The librarian of Congress is the head of the Library of Congress, appointed by the president of the United States with the advice and consent of the United...
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overseen by the Librarian of Congress, and its buildings are maintained by the Architect of the Capitol. The Library of Congress is one of the largest libraries...
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programming, or instruction on information literacy to users. The role of the librarian has changed much over time, with the past century in particular bringing...
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John Silva Meehan (category Librarians of Congress)
fourth Librarian of Congress from 1829 to 1861. Born in New York City, Meehan served as a printer in his youth. After this, he saw a brief period of service...
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United States Poet Laureate (redirect from Poet laureate consultant in poetry to the library of congress)
the Library of Congress, the present title was devised and authorized by an Act of Congress in 1985. Appointed by the Librarian of Congress, the poet laureate's...
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John Gould Stephenson (category Librarians of Congress)
November 11, 1883) was an American physician and soldier who served as Librarian of Congress from 1861 to 1864. Born in Lancaster, New Hampshire, to a prominent...
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Ainsworth Rand Spofford (category Librarians of Congress)
and the sixth Librarian of Congress. He served as librarian from 1864 to 1897 under the administration of ten presidents. A great admirer of Benjamin Franklin...
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David S. Mao (category Librarians of Congress)
Mao is an American law librarian. Mao served as acting Librarian of Congress from September 30, 2015, until the confirmation of Carla Hayden in 2016. David...
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Carla Hayden (category Librarians at the Library of Congress)
is an American librarian who is serving as the 14th librarian of Congress. Since the creation of the office of the librarian of Congress in 1802, Hayden...
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Archibald MacLeish (category Librarians of Congress)
ninth Librarian of Congress, a post he accepted at the urging of President Franklin D. Roosevelt. From 1949 to 1962, he was Boylston Professor of Rhetoric...
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