• Acquisitions

  Discover how the Library of Congress acquires materials for its collections and for other research institutions.

• Archival Description

  Search & browse examples, standards, and help for creating catalog records and finding aids for discovery and use of personal papers, organizational records, and other archival collections.

• Ask a Librarian

  Have a research question? Need help using the Library? Get expert assistance from librarians & research subject specialists.

• Cataloging, Classification

  The Library's cataloging services include search vocabularies, classification, policy, products, training & cooperative programs.

• Cooperative Cataloging Programs

  The Library is committed to cooperative cataloging to benefit the world-wide library community. Shared standards & policies enable efficiencies & data sharing on a global scale.

• Copyright

  The U.S. Copyright Office, a department of the Library, administers the Nation’s copyright laws and offers services and support to authors and users of creative works.

• Duplication Services

  Providing digital, microfilm & paper copies, as well as custom reproductions for a fee from the Library’s collections.

• Federal Research Division

  The Federal Research Division provides customized products and services using the Library’s extensive English and foreign-language collections on a cost-recovery basis.

• Interlibrary Loan

  Your local library can borrow materials from the Library of Congress on your behalf. Here's how.

• Law Library

  Comprehensive research & reference service to Congress & the public on foreign, comparative, international & U.S. law.

• Library Card (Reader Registration)

  Here's how you can get your Library-issued Reader Identification Card & begin research here in Washington, D.C.

• Library Standards

  The Library and associated organizations maintain key technical standards used in the library community.

• Linked Data Service

  Access and download controlled vocabularies & authorities useful for describing and indexing information resources.

• Preservation

  Learn about the research, science & collaboration involved in preserving the Library's collections.

• Publishing

  Resources for publishers, editors & the public interested in Library publications and co-publishing opportunities.

• Resource Description & Access

  Information on RDA implementation, including cataloging policy, practices, training & more.

Research & Reference

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  Interact with knowledgeable librarians & subject specialists -- online and in our reading rooms in Washington, D.C. Go beyond the digital collections.

Programs

• American Archive of Public BroadcastingExternal

  A collaboration with GBH in Boston, preserving local and national public television and radio programs from the past 70 years and making them available online.

• American Folklife Center

  Preserving & presenting traditional songs, personal stories, regional culture & other aspects of American folklife.

• By the People

  Volunteer online with By the People. Transcribe, review & tag digitized material to make documents more searchable for everyone.

• Center for the Book

  Promoting books, reading, libraries & literacy through its national center in Washington & its affiliated centers across the country.

• Concerts

  Free performances by extraordinary artists in classical, jazz, folk & other genres.

• Copyright Royalty Board

  Overseeing statutory licenses of copyright law, setting rates & determining distribution of royalties.

• Digital Preservation

  Promoting and supporting best practices for the management of digital collections and services.

• FEDLINK

  Serving federal libraries & information centers as their purchasing, training & resource-sharing consortium.

• John W. Kluge Center

  Giving scholars access to the Library’s collections & engaging them in conversation with public policy leaders.

• Library of Congress Literacy Awards

  Honoring organizations that have made outstanding contributions to increasing literacy in the United States or abroad.

• National Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled

  Free braille, talking book & other audio materials circulated to eligible borrowers in the U.S.

• Poetry & Literature Center

  Home of the U.S. Poet Laureate with information on poetry & literature readings & events.

• Veterans History Project

  Collecting, preserving & presenting the personal accounts of American war veterans.