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Henriette Regina Davidson was born in Manhattan on October 7, 1919, [2] to a father who was a watch material distributor and a mother who was a Philadelphia Ledger reporter. . Although she never intended to become a librarian, Henriette did spend many Saturdays of her childhood reading in neighborhood stores, which, at that time, housed mini-public librari
It is a national-level program based at the Library of Congress that seeks to promote free access to the documentary heritage of the United States. It does this by providing cataloging for archives and historical societies around the country that do not have access to national online databases. [1]
The National Union Catalog (NUC) is a printed catalog of books catalogued by the Library of Congress and other American and Canadian libraries, issued beginning in the 1950s. The National Union Catalog is divided into two series: the Pre-1956 Imprints is a 754-volume set containing all older records in a consolidated alphabetical format, while ...
The Nation's Library: The Library of Congress, Washington, D. C. (Library of Congress, 2000) Cole, John Young. Jefferson's legacy: a brief history of the Library of Congress (Library of Congress, 1993) Cole, John Young. "The library of congress becomes a world library, 1815–2005." Libraries & culture (2005) 40#3: 385–398. in Project MUSE
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[1] [2] It has also been called the Library of Congress Catalog Card Number, among other names. The Library of Congress prepared cards of bibliographic information for their library catalog and would sell duplicate sets of the cards to other libraries for use in their catalogs. This is known as centralized cataloging.
The Library of Congress Country Studies is a valuable resource for researchers interested in learning about various countries around the world. Here are the key points: Published by: Federal Research Division of the Library of Congress; Content: Descriptions and analyses of a country's history, society, economy, politics, and national security.
Some Wikipedians have formed a project to better and systematically use information in articles related from the public domain Library of Congress Country Studies. This project is designed to take text and information from the 101 Library of Congress Country Studies and the associated 48 country profiles (some of which are pending). The text ...