NEW YORK — James H. Billington, the librarian of Congress for nearly three decades, who led the nation’s treasure house of knowledge into the digital age and added millions of books, films, and ...

This past summer, James Billington, librarian of Congress, retired after serving for 28 years. Most librarians were happy about that, including, evidently, other employees at the Library of Congress.

James Billington, the librarian of Congress who has led the world’s largest library for nearly three decades, will step down at the end of the year. The 86-year-old Russia scholar was just the 13th ...

James H. Billington, an eminent American scholar of Russian culture who reigned for three decades as librarian of Congress, propelling the expansion of the world’s largest library but struggling to ...

WASHINGTON, June 11 (UPI) --The head of the Library of Congress will step down Jan. 1 as the world's largest library struggles to stay ahead of technological failures that have hampered efforts to ...

James H. Billington, the brilliant but mercurial head of the Library of Congress, will retire after 28 years at the helm of an institution that has expanded its reach across the country but struggled ...

WASHINGTON, Nov. 22, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- James Hadley Billington—the United States Librarian of Congress Emeritus, one of the world's foremost Russian historians, and a leading American academic and ...

After nearly three decades on the job, Librarian of Congress James H. Billington, will be stepping down as head of the world’s largest library. Billington, who was sworn into office by President ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. FILE - In this Sept. 14, 2016, file photo, former Librarian of Congress James H. Billington, take his seat at a ceremony for the ...