Library of Congress

The Library of Congress is the unofficial national library of the United States. With over 128 million items, it is the second largest library in the history of the world, surpassed only by the British Library, which contains over 150 million items. With over 530 miles of shelves, the Library of Congress certainly is the longest library in the world. Its collections include more than 28 million cataloged books and other print materials in 470 languages; more than 50 million manuscripts; the largest rare book collection in North America, including a Gutenberg Bible; and the world's largest collection of legal materials, films, maps, sheet music and sound recordings.

See also

• Library of Congress Country Studies
• Congressional Research Service
• Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress
• Library of Congress Living Legend
• Library of Congress Classification
• United States Copyright Office