1. Library of Congress Online Services

2. Mission The Library's mission is to support the Congress in fulfilling its constitutional duties and to further the progress of knowledge and creativity for the benefit of the American people.

3. Library’s Primary Responsibility Make knowledge and creativity available to the U.S. Congress Congressional Research Services takes thousands of requests Secondly, preserve American history and Creativity and universal collection of human knowledge

4. Whose in charge James H. Billington Current Librarian Born 1929 Former History Professor Sworn in 1987 13 th librarian since 1800 Sponsored the “American Memory” Digital Library

5. Available online Free online catalog access (Internet based) Major exhibitions of the library available online Library iPad app that allows access to the Congressional Record.

6. Books on line Due to copyright laws only books printed prior to 1923 are found online in their entirety About 1,200 books on American Memory Books About 500 books on Global Gateway Books

7. Library of Congress Home Page Ask a Librarian Digital Collection Library Catalogs

8. Ask Jeeves? No, a Librarian Online Chat Exists FAQ Additional Resources Specific Categories

9. Ask Who? What? Services Don’t ask E-mail Telephone number Snail Mail Additional help

10. Ask via E-Mail or Chat E-mail Form Chat in Real-time

11. American Memory Digitizing Library information since 1994 Metadata - Early adopters of OAI (Open Archives Initiative) Protocol Maintains one of the biggest non-commercial content on the Internet Online access makes Library more available

12. Digital Collection Learn about digitization Resources More library services/web content Digital Services

13. Digital Collection

16. Online Catalog

17. Catalog – Basic Search

18. Catalog – Guided Search

19. Catalog – Quick Search

20. Catalog Results More Information Select here for Books

21. Catalog – More Information

22. Catalog – Results (Narrowing)

23. Catalog – Brief Record

24. Catalog – Full Record

25. In Summary Library of Congress is meant for the betterment of our Nation Library offers three key online features: –Ask a Librarian –Digital Collection –Online Catalog

26. Reference About Digital Collections (April 6, 2012). Retrieved from: http://www.loc.gov/library/about-digital.html on April 6, 2012 http://www.loc.gov/library/about-digital.html About the Library. (April 6, 2012). Retrieved from: http://www.loc.gov/about/index.html on April 6, 2012 http://www.loc.gov/about/index.html About the Librarian. (April 6, 2012). Retrieved from: http://www.loc.gov/about/librarianoffice/ on April 6, 2012 http://www.loc.gov/about/librarianoffice/ About the Library History. (April 6, 2012). Retrieved from: http://www.loc.gov/about/history.html on April 6, 2012 http://www.loc.gov/about/history.html American Memory Technical Information (April 6, 2012). Retrieved from http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/about/techIn.htmlon April 6, 2012 Ask a librarian Frequently Asked Questions. (April 6, 2012). Retrieved from http://www.loc.gov/rr/askalib/faq.html on April 6, 2012http://www.loc.gov/rr/askalib/faq.html Digital Library Standards April 6, 2012). Retrieved from http://www.loc.gov/library/digitalstandards.html on April 6, 2012 Digital References. (April 6, 2012). Retrieved from http://www.loc.gov/library/digitalreference.html on April 6, 2012 http://www.loc.gov/library/digitalreference.html OAI Forum. (n.d.), tutorial for beginners. Retrieved from http://www.oaforum.org/tutorial/ on April 6, 2012 http://www.oaforum.org/tutorial/