Embassy of the United States Jakarta, Indonesia

Library of Congress in Southeast Asia (LOC) is one of six regional centers of the Library of Congress abroad that acquires and distributes library and research materials in paper and electronic formats from countries where such materials are essentially unavailable through conventional acquisitions methods for Congressional use. Jakarta and its four other embassy offices in Southeast Asia is called upon to provide some informational assistance to the US Congress. We also acquire annually more 100,000 publications for more than 30 US and international research libraries who participate in the Southeast Asia Cooperative Acquisitions Program (CAPSEA), including universities in many Congressional Districts. Our main challenge today is to effectively provide seamlessly both printed and electronic format information to the end users.