Which is the larget library in the world?

Answer 1

The largest library in the world is the US Library of Congress, with more than 134 million items.

It has more than :

• 32 million books and other printed material
• 2.8 million recordings
• 12.5 million photographs
• 5.3 million maps
• 5.5 million music items
• 59.5 million manuscripts.

They receive more than 22,000 items each day, adding about 10,000 of those to its collections.

Answer 2

The largest library in the world is the U.S. Library of Congress in Washington, D.C. The British Library the world's other great library houses a collection comprising of 150 million items as against the 130 million housed by the Library of Congress. However in terms of shelf space the Library of Congress shelves occupy a space of about 850 km (530 miles) while the British Library shelf space is 625 km (388 miles) long. The Library of Congress' collection of books is in the range of 29 million while the number of books of the British Library is about 25 million. The Library of Congress was established in April 1800 and is spread over three buildings namely The Thomas Jefferson Building, The John Adams Building and The James Madison Memorial Building; the collection of the library consists of along with books, newspapers from across the world, microfilm reels (500,000), comic books (6000), manuscripts (58 million), films, maps (4.8 million) and sound recordings (2.7 million); the rarest item in the library is a Gutenberg Bible dating from the 15th century.

Answer 3

The United States Library of Congress (http://www.loc.gov/about/) claims to be the world's largest library.

Other notable large national libraries:

The British Library (formerly the Library of the British Museum, http://www.bl.uk/),

Bibliotheque National de France (http://www.bnf.fr/), Libraries and Archives Canada / Biblitheque et Archives Canada (http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/index-e.html); and the Deutsche Nationalbibliotek (http://www.d-nb.de/).

There are also some large academic libraries worthy of note: the Bodleian at Oxford University, Harvard University's Widener Library, and the library at the Sorbonne.

Probably the largest public library in the world is the New York Public Library.

Answer 4

The world's biggest library according to the Guinness Book of Records is the Library of Congress the national library of the United States. The adjudication is done on the basis of the shelf space that the library collection occupies as the British Library the world's other great library houses a collection comprising of 150 million items as against the 130 million housed by the Library of Congress.

However in terms of shelf space the Library of Congress shelves occupy a space of about 850 km (530 miles) while the British Library shelf space is 625 km (388 miles) long. The Library of Congress' collection of books is in the range of 29 million while the number of books of the British Library is about 25 million.

Answer 5

The Library of Congress in Washington DC is the biggest library of the world.

Answer 6

i don't kno i haven't been all around da world yet

Answer 7

WASHING TON D.C is the worlds biggest library located in u.s. called library of congress.

Answer 8

congress library in Washington