Law Library of Congress

Law Library of Congress
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LocationWashington, D.C., United States
TypeNational Law Library
Established1832
Reference to legal mandate2 U.S.C. § 132
Branch ofLibrary of Congress
Collection
Size2.9 million
Access and use
Access requirementsPublic access; Closed stacks
CirculationLibrary does not publicly circulate
Population servedMembers of the United States Congress and general public
Other information
Budget$15,797,000
DirectorLaw Librarian of Congress Aslihan Bulut
Employees91
Websitewww.law.gov

The Law Library of Congress is the law library of the United States Congress. The Law Library of Congress holds the single most comprehensive and authoritative collection of domestic, foreign, and international legal materials in the world. Established in 1832, its collections are currently housed in the James Madison Memorial Building of the Library of Congress. Law staff rely on and utilize 2.9 million volumes of primary legal sources, 102.18 million microforms, 99,000 reels of microfilm, 3.18 million pieces of microfiche, and 15,600 tangible electronic resources (CD-ROMs and other disks),[1] making it is the largest law library in the world.[2]

  1. ^ "About the Law Collections | Law Library of Congress". www.loc.gov. Retrieved 2020-11-02.
  2. ^ Tabb, Winston; Cole, John Y. Jr.; Kinney, Angela J.; Underdue, Fern (2003). "Library of Congress". In Drake, Miriam A. (ed.). Encyclopedia of Library and Information Science. Vol. 3 (2nd ed.). CRC Press. pp. 1593–1612. The Law Library of Congress is the world's largest and most comprehensive law library.

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