Established | 24 April 1800 |
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Location | Washington, D.C. |
Type | national library |
Member of | Geheugen van Nederland International GLAM Labs Community National Digital Stewardship Alliance Association of Research Libraries Biodiversity Heritage Library Coalition for Networked Information Digital Library Federation International Confederation of Architectural Museums International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions International Internet Preservation Consortium World Digital Library World Wide Web Consortium |
Collection size | 164,403,119 item 168,291,624 item 170,118,152 item 171,636,507 item 24,600,488 title |
Country | United States |
Director | Carla Hayden |
Library of Congress is a national library, United Nations Depository Library, parliamentary archive. Based in United States Capitol, Thomas Jefferson Building, John Adams Building, Washington, United States. Its head office is in Washington. Its collection contains 164,403,119, 168,291,624 concrete object, 24,600,488 cataloged book itens.[1][2][3][4]
Description
editIt's member of Société de l'histoire de France, Digital Library Federation, Association of Research Libraries, World Digital Library, International Confederation of Architectural Museums, Biodiversity Heritage Library Consortium, World Wide Web Consortium, International Association of Sound and Audiovisual Archives, International GLAM Labs Community.
History
editThe library was founded in 24 April 1800.
Collection
editThe size of the collection is of 164,403,119, 168,291,624 concrete object, 24,600,488 cataloged book works.
Architecture
editAdministration
editIt is chaired by Carla Hayden. It is a subsidiary of Center for the Book, National Film Registry, Office of the Inspector General, Library of Congress, Congressional Research Service, Federal Research Division, United States Copyright Office, Cataloging Distribution Service, National Audio-Visual Conservation Center.
Items on the location
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