Library of Congress websites offline, Aug 22-24

Chronicling America homepage interference

The Library of Congress’s websites–including Chronicling America–will be temporarily offline this weekend. Please see the announcement below:

Websites Down Aug. 22-24, 2014

The Library’s public websites (loc.gov, copyright.gov & others) will be unavailable from 7 p.m. ET, Friday, Aug. 22 through Sunday, Aug. 24.

The Congress.gov website will be available over the weekend of August 22-24. Data will be current through Thursday, August 21, and updates will resume on Monday, August 25.

On Saturday, Aug. 23, all reading rooms and research areas, Library Shop, Madison and Adams buildings will be closed to the public.

The Thomas Jefferson Building’s Great Hall and exhibitions will be open to the public from 8:30 to 4:30 p.m. on Aug. 23. No food service will be available throughout the day, however the vending lounge in the Thomas Jefferson Building cellar will be open.

The Architect of the Capitol will be conducting essential maintenance on the Capitol Hill campus from Friday, Aug. 22, through Sunday, Aug. 24, resulting in power outages that will require these closings.

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PR 14-A03
08/14/14
ISSN 0731-3527