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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 University of California operates the largest academic library system in the world. It manages more than 40.8 million print volumes [1] in 100 libraries on ten campuses. The purpose of these libraries is to assist research and instruction on the University of California campuses.
As of 2024, Berkeley's library system holds materials in more than 400 languages and includes more than 14 million volumes. [1] The libraries together cover over 12 acres (49,000 m 2) of land and compose one of the largest library complexes in the world. [2]
The American Library Association has published data on the size of 25 largest public libraries in the United States. These data are from the Institute of Museum and Library Services's Public Libraries Survey (PLS) for fiscal year 2016. The largest public libraries in the U.S. are far larger than the median public library in the country; almost ...
The Los Angeles Public Library system (LAPL) is a public library system in the City of Los Angeles, California, operating separate from the Los Angeles County Public Library system. The system holds more than six million volumes, [ 3 ] and with around 19 million residents in the Greater Los Angeles area, it serves the largest metropolitan ...
The University Library at Los Angeles was founded in 1883, two years after the establishment of what was then known as the California State Normal School.The library's first acquisition was Survey of Wyoming and Idaho by Dr. Ferdinand Vandeveer Hayden [3] In 1910, Elizabeth Fargo began her tenure as the university's first librarian and by 1919, the University Library was operated by a staff of ...
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
LA County Library is one of the largest public library systems in the United States [3] which serves residents living in 49 of the 88 incorporated cities of Los Angeles County, California. United States, and those living in unincorporated areas resulting in a service area extending over 3,000 square miles (7,800 km 2 ). [ 4 ]