{"id":135148,"date":"2014-12-19T09:56:32","date_gmt":"2014-12-19T04:26:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?p=135148"},"modified":"2014-12-24T12:44:48","modified_gmt":"2014-12-24T07:14:48","slug":"colombo-telegraph-selected-to-be-archived-in-the-prestigious-us-library-of-congress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/colombo-telegraph-selected-to-be-archived-in-the-prestigious-us-library-of-congress\/","title":{"rendered":"Colombo Telegraph Selected To Be Archived In The Prestigious US Library Of Congress"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Colombo Telegraph<\/span><\/a> has been selected to be included in the prestigious <a href=\"http:\/\/memory.loc.gov\/ammem\/about\/index.html\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">US library of Congress<\/span><\/a> as a journal of record containing material on the upcoming Presidential polls in Sri Lanka.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/US-Library-of-Congress.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-135149\" src=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/US-Library-of-Congress.jpg\" alt=\"US Library of Congress\" width=\"251\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a>The US Library of Congress has requested Colombo Telegraph for permission to collect the site to be included in the historic collection of Internet material related to the upcoming polls in Sri Lanka.<\/p>\n<p>Accordingly, the Colombo Telegraph website as well as the public content that we have linked on third party sites including social media sites will be archived by the Congress Library and it would be made available to researchers at Library facilities and by special arrangement.<\/p>\n<p>The Congress Library is the oldest federal cultural institution and serves as the research arm of the Congress. 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