Library of Congress

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cultural institution national library parliamentary library research library

The Library of Congress is the national library of the United States and one of the world’s largest and most comprehensive research libraries, serving as the research arm of the U.S. Congress.

Aliases (27)

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	cultural institution → national library → parliamentary library → research library →
abbreviation	LOC →
collectionSize	one of the largest library collections in the world →
country	United States of America →
employerOf	archivists → librarians → researchers →
founded	1800 →
foundedBy	United States Congress →
governedBy	Librarian of Congress →
hasBuilding	James Madison Memorial Building → John Adams Building → Thomas Jefferson Building →
hasCollectionType	books → digital materials → manuscripts → maps → newspapers → periodicals → photographs → prints → recordings →
hasDivision	Congressional Research Service → Law Library of Congress → National Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled →
hasFunction	copyright registration and recordation → preservation of knowledge → public access to collections → research support for Congress →
hasIdentifierSystem	Library of Congress Classification → Library of Congress Control Number → Name Authority File →
hasMotto	“Library of Congress: The Library of Congress is the nation’s oldest federal cultural institution” →
hasOfficialWebsite	https://www.loc.gov/ →
hasOnlineService	American Memory → Chronicling America → Congress.gov → Library of Congress Online Catalog →
headquarters	Thomas Jefferson Building →
isNationalLibraryOf	United States of America →
legalName	Library of Congress →
locatedIn	Capitol Hill → Washington, D.C. →
oversees	United States Copyright Office →
ownedBy	United States federal government →
partOf	legislative branch of the United States federal government →
servesAs	research arm of the United States Congress →

