The International Role of the Library of Congress: A Brief History

Reference Type Journal Article
Year of Publication
1990
Author
Author: John Y. Cole
Journal
Library of Congress Information Bulletin
Volume
49
Issue
January
Pagination
15-18; 45
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Adapted from a paper presented at the meeting of the IFLA Round Table on Library History, Paris, August 23, 1989. The full text was published in the journal Alexandria, volume 1, no.3, 1989 Argues that in the twentieth century the Library of Congress had taken on a global leadership role through developments such as the LC classification system and the MARC format.