America's Largest Libraries By Number of Volumes (2012)
by SavvyRoo on Jan 4, 2015 | Views: 72 | Score: 0
| Number of volumes | |
|---|---|
| Library of Congress | 34528818 |
| Boston Public Library | 19090261 |
| Harvard University | 16832952 |
| New York Public Library | 16342365 |
| University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 13158748 |
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The top five libraries by volume of books consist of a mix of public libraries and large universities. In total, there were over 120,000 libraries on record in the U.S. in 2014.