Librarian of Congress James H. Billington to retire after three decades (and calls for him to step down)
Claire Kelley
The Library of Congress announced in a press release yesterday that James H. Billington, the 13th Librarian of Congress, will retire at the beginning of 2016. Billington, a scholar and… Read more »
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