Groundbreaking LOCal initiative sees Library of Congress collaborate with Muskogee Public Library, marrying national treasures with local storytelling for an interactive digital reveal in 2026.

The Library of Congress said in a media release that LOCal, a new multiyear digital initiative, will expand the national ...

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.

Carla Hayden, the former Librarian of Congress fired by President Donald Trump, has joined the the country's foremost ...

An unidentified “adversary” hacked into the email system for the Library of Congress, accessing information sent via email between January and September 2024, the Library said.

The event, one of more than 6,000 held across the county’s library system each year, drew criticism from across the state and U.S. Rep. Andy Harris, a Republican who represents the Eastern Shore.

About 214 years later, in February 2016, Dr. Hayden made history when President Obama nominated her as the 14th Librarian of Congress. On July 12, 2016, the Republican Senate confirmed Hayden by a ...

Confirmed by the Senate to the job in 2016, Hayden, the longtime leader of Baltimore’s library system, was the first woman and the first African American to be librarian of Congress. “Carla ...

With a free library card and the right app, you can check out e-books, audiobooks and more from your local branch. By J. D. Biersdorfer J.D. Biersdorfer is the author or co-author of eight books ...