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A wide shot of the Library's Main Reading Room, with its raised central desk surrounded by circular rows of desk, each illuminated by a desk lamp.

“A Marvel of Ingenuity” — The Library’s Main Reading Room

Posted by: Neely Tucker

Since 1897 the Library's Main Reading Room has been the dazzling center of the Library's collections. Its circular design was inpsired by the British Museum Library, its art based on the classics of Western civiilization and its mission settled on fulfilling the American ideal of knowledge and education. Today, although much of the Library's collections have spread to other reading rooms and are available online, it is still a vibrant research center and the go-to tourist attraction for visitors.

Posted in: Architecture, Congressional Research Service, LCM, Library Work and Employees, Thomas Jefferson Building

Half portrait of Bill Moyers, smiling, turned slightly to the camera, smiling. He's wearing a dark suit, a blue shirt and a red tie.

Bill Moyers: A Lifetime Preserved at the Library of Congress

Posted by: Neely Tucker

Bill Moyers, who died yesterday at the age of 91, was at the Library’s Coolidge Auditorium one night in the fall of 2023 to mark the preservation of more than 1,000 of his public television programs in The American Archive of Public Broadcasting. a collaboration between the Library and GBH, the public media production company in Boston. It was a crowning night to one of the most influential careers in American media.

Posted in: Collections, Congressional Research Service, Events, Library Work and Employees, News, Television, Video, Writers