The original purpose of the Library of Congress was to provide unbiased research to members of Congress. Each year, the ...

In the fall of 2023, C-SPAN partnered with the Library of Congress to produce the series, Books That Shaped America. The series explored key works from American history that have had a major ...

The Library of Congress has acquired the papers of the late composer Burt Bacharach. This is the first collection acquired from a recipient of the Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song.

The United States has a new ambassador, not to a country but for children's books. The Library of Congress has named Mac Barnett its national ambassador for young people's literature. So what does ...

The new National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature is a prolific, best-selling author of children’s books who hopes to use his 2-year term to promote the wonders of picture stories ...

James Madison suggested the idea of developing a congressional library at the new capital Washington City. Before that, the capital was located in Philadelphia and New York City.

Library of Congress: The largest library in the world, located in Washington, D.C. The Library of Congress provides Congress with objective research to inform the legislative process, administers the ...

Rep. Rick Larsen (WA-02) personally hand-delivered 47 children’s and young adult books to Mariner Library from the Library of ...

After you've admired the Capitol, walk along East Capitol Street to the Library of Congress. Comprising three buildings and housing more than 164 million books, manuscripts, sound recordings ...

"We're never going to win the argument that you should read a book because it's good for you," he said. "This isn't why kids ...