Microform Reading Room (Humanities and Social Sciences Division, Library of Congress)

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Reading Room Policies and Services Reader registration, research orientation, reproduction of library materials and interlibrary loan The Collections About the microform collections Searching for Microforms Locating microform titles in the Library of Congress Online Catalog Bibliographies and Guides General and subject guides to the Library's microform collections A Guide to the Microform Collections in the Humanities and Social Sciences Division of the Library of Congress Free Wireless Access available in the Microform and Machine Readable Collections Reading Room	Developing microfilm. Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., June 1942.	Location: 101 Independence Ave. SE Thomas Jefferson Building, LJ 139B Washington, D.C. 20540-4660 Contact Information Map showing location Hours: Monday, Wednesday, Thursday: 8:30am - 9:30pm Tuesday, Friday, Saturday: 8:30am - 5:00pm Closed Sunday & Federal Holidays Ask a Librarian Want to ask the reference staff a question about the microform collections?
The Library of Congress has actively acquired microforms since the early 1940s. A separate reading room was established in 1953 for the custody and service of the Library's general microform collection. In 1972, it was named the Microform Reading Room to indicate the variety of microformats in the collection that now numbers some six million pieces in hundreds of distinct collections.

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August 9, 2011