This evening, I attended the SLA Salutes! reception at the Library of Congress which was a delight. In addition to seeing a Gutenberg Bible printed on vellum, there were several exhibits of note. The display on Thomas Jefferson’s Library was well presented and informative. I knew that Jefferson had given his books to the Library after the “Congressional Library” was destroyed by in the Library of Congress. It actually turns out that he sold it for about $24,000 (which is something like $300,000 in modern terms). The staff at the Library also opened up the main Reading Room and let us browse around. It was an inspiring place to be in.
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