[ResourceShelf] Newsletter 463
Gary Price
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Number 463 July 8, 2010
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Greetings from Washington, DC...
...although when you read this, I will be back in good old Tampa-St.
Pete.
Busy week, all in all, with a quick, interesting Resource of the Week
for you-all. Can you guess which library is the largest in the U.S.
Yep, you're right. It's the Library of Congress. So...how about the
second largest? Or the fifth largest?
Can you guess which is the largest public library?
Read on to learn where you can see an updated list of the 100 largest
libraries in the U.S. And find other library-oriented lists, facts,
bibliographies and more.
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Resource of the Week - The Nation's Largest Libraries: A Listing By
Volumes Held (ALA Library Fact Sheet Number 22 - Just Updated)
By Gary Price, Founding and Senior Editor
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The American Library Association (ALA) has just placed online an
updated fact sheet listing the the 100 largest libraries in the U.S.
by volumes held.
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of Congress. Data sources are provided as well as definitions of
"volume." One definition for academic libraries and the other for
public libraries.
Here are the Top Five:
1. The Library of Congress 32,818,014 Volumes Held
2. Harvard University 16,250,117 Volumes Held
3. Boston Public Library 16,141,095 Volumes Held
4. Yale University Library 12,519,514 Volumes Held
5. University of Illinois - Urbana-Champaign 11,686,060
Volumes Held
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* ALA Library Fact Sheet 1 - Number of Libraries in the United
States
* ALA Library Fact Sheet 4 - Library Operating Expenditures:
A Selected Annotated Bibliography
* ALA Library Fact Sheet 9 - Library Products, Services
and Consultants
* ALA Library Fact Sheet 15 - Weeding Library Collections:
A Selected Annotated Bibliography for Library Collection Evaluation
* ALA Library Fact Sheet 24 - Library Fund Raising:
A Selected Annotated Bibliography
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