Referenced by (218)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Adams Building → Chief Financial Officer of the U.S. Copyright Office → Chief Information Officer of the U.S. Copyright Office → Congressional Research Service → Great Hall (Library of Congress) → James Madison Memorial Building → James Madison Memorial Building → John Adams Building → John Adams Building ("Library of Congress Capitol Hill campus") → Law Library of Congress reading room → Librarian of Congress → Librarian’s Conference Room ("Library of Congress facilities") → Librarian’s Dining Room ("Library of Congress facilities") → Librarian’s Kitchen ("Library of Congress campus") → Librarian’s Suite → Library of Congress Acquisitions and Bibliographic Access Directorate → Library of Congress Policy and Standards Division → Library of Congress technology organizations → Madison Building → Main Reading Room rotunda → Members of Congress Reading Room → NLS → National Film Preservation Board → National Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled → National Recording Preservation Board → Newspaper and Current Periodical Reading Room → Office of Registration Policy and Practice → Office of the Chief Financial Officer (U.S. Copyright Office) → Office of the General Counsel (U.S. Copyright Office) → Performing Arts Reading Room → Register of Copyrights → Thomas Jefferson Building → United States Copyright Office →	partOf
Chronicling America → Class E – History of the Americas → Congress.gov → James Madison Memorial → LC-PCC Policy Statements → Library of Congress Control Number → Library of Congress Demographic Group Terms → Library of Congress Genre/Form Terms → Library of Congress Medium of Performance Thesaurus → Library of Congress Medium of Performance Thesaurus ("Library of Congress Music Division") → Library of Congress Online Catalog → Library of Congress Subject Headings → Library of Congress authority record → United States National Recording Registry ("Library of Congress National Audio-Visual Conservation Center") →	maintainedBy
Adams Building → Congress.gov → Foreign Affairs, Defense, and Trade Division → Government and Finance Division → Knowledge Services Group → Librarian’s Kitchen ("Library of Congress (assumed or contracted food service)") → Library of Congress Online Catalog ("Library of Congress Information Technology Services") → NLS → National Film Preservation Board → National Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled → National Recording Preservation Board → Performing Arts Reading Room ("Library of Congress Music Division") →	operatedBy
American Memory → James Madison Memorial Building → John Adams Building → Law Library of Congress reading room → Library of Congress Control Number → Library of Congress Linked Data Service → Madison Building → National Film Registry → Thomas Jefferson Building → United States National Recording Registry →	operator
Congressional Research Service → Domestic Social Policy Division → General Counsel of the U.S. Copyright Office → NLS → National Film Preservation Board → National Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled → National Recording Preservation Board → Office of Policy and International Affairs → Office of Public Information and Education → United States Copyright Office →	parentOrganization
Copyright Royalty and Distribution Reform Act → Gershwin Prize for Popular Song ("Library of Congress Music Division") → Library of Congress Control Number ("Library of Congress Cataloging Directorate") → Library of Congress Prize for American Fiction ("Library of Congress Center for the Book") → National Film Registry → National Recording Preservation Act of 2000 → United States National Recording Registry →	administeredBy
Foreign Affairs, Defense, and Trade Division → Librarian’s Conference Room → Librarian’s Dining Room → Librarian’s Kitchen → Librarian’s Lobby → Librarian’s Service Staircase → Office of Management and Operations →	locatedIn
Class N – Fine Arts → Class S – Agriculture → Class V – Naval Science → LCC → Library of Congress Control Number → class F – Local History of the United States and British, Dutch, French, and Latin America → class G – Geography, Anthropology, Recreation →	usedBy
BARD Mobile app → BIBFRAME → LC-PCC Policy Statements → Library of Congress Classification → Library of Congress Subject Headings → MARC standards →	developedBy
James Madison Memorial Building → John Adams Building → Librarian’s Dining Room → Madison Building → Thomas Jefferson Building →	owner
Einstein–Szilard letter → Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves → Szilard petition → The Green Goddess (1923 film) →	archivedAt
Library of Congress catalogers ("Library of Congress Law Library") → Library of Congress catalogers ("Library of Congress Music Division") → Library of Congress catalogers ("Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division") → Library of Congress catalogers ("Library of Congress Geography and Map Division") →	employedInDepartment
Archibald MacLeish → Chief Information Officer of the U.S. Copyright Office → Librarian of Congress → Shira Perlmutter →	employer
John H. White → John Vachon → Lee Russell → Russell Lee →	hasCollectionIn
American Colonization Society → Federal Writers’ Project → Heritage Documentation Programs →	archivesAt
Capitol Hill → Madison Building ("Law Library of Congress reading room") → Southeast Washington, D.C. →	contains
American Memory → Congress.gov → Library of Congress Linked Data Service →	publisher
Gershwin Prize for Popular Song → Library of Congress Prize for American Fiction → National Film Registry →	sponsor
Library of Congress Prize for American Fiction ("U.S. Library of Congress") → Program for Cooperative Cataloging →	associatedWith
John Adams Building ("Library of Congress buildings") → Madison Building ("Library of Congress buildings") →	category
Government Printing Office → National Film Preservation Foundation →	collaboratesWith
LC-PCC Policy Statements → Library of Congress Classification ("Library of Congress collections") →	developedFor
Librarian’s Dining Room → METS →	governingBody
Library of Congress Acquisitions and Bibliographic Access Directorate ("Library Services (Library of Congress)") → Performing Arts Reading Room →	hasParentOrganization
James Montgomery Flagg → Walker Evans →	hasWorkInCollection
East Front → United States Capitol →	near
Capitol South station → One First Street NE, Washington, D.C. →	nearbyLandmark
Adams Building → James Madison Memorial →	ownedBy
Gershwin Prize for Popular Song → Library of Congress Prize for American Fiction →	presentedBy
Georgia on My Mind → The Lost Weekend →	registryMaintainedBy
Library of Congress Online Catalog ("Library of Congress Linked Data Service") → National Film Preservation Act of 1988 →	relatedTo
United States Capitol grounds →	adjacentTo
Extensions of Remarks section →	archivedIn
Historic American Buildings Survey →	archiveLocation
National Film Registry ("Library of Congress Packard Campus for Audio-Visual Conservation") →	archiveResponsibility
BARD Mobile app →	associatedInstitution
Koussevitzky Music Foundation →	associatedWithInstitution
Library of Congress Genre/Form Terms ("Library of Congress website") →	availableFrom
Thomas Jefferson Building →	builtFor
I Want YOU for U.S. Army poster ("Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division") →	collection
Farm Security Administration photographers →	collectionHeldBy
Historic American Engineering Record ("Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division") →	collectionRepository
Historic American Engineering Record →	coSponsor
Philip Freneau →	describedBySource
LCC →	developer
United States Statutes at Large →	digitalAccessProvider
Library of Congress catalogers →	employedBy
Office of War Information →	followedBy
Historic American Buildings Survey →	foundedBy
DeWitt, Poor & Shelton →	hasClient
John Ferrell ("Library of Congress (implied FSA-OWI collection)") →	hasCollectionAt
Harper's Weekly →	hasDigitalArchive
Library of Congress ("Law Library of Congress") →	hasDivision
Washington, D.C. →	hasLandmark
United States Congress →	hasLibrary
Library of Congress ("Chronicling America") →	hasOnlineService
Gutenberg Bible copies →	haveNotableCopyLocation
Librarian of Congress →	headOf
Chronicling America ("Library of Congress website") →	hostedBy
American Memory ("Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.") →	hostInstitution
Washington, D.C. →	hostsInstitution
King Kong (1933 film) ("National Film Registry") →	includedInList
Register of Copyrights ("United States Library of Congress system") →	isOfficeIn
Main Reading Room rotunda →	isOperatedBy
Librarian of Congress →	jurisdiction
Library of Congress →	legalName
Congressional Research Service ("Library of Congress buildings") →	locatedInBuilding
United States Copyright Office ("Library of Congress buildings") →	locatedInComplex
Gettysburg Address →	locationOfBlissCopy
Supreme Court Building →	nearbyBuilding
Knowledge Services Group ("Library of Congress campus") →	operatesWithin
Gershwin Prize for Popular Song →	organizer
Librarian’s Lobby →	ownership
Independence Avenue →	passesBy
Citizen Kane →	preservedBy
High Noon →	preservingInstitution
LOC →	refersTo
His Girl Friday →	registrySelectionBy
Thomas Jefferson Building ("Library of Congress collection in the U.S. Capitol") →	replaced
Historic American Landscapes Survey →	repository
Register of Copyrights ("Library of Congress buildings") →	seat
Stagecoach →	selectedForBy
Register of Copyrights →	subordinateTo
Burning of Washington →	target