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"American Society and the Public Library in the Thought of Andrew Carnegie." Journal of Library History (1975) 10#2 pp 117–138. Rose, Ernestine. The public library in American life (Columbia University Press, 1954) Shera, Jesse Hauk. Foundations of the public library;: The origins of the public library movement in New England, 1629–1885 (1965)
The Thomas Jefferson Building at the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C., the largest library in the United States and second-largest library in the world with over 167 million holdings, including 39 million books and other printed recordings, 14.8 million photographs, 5.5 million maps, 8.1 million pieces of sheet music, and 72 million manuscripts
New York Public Library United States: 92 locations in the New York City boroughs of Manhattan, The Bronx and Staten Island (2nd largest number of locations in North America) 55 million [12] 18 million [12] US$250 million [12] 3,000 [12] National Library of China China: Beijing: 44.24 million [13]
In the United States of America, state library agencies established in each state have long been a catalyst for a great deal of the motivation for public library cooperation. This has been since the founding of the movement, starting in 1890 when Massachusetts created a state Board of Library Commissioners charged to help communities establish ...
Public libraries in North America developed from the 18th century to today; as the country grew more populous and wealthier, factors such as a push for education and desire to share knowledge led to broad public support for free libraries. In addition, money donations by private philanthropists provided the seed capital to get many libraries ...
Public libraries in North Dakota (1 C, 5 P) O. Public libraries in Ohio (2 C, 49 P) Public libraries in Oklahoma (1 C, 1 P) Public libraries in Oregon (4 C, 10 P) P.
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Libraries in British North America (12 P) C. Library consortia in the United States (3 C, 12 P) D. American digital libraries (2 C, 142 P) F. ... Public Law Libraries ...
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