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国会图书馆里大约有一亿一千九百万本书、地图、照片、录影带、音乐记录、数位资料，以及其他资料
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替国会买书，1800年4月24日
从国会图书馆成立以来的两百年，其主要任务就是让国会与所有美国人民能够分享馆内的资源。国会图书馆替未来的人民收藏了各类知识与创意的书籍。国会图书馆的藏书数目成长太快，1897年兴建启用的第一栋大楼 (汤玛斯．杰佛逊) ，已经没有足够的空间能够摆放书籍。国会图书馆大约收藏了一亿一千九百万项资料，其中大多数都不是书本。这些资料包括了手稿、印刷稿、照片、地图、音乐、图象与音乐记录，以及许多数位资料等等。除了你在这里看到的东西之外，你还看过这一亿一千九百万项资料里的哪些资料呢？和你的家人一同分享国会图书管理惊人的资源吧！
In the two centuries since its founding, the Library has taken on the mission of making its resources available and useful not only to Congress but also to the American people. The Library of Congress preserves a universal collection of knowledge and creativity for future generations. The Library is so big that it outgrew its first building, the Thomas Jefferson, which opened in 1897. It has expanded to two other buildings, the John Adams and James Madison buildings. The vast holdings of the Library number nearly 119 million items--and most of those items are not books. They are manuscripts, prints, photographs, maps, music, video and sound recordings, and even digital materials. Besides what you see on this page, what else have you seen of those 119 million holdings? Share with your family the amazing resources of your Library of Congress.
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