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.

Object Details maker Library of Congress Description The late 1960s were a time of rapid change in processes for cataloging and circulating books at the U.S. Library of Congress. Computers were ...

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Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden has been instrumental in promoting accessibility and public engagement. The new David Rubenstein Treasures Gallery at the Library of Congress showcases some of ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — It’s not really about the books. President Donald Trump’s abrupt firing of top officials at the Library of Congress and equally sudden attempt to appoint a slate of ...

Added Massachusetts Sen. Ed Markey, a Democrat: "Donald Trump just fired my dear friend Dr. Carla Hayden — the Librarian of Congress — via email. This is disgraceful.

Former Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden said she does not feel her termination was personal and that she is concerned there is not much awareness from the White House on what the library ...

The Library of Congress is not a community lending library. By law, it stocks pretty much every copyrighted book published in the United States. And it doesn’t allow children to access its holdings.

A stalemate at the Library of Congress continued Tuesday with no easy resolution in sight, as lawmakers considered how far to wade in. Citing “executive overreach,” House Minority Leader ...

Donald Trump ’s administration is attempting a hostile takeover of the Library of Congress — an agency that is part of the legislative branch and functions as its research arm in addition to ...

Indeed, because the Library exercises such executive powers, the Librarian of Congress has to be an executive officer rather than a legislative one. See, e.g., Buckley v.