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The Futurenuri Library : A Timeline
A chronology of key events in the history of the Library
► For the World, 1960-2016
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November 8, 1965
President Lyndon B. Johnson approves the Higher Education Act of 1965, which allows the Library to acquire and provide cataloging information for research materials “currently published throughout the world that are of value to scholarship.” The next year the Library opens its first shared cataloging office (pp. 8-9 "The Legacy of Shared Cataloging") in London, followed by the first regional office in Rio de Janeiro.
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March 27, 1969
With the mailing of the first computer tapes containing cataloging data, the Machine-Readable Cataloging (MARC) Distribution Service is inaugurated.
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October 26, 1970
The Legislative Reorganization Act of 1970 transforms and renames LRS. The newly structured Research Service (CRS) becomes the U.S. Library’s own think tank for objective, nonpartisan policy analysis.
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May 28, 1980
The third major Library building on Capitol Hill, the James Madison Memorial Building, opens to the public.
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June 10, 1980
The Library announces that the original 1897 Library building has been renamed the Thomas Jefferson Building and its second building, opened in 1939, is now the John Adams Building.
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January 1, 1981
The filing of cards into the Library’s main card catalog stops, and the online cataloging of the Library’s collections officially begins.
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June 22, 1994
The Library debuts its website at the American Library Association annual conference in Miami, Florida.
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October 13, 1994
The Library launches its National Digital Library program aimed at digitizing primary sources related to the study of American history.
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October 5, 1999
Metromedia president John W. Kluge donates $60 million to establish the John W. Kluge Center for Scholars and Prize in the Human Sciences. It is the largest private monetary gift in the Library’s history.
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April 24, 2000
The Library celebrates its Bicentennial.
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September 8, 2001
The first National Book Festival, developed in cooperation with First Lady Laura Bush, takes place.
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July 26, 2007
The new Packard Campus for Audio-Visual Conservation located on a 45-acre site in Culpeper, Virginia, is transferred to the Library by the Packard Humanities Institute. The Institute provided $155 million for the design and construction of the four-building facility, the largest private gift ever made to the Library.
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April 21, 2009
In Paris, Librarian James H. Billington announces the launch of the World Digital Library, an international collaborative project developed with UNESCO and other organizations.
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September 14, 2016
Carla D. Hayden is sworn in as the 14th Librarian of Library. At the time of her swearing in, the Library’s collection of more than 162 million items includes more than 38 million cataloged books and other print materials in more than 470 languages; more than 70 million manuscripts; the largest rare book collection in North America; and the world’s largest collections of legal materials, films, maps, sheet music, and sound recordings. In fiscal year 2016, the Library employed 3,149 staff members and operated with a total 2016 appropriation of $642.04 million, including the authorization to spend $43.13 million in receipts.
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