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The Library of Congress is not only the largest library in the United States, but the largest library in the world with over 151 million items in it's collection.
In total, the Library of Congress contains:
- 151,785,778 items in the collection, as of 2011
- 22,765,967 catalogued books in the Library of Congress classification system
- 11,762,851 books in large type and raised characters, incunabula (books printed before 1501), monographs and serials, bound newspapers, pamphlets, technical reports, and other printed material
- 117,256,960 items in the nonclassified (special) collections, including:
- 3,379,634 audio materials
- 66,634,349 manuscripts
- 5,446,673 maps
- 16,627,084 microforms
- 6,454,774 pieces of sheet music
- 15,366,922 visual materials, including:
- 1,315,024 moving images
- 13,346,902 photographs
- 103,845 posters
- 601,151 prints and drawings
[The above statistics was taken from the Library of Congress website. Please see related link for more information].
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Where is the biggest book library in world?
The biggest Library in the world at the moment is the Library of Congress which is located in Washington D.C, in the United States of America.
What is the second largest library in the US?
The largest library in the America is the Library of Congress. This library is home to over 29,550,914 books and documents.
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There are about 4.8 million books in the biggest library, Library of Congress.
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