In five reading rooms and the Computer Catalog Center, the Library now provides unlimited access to the Internet for all those permitted to do research in the Library. We have been such a world leader in the development of digital library content that it is only appropriate for us to be expanding access to digital resources in our own library. These initial 10 stations in six locations represent the first phase of this effort. The Computer Catalog Center is in the Jefferson Building. These have been added to augment the public access workstation made available in the Madison Building's Newspaper and Current Periodicals Reading Room in 1993.
Researchers now have access to a wide range of Internet functions and media.
There is a powerful advantage for researchers being in both the digital and the artifactual library at the same time. Resource possibilities become limitless, and public service improves exponentially. A new home page from the Library of Congress provides links to state libraries, library agencies and commissions in all 50 states. Now, users have a set of links that quickly connects them to the resources of their home state and those of other states. This new page provides tangible, as well as virtual, links between the Library of Congress and the nation's libraries.