Cord Byrd: “Shakespeare wrote in The Tempest, ``My library was dukedom large enough.'' With those few words he expressed the…”

“Shakespeare wrote in The Tempest, ``My library was dukedom large enough.'' With those few words he expressed the satisfaction, fulfillment and power available through the knowledge recorded and preserved in a well-stocked library. With those thoughts in mind, I rise to pay tribute to the 125th anniversary of the establishment of the Senate's own ``dukedom,'' the Senate Library. The Library of the Senate is a legislative and general reference library that provides a wide variety of information services to Senate offices in a prompt and timely fashion. It maintains a comprehensive collection of congressional and governmental publications, and of materials relating to the specialized information needs of the Senate: government and politics, history, political biography, economics, international relations and other topics. The Library's resources and services are dedicated to providing the Members of the Senate and their staffs with critically needed information on issues affecting legislative deliberation and decisionmaking.”