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Largest libraries in the world based on number of stored items From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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This sortable list of largest libraries includes libraries that, as measured in 2008 or subsequently, store 10 million or more items. All figures are based on data published by the libraries themselves. As there are no universally accepted standards for measuring stock, libraries may have counted their holdings in different ways, and the figures given may not be directly comparable.
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Name | Country | Location and notes | Catalogued size (number of items) |
Visitors per year | Budget | Staff |
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British Library | ![]() |
London and Boston Spa[1] | _0180000000200 million+[2][3][4] | _00017500001.75 million[5] | _01410000000£141 million[6] | _019771,977[6] |
Library of Congress | ![]() |
Washington, D.C. | _0168000000178 million+[7] | _00017500001.9 million[8] | _19523722680US$875.4 million[8] | _036243,149[8] |
Russian State Library | ![]() |
Moscow | _0044400000126.1 million[9] | _0001170000498,000[10] | _01640000000₽2.7 billion[10] | _019721,613[10] |
Shanghai Library | ![]() |
Shanghai | _005000000058 million[11] | _0001170000 | _01640000000 | _01972 |
New York Public Library | ![]() |
92 locations in the New York City boroughs of Manhattan, The Bronx and Staten Island (2nd largest number of locations in North America).[12] |
_00550000055 million[13] | _001800000018 million[13] | _07546275000US$250 million[13] | _029373,000[13] |
National Library of China | ![]() |
Beijing | _003770000044.24 million[14] | _00052000005.2 million[15] | _013651,365[15] | |
National Diet Library | ![]() |
Tokyo and Kyoto | _004190000044.1 million[16] | _0000654000791,370[16] | _07128927000¥21.8 billion[16] | _00908908[16] |
German National Library | ![]() |
Leipzig and Frankfurt | _003420000043.7 million[17] | _000029973350,713[17] | _01834033100€57.6 million[17] | _00622639[17] |
Royal Danish Library | ![]() |
Copenhagen and Aarhus | _003540000042.5 million (physical items, excl. digital)[18] |
_00008503011.45 million[18] | _02249892000523.8 million kr[18] | _00492800+[19] |
Bibliothèque nationale de France | ![]() |
Paris | _004000000041.66 million[20] | _00013000001.3 million[21] | _11038967000€254 million[22] | _026682,668[23] |
University of California Libraries | ![]() |
Berkeley, Davis, Irvine, Los Angeles, Merced, Riverside, San Diego, San Francisco, Santa Barbara, and Santa Cruz. Restricted to students, faculty or visitors who buy a membership.[24] |
40.8 million[24] | US$295 million[24] | 2,000+[24] | |
University of Illinois Library | ![]() |
Urbana, Illinois, restricted to students and faculty. [citation needed] | _004000000038 million[25] | US$48.7 million_07546275000[26] | ||
National Library of Russia | ![]() |
Saint Petersburg | _003650000036.5 million[27] | _00009660001 million[27] | ₽569.2 million | 1,850 |
Bavarian State Library | ![]() |
Munich | _003420000034.4 million | _0000299731.1 million | _01834033100€59.1 million | _000029973805 |
Biblioteca Nacional de España | ![]() |
Madrid | _003310000033.1 million[28] | _02299060450€29.2 million[29] | _01090482[29] | |
Library and Archives Canada | ![]() |
Ottawa, Halifax, Winnipeg, Vancouver. Largely a free reference library. | 27 million | CAD165 million | 853 | |
Library of the Russian Academy of Sciences | ![]() |
Saint Petersburg | _002650000026.5 million[30] | |||
Berlin State Library | ![]() |
Berlin | _002340000023.4 million[31] | _00014000001.4 million[31] | ||
Boston Public Library | ![]() |
Boston, Massachusetts at 26 locations.[32] | _002240000022.4 million[33] | _01174200390US$38.9 million[34] | ||
New York State Library | ![]() |
Albany, New York at 1 location. [citation needed] | _002000000020 million[35] | |||
Harvard Library | ![]() |
Cambridge, Massachusetts, restricted to students and faculty or their guests.[citation needed] | _001890000018.9 million[36] | _00922922[36] | ||
National Library of Sweden | ![]() |
Stockholm | _001800000018 million[37] | 364.5 million kr[38] | ||
University of Michigan Library | ![]() |
Ann Arbor, Michigan, at one location largely. Free borrowing for staff, students, and native and indigenous people. All others may purchase borrowing rights.[39] |
_001520000016.1 million[40] | |||
University of Toronto Libraries | ![]() |
Toronto, at one location largely restricted to university staff and students.[citation needed] | 16 million[41] | CA$125 million[42] | ||
Vernadsky National Library of Ukraine | ![]() |
Kyiv | _001500000015.5 million[43] | _0000500000500,000[43] | _0018860991050.3 million ₴[44] | _00900900[43] |
Yale Library | ![]() |
New Haven, Connecticut, one location for students, staff and no free borrowing access to the public.[citation needed] | _001520000015.2 million[45] | |||
National Library of Scotland | ![]() |
Edinburgh and Glasgow | 65 million (physical and digital) |
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National Library of Iran | ![]() |
Tehran | _001500000015.0 million[46] | |||
University of Chicago Library | ![]() |
Chicago | 13.5 million[47] | 1.1 million[47] | ||
Hong Kong Public Library | ![]() |
Hong Kong | _001136000011.36 million[48] | _00776200000HK$776.2 million[49] | ||
Toronto Public Library | ![]() |
100 locations in Toronto[50] | 10.5 million[50] | 13.4 million[50] | CA$252,300,000[51] | 2,500[52] |
National Library of Poland | ![]() |
Warsaw | 10.4 milion[53] |
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