Library of Congress.
JoAnn C. Jenkins has been appointed chief operating officer of the Library of Congress Library of Congress, national library of the United States, Washington, D.C., est. 1800. Thomas Jefferson while Vice President was a prime mover in the creation of the library, and he supported it strongly during his presidency. In 1814, when much of the collection was destroyed by fire, Jefferson offered his own fine library to the Congress. This formed the basis of the collection until 1851, when fire destroyed some 35,000 volumes., the nation's oldest federal cultural institution. She will oversee the day-to-day operation of the largest library in the world. The Librarian of Congress James H. Billington described her as an "extraordinary leader with highly honed political skills and exceptional judgment."
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