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Can anyone get a library card at the Library of Congress? How does that all work? |
Travel Info Can anyone get a library card at the Library of Congress? How does that all work? Travel Tips That's funny Others Guests are signed in (after passing through security of course) and given a special badge, they are then able to browse the publicly available documents or ask an attendant (I gues they're techinically librarians) for help or acess to more specific documents. However, I don't think people are really allowed to "check things out" I went to the Library of Congress, and bluffed my way (an unescorted minor) into a reading room. Ya but I hears de librarein bees a reel beech. The Library of Congress is open to the general public for academic research, and runs tours for visitors. Only those who are issued a "Reader Identification Card" may enter the reading rooms and access the collection. The Reader Identification Card is available in the James Madison Memorial Building (between First and Second Streets on Independence Avenue SE), to persons who are at least 18 years of age upon presentation of a government issued picture identification (e.g., driver's license, state ID card or passport). However, only members of Congress, Supreme Court Justices, their staff, Library of Congress staff and certain other government officials can actually check out books. Libraries in the United States may request books and other items through interlibrary loan from the Library of Congress if these items are not readily available elsewhere. Since 1902, the Library of Congress has served as a "library of last resort." http://www.loc.gov/index.html |
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