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This is an international project. Feel free to add translated "overview" pages & project titles. Project collaborators, please go ahead editing or adding to the project overview.Please add Geni profiles of book keepers, archivists, professional librarians, etc to this project (profiles must be set to public).From A Brief History of Librarians ===The Earliest Libraries===Libraries in the Western...
From "Jefferson's Legacy: A brief history of the Library of Congress" The office of Librarian of Congress, like the Library of Congress itself, has been shaped by tradition, politics, and strong personalities. Although the Library of Congress was established in 1800, the office of Librarian was not created until 1802. This 1802 law stipulated that the Librarian of Congress was to be appointed b...