Library of Congress

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Library_of_Congress

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Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:government_agency gptkb:library
gptkbp:affiliatedWith	gptkb:American_Folklife_Center gptkb:Congressional_Research_Service gptkb:Copyright_Office gptkb:Law_Library_of_Congress gptkb:National_Library_Service_for_the_Blind_and_Print_Disabled
gptkbp:annualVisitors	over 1.7 million
gptkbp:architecturalStyle	gptkb:Beaux-Arts
gptkbp:authority	gptkb:Library_of_Congress_Control_Number Library of Congress Classification
gptkbp:awards	gptkb:Gershwin_Prize gptkb:Living_Legend_Award gptkb:National_Film_Registry gptkb:National_Recording_Registry
gptkbp:budget	over $700 million (2023)
gptkbp:catalogue	Library of Congress Classification
gptkbp:collectionSize	over 170 million items
gptkbp:coordinates	38.8887°N 77.0047°W
gptkbp:country	gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:digitalInitiative	gptkb:American_Folklife_Center_online_collections gptkb:Chronicling_America gptkb:Congress.gov gptkb:National_Digital_Library_Program gptkb:World_Digital_Library loc.gov/exhibits
gptkbp:director	gptkb:Carla_Hayden
gptkbp:established	1800
gptkbp:event	gptkb:Concerts_from_the_Library_of_Congress gptkb:LOC_Summer_Movies_on_the_Lawn gptkb:National_Book_Festival gptkb:Veterans_History_Project Poet Laureate Inauguration
gptkbp:founder	gptkb:United_States_Congress
gptkbp:hasBlog	gptkb:Copyright:_Creativity_at_Work gptkb:Folklife_Today gptkb:In_Custodia_Legis gptkb:Inside_Adams gptkb:Library_of_Congress_Blog gptkb:National_Book_Festival_Blog gptkb:Picture_This gptkb:Teaching_with_the_Library_of_Congress gptkb:The_Signal
gptkbp:hasFlickr	gptkb:Library_of_Congress
gptkbp:hasPodcast	gptkb:America_Works gptkb:From_the_Catbird_Seat gptkb:La_Biblioteca_Podcast
gptkbp:hasReadingRoom	yes
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Library of Congress
gptkbp:instagram	@librarycongress
gptkbp:legalDeposit	yes
gptkbp:legislature	gptkb:Library_of_Congress_Organic_Act
gptkbp:location	gptkb:Washington,_D.C.
gptkbp:mainBuilding	gptkb:James_Madison_Memorial_Building gptkb:John_Adams_Building gptkb:Thomas_Jefferson_Building
gptkbp:mobileAppAvailable	gptkb:LOC_Collections_app
gptkbp:motto	“A Library for the Nation”
gptkbp:notableCollection	gptkb:Abraham_Lincoln_papers gptkb:American_Memory_project gptkb:Chronicling_America_newspaper_archive gptkb:Gutenberg_Bible gptkb:Rosa_Parks_papers gptkb:Stradivarius_violins gptkb:Walt_Whitman_notebooks gptkb:music Civil War photographs audio recordings books draft of the Declaration of Independence films legal documents manuscripts maps newspapers photographs sound recordings yes
gptkbp:numberOfEmployees	over 3,000
gptkbp:openToPublic	yes
gptkbp:parentOrganization	gptkb:United_States_Congress
gptkbp:poetLaureateConsultantInPoetry	Ada Limón (2022–present)
gptkbp:previousLibrarianOfCongress	gptkb:Ainsworth_Rand_Spofford gptkb:Archibald_MacLeish gptkb:Daniel_J._Boorstin gptkb:Herbert_Putnam gptkb:James_H._Billington gptkb:John_G._Stephenson gptkb:John_Y._Cole gptkb:Lawrence_Quincy_Mumford gptkb:Luther_Evans
gptkbp:publicTransit	gptkb:Capitol_South_Metro_Station
gptkbp:serves	gptkb:United_States_Congress gptkb:researchers libraries public
gptkbp:socialMedia	gptkb:Library_of_Congress
gptkbp:twitter	@librarycongress
gptkbp:website	https://www.loc.gov/
gptkbp:YouTubeChannel	gptkb:LibraryOfCongress
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:U.S._federal_government gptkb:United_States gptkb:Washington,_D.C.
gptkbp:bfsLayer	3