US Library of Congress publicly released 25 million records from digital catalog free of charge, making information more accessible to everyone

Briefing

June 12, 2017

Briefing	Massive Records of Digital Catalog – U.S. Library of Congress released wide range of bibiliographic records to public, covering books, serials, manuscripts, maps, music, computer files, and visual materials Free Online Service – Available to public for free through data.gov, open-government website hosted by U.S. General Services Administration More Accessible Information – Allows content to be shared and used freely by social scientists, data analysts, developers, statisticians, and others working on innovative projects, promoting learning and new insights
Accelerator	Content Creation, Sharing and Consumption
Sector	Government (excluding military)
Organization	U.S. Library of Congress
Source	Nield, D., "The US Library of Congress just put 25 million records online, free of charge", Science Alert, http://www.sciencealert.com/; "Library offers largest release of digital catalog records in history," U.S. Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/; AcceleratingBiz analysis
Original Publication Date	May 27, 2017

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