 14.8 million ...
May 11, 2023 · The state capital is Columbus. This guide compiles links to digital materials related to Ohio such as books, government documents, manuscripts, maps, motion pictures, photographs, sheet music, and sound recordings that are available throughout the Library of Congress website.
Mar 20, 2024 · Today, the Library of Congress is physically housed in three buildings—the Thomas Jefferson Building, the John Adams Building, and the James Madison Memorial Building—next to the Capitol. Its...
Located in room LJ 100 on the first floor of the Thomas Jefferson Building, the Main Reading Room is the perfect place to get started on your research at the Library of Congress. Reference librarians are available for research consultations to help guide you.
- The Library of Congress: A Brief History
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- Who Uses The Library of Congress?
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The Library of Congress is the world’s largest library, offering access to the creative record of the United States—and extensive materials from around the world—both on-site and online. It is the main research arm of the U.S. Congress and the home of the U.S. Copyright Office. It is the nation’s library, containing more than 162 million items in n...
The collection of more than 162 million items includes: 1. more than 38.6 million cataloged books and other print materials, in 470 languages; 2. more than 70 million manuscripts; 3. the largest rare book collection in North America; 4. the world's largest collection of legal materials, films, maps, sheet music and sound recordings.
Congress itself, the general public and other federal agencies. They made more than 1 million reference requests in the most recent fiscal year.Creators of intellectual property, who registered 443,812 claims to copyright during that period through its U.S. Copyright Office.Blind and physically handicapped Americans, who received nearly 22 million copies of Braille and recorded books and magazines to more than 862,000 reader accounts.Researchers in the Library’s reading rooms—anyone over the age of 16 can use these, after obtaining an easy-to-get reader card—who accessed nearly 900,000 items in the most recent fiscal year.That the Library is the home of the U.S. Poet Laureate, the Gershwin Prize for Popular Song, the Prize for American Fiction and the Library of Congress Literacy Awards?That Library of Congress reference staff provide direct research help to the public through its Ask-A-Librarian service, available at loc.gov/rr/askalib/?That the Library offers resources for teachers nationwide to help build its online “primary source” materials into valuable curriculum through its “Teaching With Primary Sources” program?That the Library hosts the National Book Festival each year in Washington, D.C.?The State Library of Ohio inspires and supports literacy and lifelong learning for all Ohioans through access to information, strengthening of communities, and support of exceptional library services. Learn More.
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Library of Congress, the de facto national library of the United States and the largest library in the world. Its collection was growing at a rate of about two million items per year; it reached more than 170 million items in 2020.
