Library literacy: history, types, and roles Teresa S.Welsh,Melissa S.Wright, inInformation Literacy in the Digital Age, 2010 National libraries The British Museum Library was established in 1753 when Sir Hans Sloan bequeathed his large collection of books and manuscripts to the nation. In 1973,...
The United States Library of Congress is the largest library in the world, with millions of books, films and video, audio recordings, photographs, newspapers, maps and manuscripts in its collections. Many of these are available online. The Library is the main research arm of the U.S. Congres...
The United States Library of Congress is the largest library in the world, with millions of books, films and video, audio recordings, photographs, newspapers, maps and manuscripts in its collections. Many of these are available online. The Library is the main research arm of the U.S. Congres...
About Library of Congress The Library of Congress is a federal cultural institution that serves as the research arm of Congress and operates within the library and archival industry. The institution offers a vast collection of books, recordings, photographs, maps, and manuscripts, and provides resear...
The Library of Congress extends its service through an interlibrary loan system; photoduplication of books, manuscripts, maps, newspapers, and prints in its collections; a centralized cataloging program whereby the library acquires material published all over the world as well as material from other ...
The Library of Congress service provides information about things you can find on the Library of Congress website, including: items (books, archived websites, photos, and videos) collections (thematic or otherwise grouped items that have been digitized) images (thumbnails and higher resolution ...
The original Library of Congress cost $5,000 and consisted of about 3,000 books in a corner of the Capitol building. However, when British troops invaded Washington, D.C. during the War of 1812, they burned much of the city. On August 24, 1814, the British burned the Capitol building...
The Library of Congress service provides information about things you can find on the Library of Congress website, including: items (books, archived websites, photos, and videos) collections (thematic or otherwise grouped items that have been digitized) images (thumbnails and higher resolution ...
The Library of Congress is America's national library. 国会图书馆是美国的国家图书馆。 It has more than 120 million books and other objects. 它拥有超过1.2亿的书籍和其它藏品。 It has newspapers, popular publications and letters of historical interest. 其中包括报纸、 通俗出版物和具有历史价值的...
Congress voted a massive appropriation to replace the lost books, and by the end of the Civil War, the collections of the library had grown to 82,000 volumes.The librarian of Congress is appointed by the president with the advice and consent of the Senate. In 1864 President Abraham Lincoln...