THE legislative history of the Library of Congress, although not a brief, is a meagre one. It was established in the year that witnessed the removal of the capital to Washington ; but from 1802, when ...

At the Library of Congress, a team of scientists is working hard to make objects age as fast as possible. That may seem counter to the usual goals of a library, but the purpose is ultimately ...

The ACLU filed a lawsuit against the Library of Congress on behalf of Diane Schroer on June 2, 2005. After retiring from the military, Diane, who had been hand-picked to head up a classified national ...

Thousands of people are spending hours transcribing millions of pages from the Library of Congress. NBC's Gary Grumbach spoke with some of the volunteers who are transcribing and preserving the works ...