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    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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    announced as the sixth honoree of the Gershwin Prize, named by the Librarian of Congress under advisement of Library of Congress subject matter experts and...
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    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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    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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    among the finest summations of American cinema's wondrous first century." —Dr. James H. Billington, Librarian of Congress. Wikimedia Commons has media...
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  • Copyright Act of 1802. It was lengthy: "Entered according to act of Congress, in the year         , by A. B., in the office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington...
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  • J. Beckley – first Librarian of Congress; politician Pura Belpré – librarian and author Sanford Berman Bob Berring – law librarian John Carlo Bertot –...
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