The Librarians of Congress /

For over 200 years the Library of Congress has served as our national library. Since its establishment in 1800, thirteen librarians have served as the institution's head librarian. Sadly, little is known about most of them. The Librarians of Congress is the first book to contain the biographies...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Nappo, Christian A., 1976- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lanham : Rowman and Littlefield, [2016]
Temas:
Library of Congress > Biography.
Library of Congress > History.
Library of Congress
National librarians > United States > Biography.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > General.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Library & Information Science > General.
National librarians
United States
Biographies
History
Biographies.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:For over 200 years the Library of Congress has served as our national library. Since its establishment in 1800, thirteen librarians have served as the institution's head librarian. Sadly, little is known about most of them. The Librarians of Congress is the first book to contain the biographies of all these librarians. Beginning with a brief history of the Library of Congress, the book then contains short biographies of each of the thirteen Librarians of Congress, beginning with John J. Beckley and ending with James H. Billington.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xx, 140 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781442262614
1442262613

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