With a Reader card you can now access the archive in the Manuscript Reading Room (LM 101). The card is valid for two years, grants you access to the library’s reading rooms, and makes an excellent keepsake from your travels in Washington, D.C. Staff direct you to a computer area where you enter your contact information and then proceed to another area where details are finalized, your photo is taken, and you are issued an official Library of Congress Reader card. The Reader Registration & Researcher Guidance Room (LM140) is well organized. The largest library building in the world, the archive is contained somewhere within its 1.5 million square feet of space. The Seth MacFarlane Collection of the Carl Sagan and Ann Druyan Archive is located in the James Madison Memorial Building of the Library of Congress at 101 Independence Avenue, SE. so beginning at the correct building is a good starting point. The Library of Congress has three buildings in Washington, D.C. Here’s our experience as a helpful guide if you’d like to do some exploring of your own. Thanks to the help of friendly staff, we learned how to locate and access the archive. The Library of Congress contains “ more than 162 million items on approximately 838 miles of bookshelves.” It was our first time exploring the Library of Congress so knowing where to look involved some luck and assistance. Actually holding letters and research notes written by Carl Sagan makes his work tangible and connects the reader with the person who has inspired so many of us. Exploring the archive is exhilarating and personal.
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