U.S. Library of Congress

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
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gptkb:library
gptkbp:abbreviation gptkb:LoC
LOC
gptkbp:annualVisitors over 1.7 million
gptkbp:awards gptkb:Gershwin_Prize
gptkb:Living_Legend_Award
gptkbp:budget over $700 million (2023)
gptkbp:collectionSize over 170 million items
gptkbp:coordinates 38.8887°N 77.0047°W
gptkbp:copyrightOffice gptkb:U.S._Copyright_Office
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:digitalInitiative gptkb:Chronicling_America
gptkb:Congress.gov
gptkb:American_Memory
gptkb:National_Jukebox
gptkbp:director gptkb:Carla_Hayden
gptkbp:founded 1800
gptkbp:founder gptkb:United_States_Congress
gptkbp:hasReadingRoom gptkb:Law_Library_Reading_Room
gptkb:Local_History_and_Genealogy_Reading_Room
gptkb:Main_Reading_Room
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label U.S. Library of Congress
gptkbp:legalDeposit yes
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gptkbp:location gptkb:Washington,_D.C.
gptkbp:mainBuilding gptkb:James_Madison_Memorial_Building
gptkb:John_Adams_Building
gptkb:Thomas_Jefferson_Building
gptkbp:motto “For the Increase and Diffusion of Knowledge Among Men”
gptkbp:musicDivision gptkb:Music_Division
gptkbp:notableCollection gptkb:Abraham_Lincoln_papers
gptkb:Gutenberg_Bible
gptkb:Rosa_Parks_papers
gptkb:Stradivarius_violins
gptkb:Sigmund_Freud_papers
Civil War photographs
audio recordings
books
draft of the Declaration of Independence
films
manuscripts
maps
newspapers
photographs
prints
digital materials
Maps of the Americas
Japanese rare books
Walt Whitman papers
gptkbp:numberOfEmployees over 3,000
gptkbp:parentOrganization gptkb:United_States_Congress
gptkbp:preserves gptkb:National_Audio-Visual_Conservation_Center
gptkbp:serves gptkb:United_States_Congress
public
gptkbp:type gptkb:library
research
gptkbp:website https://www.loc.gov/
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