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Illustrates swearing in of new Register of Copyrights remotely

The Copyright Office: Marking One Year of Pandemic Operations

Posted by: Anandashankar Mazumdar

The following is a guest blog post by Shira Perlmutter, Register of Copyrights and Director, U.S. Copyright Office. On Friday, March 13, 2020, the Library of Congress closed its buildings to the public and initiated pandemic operations. At the end of October, I was sworn in virtually by the Librarian of Congress, Dr. Carla Hayden. …