Library of Congress

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When registration was required for protection, the main purpose of the Copyright Office was to maintain records of registration. Now that protection is automatic, they still maintain records of formal registration, but a new role of the Copyright Office is to advise Congress on copyright issues, such as necessary updates and amendments to the law.

The Library of Congress was created in 1800 and is located in Washington, D.C. It holds over 158,000,000 items that relate to the history of the United States including music and books.

It is a subject directory site with links to various categories of information, from art to statistics.

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The Library of Congress Classification system was created in 1897 by Herbert Putnam. He continued to developed the classes used in the LCC until 1939, leaving K and some of B undone.

Lord Baden-Powell did his first experiment in scouting on Brownsea Island in 1907. He founded the Boy Scouts in England in 1908 and William Boyce founded the Boy Scouts of America in 1910 after a visit to England and meetings with Baden-Powell.

There were, however, other scouting organizations dating back to the late 1800's , mostly in the US.

Persia. Along with several other modern day Middle Eastern countries.

1500 billion items are added daily

The conjucutive collection

The 7 main parts of the US Constitution are called Articles, and each deals with a specific portion of the federal government or the Constitution itself:

Article I - The Legislative Branch (Congress)

Article II - The Executive Branch (President and departments)

Article III - The Judicial Branch (US federal courts)

Article IV - The States powers in relation to the federal government

Article V - Amending the Constitution

Article VI - Application of the Constitution (supreme law of the land)

Article VII - Ratification of the Constitution

The builders of the world's largest library in 650 BC were the Assyrians. They also had what was basically the center of the enlightened world at that time.

Yes. The Library of Congress is the largest library in the world.

White, if you use conventional "racial" terms. Brown was of English and Dutch descent and his family claimed descent from Peter Brown, who came to North America on the Mayflower. Brown himself would have preferred to be considered a member of the human race since he was not one to deal in "race" terms.

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Millard Fillmore, 24 DEC 1851

The U.S. Copyright Office is part of (and physically located within) the Library of Congress, and the Librarian of Congress designates the Register of Copyrights.

The United States Library of Congress in Washington D.C. ranks as the largest library in the world. The nation's library holds over 118 million items which require more than 500 miles of shelving.

It kind of depends. Some are allowed to go in, others arent.

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According to the Library of Congress website, there are currently 32 million books in the library. With more than 142 million items (including recordings, photographs, maps) on more than 650 miles of shelving, the library adds about 10,000 to its collection per day.

What started out as a room of just 3,000 books in the Capitol Building has now become the oldest book collection in the nation and the largest library in the world. And thanks to digital technology and a dedicated staff, that collection is not only growing, but it is also becoming more readily available to the world.