Event Lectures and Symposia Acquiring Foreign Materials for the National Collection

Date and Location

  • When: Saturday, August 31, 2019

    11:50 am - 12:10 pm EDT

  • Where: Walter E. Washington Convention Center - Hall B (Lower Level)

    801 Allen Y. Lew Place NW, Washington, DC 20001

Part of National Book Festival ; 2019 National Book Festival

Request ADA accommodations five business days in advance at (202) 707-6362 or ADA@loc.gov.

Put yourself in the shoes of a foreign acquisitions librarian at the Library of Congress! Learn how we make selections, what we acquire and what we do not acquire, and finally test your knowledge with an interactive quiz.