Incredible, astonishing and fascinating facts about libraries and books around the world
The_Librarian
The popular book, "Library World Records", about fascinating facts
about libraries and books around the world, by popular demand, is soon
coming out as a 2nd edition soon in 2008 in paperback format.
The book can be ordered in advance from the American publishers
McFarland & Co (links below).
"Library World Records" has been called the Guinness Book of World
Records for books and libraries only.
"Library World Records" which was first published in 2004, provides
answers to such questions as:
Which universities in Asia, Africa, the Middle East and the Americas
have the largest libraries?
What is the name of oldest public libraries in all of the different
continents of the world?
What year was the first CD-ROM book released?
In what years were the first books in English, French, Thai, Japanese,
Spanish, Africa and Turkish printed?
When was the first major computer database released?
What is the title of the largest and smallest books ever published?
Where is the world’s busiest public library?
What are the titles of the largest and smallest books in the world?
Which is the library with the most expensive budget?
Which 50 major films were filmed in libraries?
When were the first 10 university libraries in Asia and the Middle
East founded?
Where can one find the oldest surviving library building in the world?
What is the name of the first library in Europe to open 24 hours a
day?
Which countries publishes the largest number of books in the world?
What are the names of the very first three books to contain
photographs?
Where is the tallest bookstore and library building in the world?
What is the name of the most expensive book theft?
Which libraries around the world have more than 600 staff members?
What is the name of the first book to have page numbers?
What are the names of the largest art libraries, history databases,
engineering libraries, and geography databases?
What is the name of the 100 largest libraries in the world?
What is the name of the 100 oldest libraries in the world?
Official website: http://www.lwrw.info/Aboutrecords2.htm
Full Comprehensive table of contents of the new book: http://www.lwrw.info/TOC.htm
List of bookshops for advance orders of the book around the world:
http://www.lwrw.info/order.htm
Book Specs for ordering:
First edition: ISBN (13 numbers) 9780786416196 / ISBN (10 numbers)
078641619X . OCLC number 52787456. Library of Congress number
2003018521. LC Classification: Z721 .O79 2004.
Second edition: ISBN (13 numbers) 9780786438525 / ISBN (10 numbers)
0786438525. LC Classification: Z721 .O79 2008.
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Godfrey Oswald, BSc (Lon), MSc (Lon)
"Library World Records" Project Team Leader
London, Berlin & Paris