Annual Report of the Librarian of Congress FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING SEPTEMBER 30, 2016 Rosa Parks, seated on a bus toward the front in Montgomery, Alabama, 1956. Parks became an iconic figure in history when she refused to give up her seat to a white passenger on a segregated bus. Her arrest sparked the Montgomery Bus Boycott, a seminal event in the civil rights movement. This year, the Library digitized her collection and made it available online. ANNUAL REPORT OF THE LIBRARIAN OF CONGRESS For the Fiscal Year Ending September 30, 2016 Library of Congress Washington, D.C. 2017 On the Cover: Library staff gather in the Great Hall of the Thomas Jefferson Building to send a welcome message to incoming Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden prior to her installation. Shawn Miller Library of Congress 101 Independence Avenue, S.E. Washington, DC 20540 For the Library of Congress online, visit loc.gov. The annual report is published through the Office of Communications, Office of the Librarian, Library of Congress, Washington, DC 20540-1610, telephone (202) 707-2905, email
[email protected] Executive Editor: Gayle Osterberg Editor: Jennifer Gavin Managing Editor: John Sayers Art Director: Ashley Jones Photo Editor: Shawn Miller Design and Composition: Blue House Design Library of Congress Catalog Card Number 6-6273 ISSN 0083-1565 Key title: Annual Report of the Librarian of Congress For sale by the U.S. Government Printing Office Superintendent of Documents, Mail Stop: SSOP Washington, DC 20402-9328 ISBN 978-0-8444-9576-7 2 2016 ANNUAL REPORT OF THE LIBRARIAN OF CONGRESS CONTENTS Letter from the Librarian of Congress ........................