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Old 03-11-2011, 03:21 AM   #13
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In Australia it is a requirement by law to send a copy of any new publication to the State Library and the Federal Library for their records. Is it also a legal requirement to do so in the USA and if so who should they be deposited with?
Yes. They are called deposit libraries. In the US any copyrighted work that is published must be submitted in two copies to the United States Copyright Office at the Library of Congress. (They don't necessarily retain all copies or all books, though.)

In the UK one copy of every book must be sent to the British Library; five other libraries (the Bodleian at Oxford, Cambridge University Library, the National Library of Scotland, the Library of Trinity College / Dublin and the National Library of Wales) are entitled to request a free copy within one year of publication.

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