The mission of the Library of Congress is to make its resources available and useful to Congress and the American people and sustain and preserve a universal collection of knowledge and creativity for future generations. The collaboration of the following units makes this possible.

Congressional Research Service

CRS is committed to providing the Congress, throughout the legislative process, comprehensive and reliable legislative research, analysis, and information services that are timely, objective, nonpartisan, and confidential, thereby contributing to an informed national legislature.

Copyright

The mission of the Copyright Office is to promote creativity by administering and sustaining an effective national copyright system.

Enabling Infrastructures

The following units support the Library's day-to-day operations:

• Office of Security and Emergency Preparedness
• Office of the Chief Financial Officer
• Human Resources Services
• Integrated Support Services

Law Library of Congress

The mission of the Law Library of Congress is to provide research and legal information to the U.S. Congress as well as to U.S. Federal Courts and Executive Agencies, and to offer reference services to the public ... To accomplish this mission, it has created the world's largest collection of law books and other legal resources from all countries, and now moves into the age of digitized information with online databases and guides to legal information worldwide.

Library Services

The mission of Library Services is to develop qualitatively the Library's universal collections, which document the history and further the creativity of the American people and which record and contribute to the advancement of civilization and knowledge throughout the world, and to acquire, organize, provide access to, maintain, secure, and preserve these collections.

Office of the Librarian

The Library's mission is to make its resources available and useful to the Congress and the American people and to sustain and preserve a universal collection of knowledge and creativity for future generations.

Office of Strategic Initiatives

The OSI mission is to support the Library of Congress' vision and strategy by directing the overall strategic planning for the Library and the national program for long-term preservation of digital cultural assets, leading a collaborative institution-wide effort to develop consolidated digital future plans, and integrating the delivery of information technology services.

Information Technology Services (ITS) is a directorate of the Office of Strategic Initiatives (OSI). ITS supports the Library's mission through the following groups: Resources Management Staff, Systems Development Groups (4), Production Systems Groups (2), Data Administration Staff, Technology Assessment Staff, the Computer Operations Group, the Systems Engineering Group and the User Support Group.