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 »

An investigation by the Government Accountability Office has revealed that the Library of Congress is not on the right track under the leadership of Librarian of Congress James H. Billington,… Read more »

Highly acclaimed Ojibwe writer Louise Erdrich has just been announced as the latest recipient of the Library of Congress Prize for American Fiction, Alexandra Alter reports for the New York… Read more »