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{{Organization | |||
|OrganizationName=Library of Congress | |||
|OrganizationType=Independent Agencies | |||
|Mission=To support the Congress in fulfilling its constitutional duties and to further the progress of knowledge and creativity for the benefit of the American people. The Library achieves this by acquiring, preserving, and providing access to a universal collection of knowledge and the record of America's creativity. | |||
|CreationLegislation=Act of April 24, 1800 | |||
|Employees=3149 | |||
|Budget=$749 million (Fiscal Year 2023) | |||
|OrganizationExecutive=Librarian of Congress | |||
|Services=Collection management; Research services; Copyright registration; Educational outreach | |||
|HeadquartersLocation=38.8885, -77.00281 | |||
|HeadquartersAddress=101 Independence Ave SE, Washington, DC 20540, USA | |||
|Website=https://www.loc.gov/ | |||
}} | |||
{{Short description|US Congress research library}} | {{Short description|US Congress research library}} | ||
The '''Library of Congress''' ('''LOC''') is a [[research library]] in [[Washington, D.C.]], serving as the [[library]] and research service for the [[United States Congress]] and the ''de facto'' [[national library]] of the [[United States]].<ref name="Encyclopedia Britannica: Library of Congress" /> It also administers [[Copyright law of the United States|copyright law]] through the [[United States Copyright Office]]. | The '''Library of Congress''' ('''LOC''') is a [[research library]] in [[Washington, D.C.]], serving as the [[library]] and research service for the [[United States Congress]] and the ''de facto'' [[national library]] of the [[United States]].<ref name="Encyclopedia Britannica: Library of Congress" /> It also administers [[Copyright law of the United States|copyright law]] through the [[United States Copyright Office]]. | ||