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Portfolio: The Thomas Jefferson Building .......................................... xi
Preface ...................................... ............................. xxvi
James H. Billington
Introduction .................................................................... xxix
John Y Cole and Jane Aikin
Acknowledgments ................................................................. xxxi
Part I: Essays
America's Library: A Brief History of the Library of Congress ........ ............. 1
John Y Cole and Jane Aikin
The Congressional Research Service .............. ................................. 17
John Y Cole
The Law Library and Collections ................................................... 23
Donald R. DeGlopper
The Copyright Office .................................... ..................... 33
Jane Aikin and John Y Cole
The National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped ............. 39
Stephen Prine and George F Thuronyi
The International Role of the Library of Congress ................................. 45
John Y Cole
The National Digital Library and the Library's Electronic Resources .............. 53
Guy Lamolinara
The Library of Congress and Its Digital Future ............... ................... 57
Laura E. Campbell and Amy Friedlander
The Library of Congress and Scholarship .......................................... 65
Jane Aikin
The Library of Congress and American Librarianship .............. ............... 77
Jane Aikin
The Library of Congress and the Smithsonian Institution: A Legislated Relationship ..... 91
Nancy E. Gwinn
The Library of Congress and the National Archives .............................. 103
John Y Cole
American Literature and the Library of Congress: A Personal Perspective ........ 109
John C Broderick
The Library of Congress in Fiction and Film .... ... ........................... 115
Abby L. Yochelson
Part II: Articles
Acquisitions .................................................................... 121
Adams Building ................ ..................... ....................... . 131
African and Middle Eastern Division and Collections ................. ........... 133
American Folklife Center and Collections ............ ... ..................... 143
Americana .............. ..................................... .......... 151
Asian Division and Collections ......... ................................. 153
Automation .............. ............................................... 169
Beckley, John James (1757-1807) ................................................. 175
Bibliography Division (1900-1940) ............................................... 177
Billington, James H. (1929-) .................................................... 179
Boorstin, Daniel J. (1914-2004) ..................................................183
Cataloging Distribution Service ............... ............... ........... . 187
Cataloging in Publication (CIP) . ............................................... 191
Cataloging of Collections .............. ........................................ 193
Center for the Book ............................................ ............203
Children's Literature Center ..................................... .............209
Classification of Collections .............. ............................. .... 211
Collections Access, Loan and Management Division ................................ 215
Declaration of Independence and U.S. Constitution ............................... 217
Dewey Decimal Classification .............. ................ ................. . 221
Employees and Employment ........................................................ 225
European Division and Collections ..... ...................................... 233
Evans, Luther H. (1902-1981). ............................................ . 239
Exchange and Gift ......................... ................... ..............243
Exhibitions ......................... .. ....... .......................... 247
Federal Library and Information Center Committee (FLICC) ....................... 251
Federal Research Division ................ .................................... . 253
Force (Peter) Collection .... ..................................................255
Geography and Map Division and Collections .......................... ....... 257
Giant Bible of Mainz ............................................. .............. 267
Gutenberg Bible ................................................................. 269
Hispanic Division and Collections .............. ............................. . 271
Jefferson, Thomas .. ................................................... 279
Jefferson Building .............................................................. 281
Joint Committee on the Library ............... ................................. 285
Kluge (John W.) Center ......................... ... .................. 289
Librarian, Office of ................ .................. .......................291
Library of Congress Bicentennial ................................................ 293
Library of Congress in the Capitol Building ..................................... 297
Library of Congress, Administrative Reviews and Reorganizations ................. 299
Library of Congress, Strategic Plan ............... ............................. 303
Library of Congress Trust Fund Board ............................................ 309
Library Services ................................. ............................ 311
Lincolniana .................................... ........................ ....313
Loan Services ................ ...................... ........................ 315
Local History and Genealogy ..................................................... 319
Machine-Readable Cataloging (MARC) .............................................. 321
MacLeish, Archibald (1892-1982) ...... .......................................... 323
Madison Council ............... ............................................ 327
Madison, James ... ......................................................... 329
Madison Memorial Building ....................................................... 331
Magruder, Patrick (1768-1819) .............. ................... ................ 333
Main Reading Room . ...................................... .................. 335
Manuscript Division and Collections ................... ................... ......339
Meehan, John Silva (1790-1863) ................... .............................. 355
Motion Picture, Broadcasting, and Recorded Sound Division and Collections ....... 357
Mumford, L. Quincy (1903-1982) .. ........................... ............ . 369
Music Division and Collections .................................................. 373
National Book Festival ...........................................................383
National Serials Data Program ................................................... 385
National Union Catalog ...........................................................387
Overseas Operations ............................................................. 389
Photoduplication Service .........................................................393
Poetry Program and Poets Laureate ................................................397
Preservation and Conservation ................................................ . 405
Prints and Photographs Division and Collections ............................. . . 419
Protecting the Library's Collections ............................... .... ...... 433
Publishing and Publications ..................................................... 437
Putnam, Herbert (1861-1955) ..................................................... 443
Rare Book and Special Collections Division and Collections ...................... 447
Reference and Research Services ............................................. . . 457
Science, Technology, and Business Division and Collections ............... ...... 463
Serial and Government Publications Division and Collections .................... 471
Spofford, Ainsworth Rand (1825-1908) ........ ................................... 487
Stephenson, John G. (1828-1883) ............. ................................... 491
Strategic Initiatives, Office of .................................. .... . ..... 493
Watterston, George (1783-1854) ................................................ 495
Young, John Russell (1840-1899) .............................................. .. 499
Part III. Appendices
1. Senior Library Officials, 1802-2004: A Selective List ........................ 501
2. Library of Congress Legislative Appropriations, 1800-2004 .................... 505
3. Growth of the Library's Collections, 1801-2003 ........................... ... 513
4. Major Gifts and Endowments for the Library's Collections, 1869-2004: A Selective List ...... 519
5. Chairmen of the Congressional Committees on the Library, 1805-2004 .......... 523
Part IV. Further Research and Reading ........................................... 527
Contributors .................................................................... 531
Index ................................................................... 533
Library of Congress Subject Headings for this publication: Library of Congress Encyclopedias, National libraries Washington (D, C, ) Encyclopedias