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- The largest book in the Library of Congress is a 5-by-7 foot book featuring color images of Bhutan. With support from Microsoft, a team of students from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology recorded the ancient life and culture in this South Asian country and made 40,000 digital images available to the Bhutan National Archives.
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The Law Library of Congress is the world's largest law library, including one of the world's best rare law book collections and the most complete collection of foreign legal gazettes in the United States.
The Library of Congress is the largest library in the world, with millions of books, films and video, audio recordings, photographs, newspapers, maps and manuscripts in its collections. The Library is the main research arm of the U.S. Congress and the home of the U.S. Copyright Office.
The collections of the Library of Congress include more than 32 million catalogued books and other print materials in 470 languages; more than 61 million manuscripts; the largest rare book collection [76] in North America, including the rough draft of the Declaration of Independence, a Gutenberg Bible (originating from the Saint Blaise Abbey ...
Today's Library of Congress is an unparalleled world resource. The collection includes millions cataloged books and other print materials in 470 languages; millions of manuscripts; the largest rare book collection in North America; and the world's largest collection of legal materials, films, maps, sheet music and sound recordings.
Library of Congress, the de facto national library of the United States and the largest library in the world. Its collection was growing at a rate of about two million items per year; it reached more than 170 million items in 2020.
- James H. Billington
Sep 8, 2023 · The largest book in the Library measures 5 by 7 feet. Much more than books alone. The most comprehensive collection of American music in the world is housed at the Library of Congress.
Jul 13, 2023 · The Library of Congress is now the largest library in the world, housing a staggering 164 million items. Its vast collection includes 37 million books, along with photographs, recordings, maps, sheet music and manuscripts.
