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A total of 2,509 Carnegie libraries were built between 1883 and 1929, including some belonging to universities. 1,689 were built in the United States, 660 in Britain and Ireland, 125 in Canada, and others in Australia, New Zealand, and elsewhere. By 1930, half the American public libraries had been built by Carnegie. [24]
As of 2018, the largest public library in the United States and second-largest library in the world is the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C., the de facto national library of the United States, [2] which holds over 167 million items, including over 39 million books and other printed materials, 3.6 million recordings, 14.8 million ...
The system that would become Hennen's American Public Library Ratings (HAPLR) was first published in the January 1999 issue of American Libraries prepared by Thomas J. Hennen Jr., Director of Waukesha County Federated Library System in Wisconsin. [4] Libraries were ranked on 15 measures with comparisons in broad population categories.
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A public library is a library which is open to the general public, in contrast to types of library which are only open to specific groups of people, such as academic libraries. Subcategories This category has the following 3 subcategories, out of 3 total.
Library consortia in the United States by state or territory (36 C) Libraries on the National Register of Historic Places by state (50 C) Lists of Carnegie libraries in the United States by state or territory (52 P)
Lists of libraries in insular areas of the United States (2 P) Pages in category "Lists of libraries in the United States" The following 18 pages are in this category, out of 18 total.
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 Designated libraries in England See also