The Library of Congress, a 225-year-old Washington institution, has never had a moment like this. A week ago, the Trump administration fired the longtime librarian of Congress, Carla Hayden.

Today, people use the antique wooden cabinets to store their knick-knacks. But these card catalogs once held the keys to a world of information. A new Library of Congress book explores their history.

The Library of Congress was founded April 24, 1800. On Friday, we celebrate the birthday of one of America’s oldest cultural institutions: Barbra Streisand, looking great at 73!

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I forage regularly through the online images in the Library of Congress’ Prints & Photographs Division, and sometimes I come across a picture — construction equipment at the U.S. Treasury ...

The Library of Congress card for Walt Whitman's Leaves of Grass. (The Library of Congress/Chronicle Books) Humans have been cataloging for as long as we've had stuff to keep track of.

A new book from the Library of Congress celebrates these catalogs as the analog ancestor of the search engine. There's a huge card catalog in the basement of the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C ...

The Library of Congress card for Walt Whitman's Leaves of Grass. Humans have been cataloging for as long as we've had stuff to keep track of.