Over the years, I’ve made a point of helping students see the ways in which library systems make biased decisions when it comes to organizing information. The Library of Congress classification system ...

The roots and traditions of the Library of Congress of the United States are firmly embedded in eighteenth-century European ideals and practices, but specific to what was to become the United States.

Imagine you wanted to find books or journal articles on a particular subject. Or find manuscripts by a particular author. Or locate serials, music or maps. You would use a library catalog that ...

The call number, the number placed on the spine of the book, is a code that provides valuable information about the book. SLU Libraries use the Library of Congress system to organize materials ...

The 200-year-old instrument, housed in the Library of Congress, has not been played by anyone else until now. The Library’s “Chronicling America” initiative has now expanded to include media from all ...