In the 1890s, the library developed the Library of Congress Classification System. It is still used today to predictably manage millions of items in libraries worldwide. Catalogs, cards and computers ...

The Library of Congress (LC) system assigns letters to large disciplines (for example, P for Language and literature), a subset of letters for sub-disciplines (PN for Literature, general) and ...

The Library of Congress was established on April 24, 1800, when President John Adams signed an Act of Congress that approved the appropriation of $5000 for the purchase of “such books as may be ...

Visitors can read the books in their entirety from the Library of Congress's online catalog. Here are 11 of our favorites. 1. A Apple Pie by Kate Greenaway (1900) ...

Object Details Author Library of Congress Subject Cataloging Division Notes "The additions and changes in Class Q, adopted while this work was in press will be cumulated and printed in List 234 of LC ...

It’s almost always a book in a narrow range of content—the Library of Congress classification HQ, treating sex and family topics—that is mistakenly made available to unready kids.

If you’re visiting the nation’s capital this summer, check out a new free exhibit at the Library of Congress called “America Reads,” celebrating the public’s choice of the 65 most ...

The Library of Congress's catalog turned up 2,000 of them. Dimunation picked up almost 2,000 more at auction houses, public libraries and book dealers, but the last 250 he can't find anywhere.