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Thailand is the home of a successful international publishing industry. Well known imprints such as: White Lotus Press, Silkworm Books, River Books are seen in bookshops and libraries all over the world. The Thai Collection makes a special effort to acquire English language titles published in Thailand. These are found via the catalogue and delivered to the Main Reading Room.

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And she twerked

The jubilant musician, 34, said that the Library of Congress lent her the 1813 crystal flute to briefly play onstage.

Grammy- and Emmy Award-winning musician Lizzo made history on Tuesday when she played an 1813 crystal flute onstage at her Washington, D.C., concert.

Library of Congress, the de facto national library of the United States and the largest library in the world. Its collection was growing at a rate of about two million items per year; it reached more than 170 million items in 2020. The Library of Congress serves members, committees, and staff of the U.S. Congress, other government agencies, libraries throughout the country and the world, and the scholars, researchers, artists, and scientists who use its resources. It is the national centre for ...

The inspector general at the Library of Congress is reviewing a whistleblower complaint that the library lacks the authority to advance a controversial proposal that will alter the ornate Main Reading Room in its historical Thomas Jefferson Building.

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What happens to your election material after you've donated it? Learn more about the National Library's election ephemera campaign.

The library serves as a community center not just for the town but also the Blue Hill Peninsula. Films are shown, book groups gather, children meet their tutors, people without internet access or with inadequate service go to the library to work or do homework, people learn how to sew or fix things, play games or discuss issues of the day.