Library of Congress Thomas Jefferson Building (Washington, D.C.): Main reading roomJohn L., dPelz, Paul JohannesCasey, Edward Pearce
The main reading room is a great hall of marble pillars. / It is the center of activity in the library. / There is a computer catalog center with six terminals for quick access to information. / For greater speed and efficiency, / the library has installed an electric book–carrying syste...
Main Reading Room of the Library of Congress The First Library of Congress When the capital of the United States was in New York City and Philadelphia, members of Congress had little trouble finding a library to help with research. That was not the case when the capital moved to Washington...
Today’s Library of Congress boasts 21 reading rooms, including the Main Reading Room, located in the Jefferson Building. What's in the Library of Congress Catalog? With the dawn of the Internet era, the Library of Congress website and its National Digital Library Program (both launched in ...
Library of Congress, the de facto national library of the United States and the largest library in the world. The Library of Congress serves members, committees, and staff of the U.S. Congress, other government agencies, libraries throughout the country
Today’s Library of Congress boasts 21 reading rooms, including the Main Reading Room, located in the Jefferson Building. What's in the Library of Congress Catalog? With the dawn of the Internet era, the Library of Congress website and its National Digital Library Program (both launched in ...
Main Reading Room, Library of Congress. Photo by Highsmith, Wikimedia Commons. All kinds of decisions (and a hundred indecisions, to paraphrase T.S. Eliot) go into the plotting of a mystery. For example, as I was deciding upon the plot points for UNSEEMLY FATE, book 7 of the Conc...
“All of us are living in a period of massive change in the creation, analysis, and use of information and libraries have an important role to play as collectors, curators, educators, and experts,” says David S. Mandel, Director, Center for Exhibits and Interpretation, Library of Congress....
The Library of Congress also includes the nearby Madison and John Adams Buildings, where reading rooms and administrative offices serve the needs of staff. Travel Tips There are no cafeterias in the Jefferson Building. The Madison Building’s cafeteria is open to the public Monday – Friday, 8:...
The Library is one of the largest libraries in the world. / It has a collection of 74 million items which are housed in three buildings. / The bookshelves stretch for 350 miles. / Of the 18 million books, more than half are in languages other than English. / The main reading room is...