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Library of the Russian Academy of Sciences Russia: Saint Petersburg: 26.5 million [29] Berlin State Library Germany: Berlin: 23.4 million [30] 1.4 million [30] Boston Public Library United States: Boston, Massachusetts at 25 locations 22.4 million [31] US$38.9 million [32] New York State Library
The National Library of China's collection is the largest in Asia. [3] [43] Its holdings of more than 41 million items (as of December 2020) also make it one of the world's largest libraries. [1] [44] [45] It houses official publications of the United Nations and foreign governments and a collection of literature and materials in over 115 ...
The library is one of the largest libraries in the world. Its main building is in Xuhui, with a branch hall in Pudong. [2] As of 2024, it has a collection of 58 million volumes. [3] At 24 stories and 348 feet (106 m) tall, the library's main building is the second tallest library in the world after the National Library of Indonesia in Jakarta. [4]
The country's main library, the National Library of China, has a collection of over 26 million volumes, and is the largest library in Asia, housing the largest collection of Chinese books in the world. It also houses a collection of books, periodicals, newspapers, maps, prints, photographs, manuscripts, microforms, tape recordings, and ...
The National Library, Singapore is the flagship national library of Singapore. A subsidiary of the National Library Board (NLB), it is located on an 11,304–square metre site in Victoria Street within the Downtown Core. It is the country's largest public library. [3]
List of largest libraries Lists of Carnegie libraries For lists of Carnegie libraries in the US by state or territory, see List of Carnegie libraries in the United States and see each state's respective article
The network of libraries are interconnected by a computerised library management system, one of the largest bilingual systems in the world, offering both Chinese and English capabilities. [4] The library head office is located on the eleventh floor of the Hong Kong Central Library in Causeway Bay. [5] [6]
The Tōyō Bunko (東洋文庫), or Oriental Library, is Japan's largest Asian studies library and one of the world's five largest, located in Tokyo. It also functions as a research institute dedicated to the study of Asian history and culture.