Saturday, 26 April 2014

Best Libraries In The World !

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1. Library Of Congress 
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  • Library of congress is top in the list of world best libraries and it is located in Washington DC.
  • The library of congress is national library of the united states and the oldest federal cultural institution in the us, this library consist of three different buildings and is the largest library in the world.
  • The library is open to the public, but as the research institution of congress only members of congress may check out books.
  • The holdings of the library are impressive and varied, and include over 32 million books, more than 61 million manuscripts, a rough draft of the declaration of independence, a perfect vellum copy of the Gutenberg bible over 1 million newspapers from the last three centuries, over 5 million maps, 6 million pieces of sheet music, and more than 14 millions photos and prints.
2. Bodleian Library

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  • This is also a one of the best library in the world and it is located in united kingdom,the bodleian library is the library of the university of oxford.
  • It was established in 1602, making it one of the oldest libraries in europe. The library has over 11 million items, and many, many items of historical import, including four copies of the magna carta, a Gutenberg bible, and Shakespeare first folio (from 1623.).
  • The library consists of multiple buildings, perhaps the most visually interesting of which is Radcliffe camera, built in 1737-1749 to house the Radcliffe science library. It’s the earliest circular library in england.

3. Reading Room At The British Museum

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  • The reading room at the British museum is found in the center of the great court of the British museum.
  • This library including lot of books like karl marx, oscar wilde, mahatma ghandi, rudyard kipling, george orwell, mark twain, lenin, and h.g. Wells.
  • The library’s collection was moved to the new British library in 2000 and the reading room now houses an information center and a curated collection of books relating to history, art, travel and other subjects relevant to the collection’s of the British museum.

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