Procedure
Apply via Agent
Apply In-Person:
- To sell materials to the Library of Congress in Fiji, the dealer or the seller must contact the acquisition division of the Library of Congress. Contacts
- If the books are already available in the collection, then the LC won’t accept the order.
- To check the availability, there is a chief assigned for certain countries.
- If the chief in the acquisition division accepts the materials or books, then the seller can send the materials to the Library of Congress in Fiji.
- The shipping details and the quotation details will be discussed by the chief of the respective country in the Acquisition Division.
- The processing time will be intimated to the dealer while contacting the chief in the Library of Congress.
Required Documents
- Details of the materials
- Quotation for the materials. (After confirmation from the Chief)
- Shipping Details.
Office Locations & Contacts
Chiefs of Library of Congress for Different Countries
African, Latin American and Western European Division
Phone: (202) 707-5572
Fax: (202) 707-9798
E-Mail: anki@loc.gov
Asian and Middle Eastern Division
Phone: (202) 707-4264
Fax: (202) 707-3182
E-Mail: jiwu@loc.gov
Germanic and Slavic Division
Phone: (202) 707-3710
Fax: (202) 707-6421
E-Mail: cdulaney@loc.gov
Acquisitions and Bibliographic Access Directorate
Phone: (202) 707-5137
Fax: (202) 707-6269
E-Mail: bwig@loc.gov
U.S./Anglo Division
Phone: (202) 707-9635
Fax: (202) 707-1778
E-Mail: thwe@loc.lgov
Contact link
Eligibility
- There is no specific eligibility to sell materials to the Library of Congress in Fiji.
- The seller or the dealer must have the rare collections of books that are not available in the LC.
Fees
The fee details will be intimated to the seller while contacting the Chief of the acquisition division.
Validity
There is no specific validity time for this procedure.
Documents to Use
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Sample Documents
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Processing Time
The processing time will be intimated to the applicant while contacting the Chief of the acquisition division.
Videos explaining the procedure or to fill the applications.
Attach videos using the following tag <&video type='website'>video ID|width|height<&/video&> from external websites.
Please remove the '&' inside the tags during implementation.
Website = allocine, blip, dailymotion, facebook, gametrailers, googlevideo, html5, metacafe, myspace, revver,
sevenload, viddler, vimeo, youku, youtube
width = 560, height = 340, Video ID = Can be obtained from the URL of webpage where the video is displayed.
e.g In the following url 'http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0US7oR_t3M' Video ID is 'Y0US7oR_t3M'.
Instructions
- The Library of Congress has purchase arrangements with book dealers around the world for newly published U.S. and foreign material.
- Therefore, if there are any new and rare collections, then the seller or the dealer can contact the LC and have purchase agreements.
Required Information
- List of the books available.
- Details of the seller or the dealer.
- Shipping Details.
Need for the Document
- If the seller or the dealer wants to sell materials or books to the Library of Congress in Fiji, they must officially contact the acquisition division team.
- Only after getting the confirmation and purchase agreements from the LC, the seller can send the materials to the LC.
The acquisition division to contact for the enquiries are:
- The countries of Iberia, Latin America, South America, the Caribbean region, France, Belgium, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, and Italy should contact the African, Latin American and Western European Division.
- The countries of Israel, China, Japan, Korea, and Taiwan should contact the Asian and Middle Eastern Division.
- The countries of Scandinavia and the Baltic region, Austria, Germany, Liechtenstein, Switzerland, Russia, and East Central and Southeast Europe should contact the Germanic and Slavic Division.
- The remaining countries of Asia and the countries of Africa and to inquire about the Cooperative Acquisitions Programs should contact the Acquisitions and Bibliographic Access Directorate.
- The countries of United States, Australia, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, Oceania, Papua-New Guinea, United Kingdom should contact U.S./Anglo Division.
Other uses of the Document/Certificate
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e.g., Birth Certificate can be used as proof of identity.
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