Catalog data are a library’s most important map to knowledge. What does it mean that the Library of Congress just released 25 million records to the public?

Unfortunately, because of inconsistencies in the Library of Congress classification model, locating graphic novels in an academic library collection can be challenging.

The library sought to arrange its collections on that model into the 19th century. As the number of books and libraries grew, a more systematic approach was needed.

Now the Librarian of Congress has delivered another nail in the anti-TTS coffin, ruling that digital rights management, or DRM, should be relaxed for "literary works distributed in e-book format ...