CNN

From ‘The Big Chill’ to ‘Inception,’ here are the 25 films added to the National Film Registry this year

While President Donald Trump is pushing Americans to see his wife’s documentary “Melania” which premieres this week, the Library of Congress is reminding us that the country’s cinematic history is ...
Las Vegas Sun

Dewey Decimal System still most common, but some libraries using updated classification

Editor’s note: “Behind the News” is the product of Sun staff assisted by the Sun’s AI lab, which includes a variety of tools such as Anthropic’s Claude, Perplexity AI, Google Gemini and ChatGPT. Dewey ...
Washington Technology

Library of Congress opens the bidding for $150M IT contract

The Library of Congress is now ready for industry to start working on and turning in their proposals for a potential five-year, $150 million multiple-award contract covering operations and maintenance ...
Wall Street Journal

‘The Library of Congress’ Review: Corridors of Knowledge

When the president unexpectedly fired the librarian of Congress, a prominent legislator denounced the “open despotism which now rules at Washington.” The year was 1829, and as Andrew Jackson installed ...
IPWatchdog

Perlmutter Tells SCOTUS Trump is Making ‘An Inexcusable Mess’ of Library of Congress Governance

“The question here is not whether the Register of Copyrights or the Librarian of Congress has any functions that can be characterized as ‘executive’ for ...
Roll Call

GAO, Library of Congress avoid cuts in Legislative Branch bill

Senate appropriators Sunday unveiled a roughly $7.3 billion draft fiscal 2026 Legislative Branch appropriations bill, part of a three-bill package that could be paired with a stopgap spending measure ...
BroadwayWorld

Inside the Library of Congress: Uncovering Stephen Sondheim’s Unfinished Songs

Earlier this year, it was announced that the Library of Congress had acquired the Stephen Sondheim collection. The legendary composer and lyricist passed away in 2021 at the age of 91 after a long and ...
Los Angeles Times

Arthur Sze is appointed U.S. poet laureate as the Library of Congress faces challenges

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Sze is the author of 12 poetry collections and recipient of a lifetime achievement award from the Library of ...
Sports Illustrated

“Over the Rainbow” Finds a Home at the Library of Congress

The only original “Over the Rainbow” lyric sketch, now at the Library of Congress, reflects a wider wave of American museums expanding their collections in 2024–2025. The Library of Congress has ...
NPR

Library of Congress acquires only known lyrics sketch of 'Over the Rainbow'

The Library of Congress has acquired rare artifacts related to the beloved 1939 film The Wizard of Oz. The treasures include 35 musical manuscripts from composer Harold Arlen and lyricist E. Y. "Yip" ...
Los Angeles Times

Column: Reflections as a Library of Congress teen intern

Housing 162 million books, periodicals, manuscripts, maps, music, recordings, and images distributed across 838 miles of shelving, the Library of Congress is a treasure trove of knowledge akin to a ...
TechCrunch

Library of Congress explains how parts of US Constitution vanished from its website

The Library of Congress has given a fuller explanation as to why large sections of the U.S. Constitution suddenly vanished from its official website. As TechCrunch previously reported, parts of ...