The Nation's Library: The Library of Congress Washington, D.C. [First ed.] 9781857592351

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Table of contents :
Front Cover
Front Flap
Half Title Page
Full Title Page
lSBN: 1-85759-235-2
Contents
Foreword
The Library of Congress: A Brief History
"Building" the World's Largest Library
The Thomas Jefferson Building
View from the Street
The Great Hall
Second-Floor Corridors and Galleries
Visitors' Gallery
The Main Reading Room
The General Collections
African and Middle Eastern Division
American Folklife Center
Asian Division
European Division
Hispanic Division
Local History and Genealogy Division
Rare Book and Special Collections Division
The John Adams Building
Science, Technology and Business Division
The James Madison Memorial Building
Geography and Map Division
Law Library
Manuscript Division
Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division
Music Division / Performing Arts Reading Room
Newspaper and Current Periodicals Reading Roorn / Serial and Government Publications Division
Prints and Photographs Division
Services to Congress and Libraries
Cataloging Distribution Service
Congressional Research Service
Federal Library & Information Center Committee
Preservation and Conservation
Public Programs and Services
The Center for the Book
Children's Literature Center
Concerts and Broadcasts
Exhibitions
Film Showings
National Library Sevice for the Blind and Physically Handicapped
Office of Scholarly Programs
Library of Congress Photoduplication Service
Poetry and Literature Center
Public Affairs Office
Publications
Reference Referral Service
The United States Copyright Office
Visitors' Services
Preserving the Past, Informing the Future: The Library of Congress in the Digital Age
The National Digital Library Program
The Library of Congress On-Line Resources
Appendix I Using the Library of Congress
Appendix II Librarians of Congress
Appendix III Consultants in Poetry / Poets Laureate
Appendix IV Read More About the Library of Congress and its Collections
Index
Schematic Diagram of the Thomas Jefferson Building
THE AUTHORS
OTHER SCALA TITLES AVAI LABLE

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The Library of Congress, Washington, D. C. Alan Bisbort and Linda Barrett Osborne

Library of Congress in association with Scala Publishers

Copyright © 2000 Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. First published in 2000 by Scala Publishers Ltd 143-149 Great Portland Street London \J.'lN 5FB Published and distributed outside The Library of Congress in the USA and Canada by Antique Collectors' Club Limited Market Street Industrial Park Wappingers' Falls NY

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data: Library of Congress. The Nation's Library: the Library of Congress. Washington, D.C./ Alan Bisbort and Linda Barrett Osborne. p. cm. Includes index. lSBN 1-85759-235-2 (alk. paper) 1. Library of Congress. I. Bisbort, Alan, 1953- II. Osborne, Linda Barrett, 1949- III. Title. z733-u6 145 2000 [2663] 027.573-dc2r lSBN:

All rights reserved No part of the contents of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the written permission of the Library of Congress and Scala Publishers Ltd. Coordinated by W. Ralph Eubanks and Margaret E. Wagner Edited by Margaret E. Wagner and Helena Drysdale Designed by Anikst Design and Thanh Tung Uong Produced by Scala Publishers Ltd Printed and bound by Editoriale Lloyd, Trieste, Italy Front cover: The dome of the Thomas Jefferson building, Library of Congress, capped by the torch of knowledge, shares the Capitol Hill skyline with the white dome of the United States Capitol. Photograph by Carol Highsmith. Inside front cover: Map of Capitol Hill, showing the three Library of Congress buildings. Back cover: A staircase in the Great Hall, Thomas Jefferson Building. Photograph by Anne Day. Inside back cover: Schematic diagram of the Thomas Jefferson Building, by Doug Stern.

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All measurements are in inches followed by centimeters; Height precedes width precedes depth.

Frontispiece: The Commemorative Arch in the Great Hall, Thomas Jefferson Building (detail). Photograph by Anne Day.

For Lois Korzendorfer (1948-2000 ). referrnce librarian, Library of Congress

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African and Middle Eastern Division

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American Folklife Center

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Asian Division

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European Division

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Hispanic Division

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