A special bonus for book lovers who live in the Washington D.C. area is that it just so happens to be home to the incredible Library of Congress. So in celebration of the start of National Library Week, we thought it would only be appropriate to spotlight “America’s Library!”

The Library, which just launched a new hands-on approach to interacting with their expansive collections through “The Library of Congress Experience,” has also worked tirelessly over the past decade to reassemble Thomas Jefferson’s original book collection that served as the foundation for the Library itself. The entire collection of over 6,000 volumes went on display April 12th at the Library, and although the books remain behind glass for protection, bibliophiles can take advantage of touch-screen technology to thumb through them electronically.

To find out more about Thomas Jefferson’s collection and “why he couldn’t live without books,” check out this great feature article from the Washington Post.

Happy National Library Week! And here’s to all the librarians who continue to change lives across the globe – we salute you!