, The Washington Post ; It’s called the Library of Congress. But Trump claims it’s his.
[Kip Currier: The Library of Congress (LC) is not a traditional "lending library" and access to its materials is largely limited to research purposes.
The books and materials in LC's collections are not borrowable by children.
Repeat: Not Borrowable by Children.
Karoline Leavitt fundamentally misrepresents what LC does and would be well-advised to do some basic homework on the nation's de facto national library.]
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"White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt had decried the prior library leadership, referring to books that were not appropriate for children, even though the library does not lend books to children. Individuals cannot borrow directly from the Library of Congress, though the research library does lend its books to other libraries.
“There were quite concerning things that she had done at the Library of Congress in the pursuit of DEI and putting inappropriate books in the library for children,” she said in a press briefing, referring to former librarian Carla Hayden and diversity, equity and inclusion programs...
Controlling the Library would give the administration the ability to shape and inspect millions of records, everything from copyright documents to confidential research requests from lawmakers, said three library employees, all of whom spoke on the condition of anonymity for fear of retaliation.
The list of the library’s domains is long and impressive.
The library runs the Congress.gov website, which aggregates all data and records from the legislative branch. It also maintains the copyrights database and registration portals, which include any idea ever submitted for copyright protection, and houses the Congressional Office for International Leadership, which conducts civic leadership training for politicians in former communist countries, including Ukraine. The library’s Adams Building is home to the Office of Congressional Workplace Rights, which handles and stores sexual harassment complaints, among other things."
