Established | April 24, 1800 |
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Location | Washington, D.C., U.S. |
Coordinates | 38°53′19″N 77°00′17″W / 38.88861°N 77.00472°W |
Branches | N/A |
Collection | |
Size | More than 38 million books and other printed materials, 3.6 million recordings, 14 million photographs, 5.5 million maps, 8.1 million pieces of sheet music and 70 million manuscripts, 5,711 incunabula, and 122,810,430 items in the nonclassified (special) collections: more than 167,000,000 total items[1] |
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Circulation | Library does not publicly circulate |
Population served | The 535 members of the United States Congress, their staff, and the American citizenry. |
Other information | |
Budget | $684,040,000[2] |
Director | Carla Hayden (Librarian of Congress) |
Staff | 3,105[2] |
Website | LoC.gov |
The Library of Congress is the de facto national library of the United States and the research arm of the United States Congress.
The head of the Library is the Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden.[3]
The primary function of the Library of Congress is to serve the Congress. The Library welcomes public use of its general reference facilities and endeavors to offer the widest possible use of its collections consistent with their preservation and with its obligation to serve the Congress and other government agencies.The Library of Congress is the largest library in the world, with millions of books, recordings, photographs, newspapers, maps and manuscripts in its collections. The Library is the main research arm of the U.S. Congress and the home of the U.S. Copyright Office.Libraries are important cornerstones of a healthy community. ... College students often use the library when they are home for the weekend or for holidays. And the reference resources in public libraries are usually unavailable elsewhere in the community. The library is a unique and valuable resource.
United States Congress(House of Representatives, Senate — 116th Congress) | |
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Members | Congress: Current, Freshmen, Longest serving, Expelled | House: Current by seniority, Former members, Oldest living | Senate: Current by age, Current by seniority; Former, Former still living, Age/seniority, Expelled/censured, Classes |
Leaders | House: Speaker (list), Party leaders, Party whips, Dem. caucus, Rep. conference, Dean | Senate: President pro tempore (list), Party leaders, Assistant party leaders, Dem. Caucus (Chair, Secretary, Policy comm. chair), Rep. Conference (Chair, Vice-Chair, Policy comm. chair), Dean |
Groups | African Americans, Asian Pacific Americans, Caucuses, Committees, Hispanic Americans, Senate Women, House Women |
Agencies, Employees & Offices | Architect of the Capitol, Capitol Guide Service (board), Capitol Police (board), Chiefs of staff, GAO, Government Printing Office, Law Revision Counsel, Librarian of Congress, Poet laureate | House: Chaplain, Chief Administrative Officer, Clerk, Doorkeeper, Emergency Planning, Preparedness, and Operations, Historian, Page (board), Parliamentarian, Postmaster, Reading clerk, Recording Studio, Sergeant at Arms | Senate: Chaplain, Curator, Historian, Librarian, Page, Parliamentarian, Secretary, Sergeant at Arms |
Politics & Procedure | Act of Congress (list), Caucuses, Committees, Hearings, Joint session, Oversight, Party divisions, Rider, Sponsorship, Saxbe fix | House: Committees, History, Procedures, Mace of the House | Senate: Committees, Filibuster, History, Jefferson's Manual, Traditions, VPs' tie-breaking votes |
Buildings | Botanic Garden, Capitol, Capitol Complex, Office buildings (House: Cannon, Ford, Longworth, Rayburn, O'Neill (demolished), Senate: Dirksen, Hart, Russell) |
Research | Biographical directory, Congressional Quarterly, Congressional Record, Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress (Law Library, Copyright Office), The Hill, Roll Call, THOMAS |
Misc | List of lists, Congressional districts (by area), Power of enforcement, Scandals |
Websites: House of Representatives | Senate |
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