I came across this at the Small Press Center website:

"Publishers Weekly" has reported in their August 8th issue that Lev Tsitrin, author of The Pitfall of Truth, is suing the Library of Congress over its rule that a publisher must have published the work of at least three different authors before it's _title_s will be included in the Library's catalogue. Tsitrin contends that he is suing The Library in the U.S. Court of Federal Claims, because the three-author requirement is a violation of his First Amendment rights. The Library of Congress explains, on it's website, that it does not have the resources to catalogue every self-published release and limits itself "to works most likely to be widely acquired by U.S. libraries."

Interesting. The outcome becomes all the more interesting when one considers the consequences this has for publishing print-on-demand or electronic books.

I always assumed it was the LOC's job to ensure it calaloged pretty much all that was written in the US. But I can understand why it would be hesitatnt to do so.[/u]