Through its digital collections website, the Library of Congress makes available its resources, services, and more than fifteen million of its items in American history and culture. Learn to access this wealth of information through the Digital Reference Section’s free, one-hour Orientation via webinar on Wednesday, August 11, 2010, 11a.m-noon, EDT. To register for the Orientation, use the Participant Registration Form. Confirmation, log on instructions, and the handout will be sent via email. More information.
The Library of Congress, the nation's oldest federal cultural institution and largest library in the world, contains more than 134 million books, recordings, photographs and prints, maps, music items, and manuscripts. Collected in more than 470 languages, the materials range from rare cuneiform tablets to born digital materials. The Library of Congress is Great!
Saturday, July 17, 2010
The LC is even greater
While doing research here in Amsterdam, I appreciate the LC even more. The libraries here have very very few journals and books from Central and Eastern Europe. At the LC, I can order endless numbers of these to my desk in the European Reading Room. Fabuloso!!
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