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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.
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ProfessorThe largest library in the world is the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C., USA. It is home to over 170 million items, including books, manuscripts, photographs, and more. It serves as the research arm of the U.S. Congress.
The largest research library in the world, in terms of the number of items, is the British Library in London, with over 150 million items. In terms of the number of books, the largest library is the Library of Congress in Washington D.C. The Library of Congress holds more than 29 million books (to the British library's 25 million) but only 130 million items. In terms of shelf space the largest library is the Library of Congress.
The largest online digital library is Google Books, with millions of volumes, and thousands of items being added per day.
Liabrary of Congress, Washington DC.
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