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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 library service to the blind and physically handicapped, and it offers many concerts, lectures, and ...

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.