The Library of Congress is the world’s largest library, offering access to the creative record of the United States — and extensive materials from around the world — both on-site and online. It is the main research arm of the U.S. Congress and the home of the U.S. Copyright Office. Explore collections, reference services and other programs and plan a visit at loc.gov; access the official site for U.S. federal legislative information at congress.gov; and register creative works of authorship at copyright.gov. Copyright promotes creativity, and the U.S. Copyright Office offers many resources to learn about your rights and how to responsibly use the copyright-protected materials of others.

The Packard Campus of the National Audio-Visual Conservation Center is a state-of-the-art facility where the Library of Congress acquires, preserves and provides access to the world’s largest and most comprehensive collection of films, television programs, radio broadcasts, and sound recordings. The Campus has globally unprecedented capabilities and capacities for the preservation of all audiovisual media formats including obsolete formats dating back more than 125 years. In addition to preserving the collections of the Library, the Packard Campus was also designed to provide similar preservation services for other archives and libraries in both the public and private sector. The Packard Campus was constructed through a unique partnership between the Packard Humanities Institute and the Library of Congress. The Packard Institute’s gift to the nation of the finished campus is the largest private-sector donation ever made to the Library of Congress.