What is the largest library in the US and where is it?

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   rutleyposted 12 years ago

   What is the largest library in the US and where is it?

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   jennshealthstoreposted 12 years ago

   Found this on line
   Rank    Institution    Volumes
   held
   1.    Library of Congress    29,550,914 - LOCATED Culpeper, Virginia
   2.    Harvard University    15,181,349
   3.    Boston Public Library    14,933,349
   4.    Yale University    11,114,308
   5.    Chicago Public Library    10,745,608
   6.    University of Illinois–Urbana-Champaign    10,015,321
   7.    The Public Library of Cincinnati & Hamilton County    9,885,359
   8.    Queens Borough Public Library    9,691,126
   9.    University of California–Berkeley    9,572,462
   10.    County of Los Angeles Public Library    9,185,321
   11.    University of Texas–Austin    8,322,944
   12.    Stanford University    8,000,000
   13.    University of Michigan    7,800,389
   14.    Columbia University    7,697,488
   15.    University of California–Los Angeles    7,576,790
   16.    Detroit Public Library    7,265,306
   17.    University of Wisconsin–Madison    7,232,850
   18.    Cornell University    7,120,301
   19.    University of Chicago    6,977,186
   20.    New York Public Library    6,777,587
   21.    Indiana University    6,647,355
   22.    University of Washington    6,436,960
   23.    The Free Library of Philadelphia    6,388,077
   24.    Princeton University    6,224,270
   25.    University of Minnesota    6,200,669
   26.    Dallas Public Library    5,916,549
   27.    Brooklyn Public Library    5,845,212
   28.    Ohio State University    5,674,784
   29.    Los Angeles Public Library    5,554,904
   30.    University of North Carolina–Chapel Hill    5,492,451
   31.    Duke University    5,360,303
   32.    University of Pennsylvania    5,273,887
   33.    University of Arizona    5,040,584
   34.    University of Virginia    4,921,442
   35.    Pennsylvania State University Libraries    4,779,165
   36.    Michigan State University    4,582,004
   37.    University of Oklahoma    4,427,670
   38.    University of Pittsburgh    4,420,970
   39.    University of Iowa    4,380,734
   40.    Houston Public Library    4,339,128
   41.    Northwestern University Library    4,315,314
   42.    King County Library System    4,213,810
   43.    New York University    4,176,065
   44.    Rutgers University    4,050,009
   45.    University of Florida    4,021,629
   46.    Cleveland Public Library    3,999,771
   47.    Miami-Dade Public Library System    3,998,192
   48.    University of Kansas    3,980,589
   49.    University of Georgia    3,955,004
   50.    Arizona State University Libraries    3,856,561
   
   
   Read more: The Largest Libraries in the U.S. — Infoplease.com http://www.infoplease.com/ipea/A0106201 … z20w4p3N3T

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   Dancing Waterposted 12 years ago

   The Library of Congress in Washington, D.C.?

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   tirelesstravelerposted 12 years ago

   Library of Congress.  They have a copy of everything published. (At least in the US)

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