Monday, June 27, 2016

Where is the worlds biggest Library ?

British Library




British Library is the worlds biggest library situated in London, United Kingdom. It holding about 170 millions item from almost all countries, in almost all the Languages and in many formats, Both prints and digital copies.





It contains items including books, manuscripts, Journals, Magazines, Newspapers, Music and sound recordings, Videos, Patents, Maps, databases, Stamps,Prints, Drawings. There are 14 million Books available in the Library.

The British Library adds about three million item every year occupying 9.6 kilometer of new shelf space.



British Library:
Country : United Kingdom

Location : 96, Euston Road, London NW1 2DB.

Established : 1973

Director: Roly Keating

Collection size: 
                          13,950,000  Books
                          351,116 Manuscripts
                          824,101 Serial Titles
                          8,266,276  Philatelic Items
                          4,347,5050 Cartographic Items
                          6,000,000 Sound Records

Website : www.bl.uk




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