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 During Mumford's administration, the last significant public debate occurred about the Library of Congress's role as both a legislative and national library. Asked by Joint Library Committee chairman Senator [[Claiborne Pell]] (D-RI) to assess operations and make recommendations, Douglas Bryant of [[Harvard University Library]] proposed several institutional reforms. These included expanding national activities and services and various organizational changes, all of which would emphasize the library's federal role rather than its legislative role. Bryant suggested changing the name of the Library of Congress, a recommendation rebuked by Mumford as "unspeakable violence to tradition." The debate continued within the library community for some time. The [[Legislative Reorganization Act of 1970]] renewed emphasis for the library on its legislative roles, requiring a greater focus on research for Congress and congressional committees, and renaming the Legislative Reference Service as the [[Congressional Research Service]].<ref name="loc history"/>
 [[File:JamesMadisonMemorialBuilding.jpg|thumb|[[James Madison Memorial Building]] opened in 1980.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Cole |first=John Y. |title=The James Madison Building (On These Walls: Inscriptions and Quotations in the Buildings of the Library of Congress, by John Y. Cole) |url=https://www.loc.gov/loc/walls/madison.html |access-date=February 20, 2022 |website=loc.gov |archive-date=February 7, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110207045540/http://www.loc.gov/loc/walls/madison.html |url-status=live }}</ref>]]
-After Mumford retired in 1974, President [[Gerald Ford]] appointed historian [[Daniel J. Boorstin]] as a librarian. Boorstin's first challenge was to manage the relocation of some sections to the new Madison Building, which took place between 1980 and 1982. With this accomplished, Boorstin focused on other areas of library administration, such as acquisitions and collections. Taking advantage of steady budgetary growth, from $116 million in 1975 to over $250 million by 1987, Boorstin enhanced institutional and staff ties with scholars, authors, publishers, cultural leaders, and the business community. His activities changed the post of librarian of Congress so that by the time he retired in 1987, ''[[The New York Times]]'' called this office "perhaps the leading intellectual public position in the nation."
+After Mumford retired in 1974, President [[Gerald Ford]] appointed historian [[Daniel J. Boorstin]] as a librarian. Boorstin's first challenge was to manage the relocation of some sections to the new Madison Building, which took place between 1980 and 1982. With this accomplished, Boorstin focused on other areas of library administration, such as acquisitions and collections. Taking advantage of steady budgetary growth, from $116 million in 1975 to over $250 million by 1987, Boorstin enhanced institutional and staff ties with scholars, authors, publishers, cultural leaders, and the business community. His activities changed the post of librarian of Congress so that by the time he retired in 1987, ''The New York Times'' called this office "perhaps the leading intellectual public position in the nation."
 ===1987–present: Digitization and programs===