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Preservationists say Library of Congress makeover plan is ‘vandalism’ The library’s Main Reading Room, included in a $60 million renovation of the Thomas Jefferson Building, lands on the D.C ...
After a stretch of uncertainty in May in which its leader and another director were removed by President Donald Trump, the ...
After President Biden’s firing of Architect of the Capitol J. Brett Blanton, public attention should be focused on the Library of Congress’s Visitor Experience Master Plan.When removed, Mr ...
WASHINGTON The Library of Congress unveiled an extensive plan Wednesday to help libraries and archives nationwide preserve recorded sound to guard against losing historic recordings as has ...
The Library of Congress unveiled an extensive plan Wednesday to help libraries and archives nationwide preserve recorded sound to guard against losing historic recordings as has happened with ...
The library is still moving forward with plans for an orientation center and other new additions, and is on track to meet its goal of raising $20 million in private funding for it in fiscal year 2023.
The Library of Congress submitted a $803 million budget request to House appropriators for fiscal 2020, which is a 6.8 percent increase over enacted funding levels.
A little more than two years ago, the Library of Congress announced it would preserve every public tweet, ever, for future generations.. That’s right. Every public tweet, ever, since Twitter’s ...
The Library of Congress on Wednesday unveiled Congress.gov, a new site that will allow members of the public to learn about past and pending legislation. The site, which offers bill summaries ...
“I have no plans at this point — sorry to disappoint you,” a reflective Billington said during an hourlong interview with The Hill. “The Lord’s been very kind, and I’m in the middle of ...
When President Donald Trump signed the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2018 into law, he put a legislative mandate behind a decades-old transparency initiative. Buried in the bill’s 2,232 pages is ...
The Library of Congress plans to remove the mahogany librarian's desk that rises some 16 feet in the middle of this spectacular, first-floor room and replace it with a circular window in the ...