Roughly half of the library’s book and pamphlet collections are in languages other than English. It serves as a global repository, preserving rare texts from every corner of the earth. The Gutenberg Bible:
offered his personal library—the finest in the country at the time—as a replacement. Jefferson’s philosophy that "there is no subject to which a Member of Congress may not have occasion to refer" fundamentally changed the library's scope. It moved from being a strictly legal library to a universal one, collecting works in all languages and on all subjects. 2. Scale and Collections Today, the Library of Congress houses more than 175 million items
Roughly half of the library’s book and pamphlet collections are in languages other than English. It serves as a global repository, preserving rare texts from every corner of the earth. The Gutenberg Bible:
offered his personal library—the finest in the country at the time—as a replacement. Jefferson’s philosophy that "there is no subject to which a Member of Congress may not have occasion to refer" fundamentally changed the library's scope. It moved from being a strictly legal library to a universal one, collecting works in all languages and on all subjects. 2. Scale and Collections Today, the Library of Congress houses more than 175 million items akbr mktbt fy alalm