The Senate Library is an administrative office that reports to the Secretary of the United States Senate. It serves as a legislative and general reference library that provides both traditional and computerized information services and maintains a comprehensive collection of congressional, governmental, and other publications for the use of Senate offices and the media.

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  • The Senate Library is an administrative office that reports to the Secretary of the United States Senate. It serves as a legislative and general reference library that provides both traditional and computerized information services and maintains a comprehensive collection of congressional, governmental, and other publications for the use of Senate offices and the media. Today, the library serves as many people in one day as it did in one month in 1964, nearly 60,000 inquiries per year, based primarily on the growth in Senate staff from 2,000 in 1964 to more than 7,000 today. The authorized library staff is 22 people, including the librarian, 14 of whom are professionals. George S. Wagner, 1871—1875 George F. Dawson, 1875—1879 P. J. Pierce, 1879—1884 George M. Weston, 1884—1887 Alonzo W. Church, 1887—1901 James M. Baker, 1898—1901 (Acting Librarian) Cliff Warden, 1901—1904 (Acting Librarian) James M. Baker, 1904 (Acting Librarian) Edward C. Goodwin, 1904—1906 (Acting Librarian) Edward C. Goodwin, 1906—1921 Walter P. Scott, 1921—1923 Edward C. Goodwin, 1923—1930 James D. Preston, 1931—1935 Ruskin McArdle, 1935—1947 George W. Straubinger, 1947—1951 Richard D. Hupman, 1951—1953 Sterling Dean, 1953—1954 Richard D. Hupman, 1954 (Acting Librarian) Gus J. Miller, 1954—1955 Richard D. Hupman, 1955—1973 Roger K. Haley, 1973—1997 Greg Harness, 1997—2008 Mary E. Cornaby, 2008—Present
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  • The Senate Library is an administrative office that reports to the Secretary of the United States Senate. It serves as a legislative and general reference library that provides both traditional and computerized information services and maintains a comprehensive collection of congressional, governmental, and other publications for the use of Senate offices and the media.
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  • United States Senate Librarian
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