Library of Congress
Capitol Hill repository
The Library of Congress is the research library of the United States Congress and the de facto national library, located in Washington, D.C.
Founded in 1800, it is the largest library in the world by catalog size, holding millions of books, recordings, photographs, maps, and manuscripts.
Its classification system organizes materials by subject and is used by most academic and research libraries in the United States.
- Thomas JeffersonThird American president
- booksBound written works
- rare book roomRepository for valuable texts
- federal governmentCentralized national ruling body
- public domainUnprotected creative works
Washington, D.C. · cataloging · special collections · cultural heritage · historical documents · reading · Capitol · archives · national archives · rotunda · manuscripts · Dewey · stacks · documents · classification · repository · Americana · rare books
- Washington DCWhite House, Capitol, National Mall, Lincoln Memorial, Washington Monument
- Beaux-Arts BuildingsParis Opera, Grand Central Terminal, Metropolitan Museum, Brooklyn Museum
- historical librariesHouse of Wisdom
- Major Libraries
- librariescirculation desk, stacks, reference desk, card catalogs, checkout
- DC LandmarksWhite House, Capitol, Lincoln Memorial, Washington Monument, Jefferson Memorial
Library of Congressbookmobile
Vehicle serving as library
lending library · neighborhood library · home library · school library · community library
Library of Congressbook burning
Incinerating texts as censorship
Library of Congresssocial media
Online content-sharing platforms
Wikipedia · underground press · samizdat · oral tradition · ephemera
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