The Librarian of Congress welcomed Archbishop Jorge M. Mejía, archivist and librarian of the Roman Catholic Church, to the Library during a private reception in the Librarian's Ceremonial Office in the Jefferson Building on Sept. 25. Archbishop Mejía presented the Library with a facsimile copy of Codex Vaticanus B, one of the famous holdings of the Bibliotheca Apostolica Vaticana (Vatican Library). At a dinner in the Jefferson Building, the archbishop and two of his colleagues from the Vatican Library were joined by ambassadors from Italy, Spain, Argentina and Brazil, several members of Congress, and members of the press. During their weeklong visit (Sept. 25 - 29), the visitors were given orientations to Preservation and Conservation, the Rare Book and Special Collections Division, the Manuscript Division, the Geography and Map Division, the Hispanic Division, the Main Reading Room, the Network Development/MARC Standards Office, the Cataloging Policy and Support Office and the National Digital Library.
