The Nation's Largest Libraries

The Nation’s Largest Libraries: A Listing By Volumes Held

The book is not dead yet…far from it.

ALA Library Fact Sheet Number 22

This fact sheet lists the top 100 largest libraries in the United States by volumes held.  The top 10 include:

Number		Library Name	Volumes Held
1		Library of Congress	34,528,818
2		Boston Public Library (Branches + Research Collections)	19,090,261
3		Harvard University	16,832,952
4		New York Public Library (Branches + Research Collections)	16,342,365
5		University of Illinois – Urbana-Champaign	13,158,748
6		Yale University	12,787,962
7		University of California – Berkeley	11,545,418
8		Columbia University	11,189,036
9		University of Michigan	10,778,736
10		University of Texas – Austin	9,990,941

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