Library of Congress

Library of Congress

Flag of the Library of Congress
Established	April 24, 1800; 224 years ago (1800-04-24)
Location	Washington, D.C., U.S.
Coordinates	38°53′19″N 77°00′17″W / 38.88861°N 77.00472°W / 38.88861; -77.00472
Branches	N/A
Collection
Size	More than 38 million books and other printed materials, 3.6 million recordings, 14 million photographs, 5.5 million maps, 8.1 million pieces of sheet music and 70 million manuscripts, 5,711 incunabula, and 122,810,430 items in the nonclassified (special) collections: more than 167,000,000 total items[1]
Access and use
Circulation	Library does not publicly circulate
Population served	The 535 members of the United States Congress, their staff, and the American citizenry.
Other information
Budget	$684,040,000[2]
Director	Carla Hayden (Librarian of Congress)
Staff	3,105[2]
Website	LoC.gov

The Library of Congress is the de facto national library of the United States and the research arm of the United States Congress.

The head of the Library is the Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden.^[3]

1. ↑ "Fascinating Facts". Library of Congress. Retrieved 2018-04-25.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} "2017 Annual Report of the Librarian of Congress" (PDF). Library of Congress. Retrieved 2018-11-27.
3. ↑ "About the Librarian | Library of Congress". The Library of Congress. Retrieved 2017-04-12.