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James H. Billington, 89, Dies; Led Library of Congress Into Digital Age

FILE -- James Billington, who leads the Library of Congress, on the balcony of his office in Washington, May 25, 1989. Billington led the nation’s treasure house of knowledge into the digital age and added millions of books, films and cultural artifacts to its historic collections, including a trove of tweets. He died on Nov. 20, 2018, in Washington at the age of 89. (Jose Lopez/The New York Times)