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| The oldest national library which still exists today |
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| The National Library of the Czech Republic, founded in 1366. |
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| The largest national library in Asia |
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| The National Library of China founded in 1911 and second largest in the world. It houses 27 million books. |
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| The largest national library in the world |
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| The Library of Congress in Washington, D.C. founded in 1800. It houses 30 million books. |
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| The largest floating library |
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| On board the Queen Mary 2 (QM2), it holds over 8 thousand books in its collection. Built in 2004. |
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| The largest mobile library |
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| The Grand Vizier of Persia carried 100,000 books in alphabetical order on 500 camels, circa 900 A.D. |
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| The largest chained library |
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| The Hereford Cathedral Library in the U.K., built in 1079 with chains installed in late 1500's to prevent theft. |
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| The most significant library in the ancient world |
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| The Library of Alexandria, founded in 300 B.C., became the hub of learning and scholarly research. |
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| Known as "The House of Papyrus" |
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| The Library of Edfu. Created circa 2400 B.C. and held practical and spiritual materials. |
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| The most notable royal library in Ancient Egypt. |
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| The Library of Pharaoh Ramses II in Thebes created between 1200-1300 B.C. and housed 20,000 scrolls of medicinal and spiritual material. |
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| The inspiration for the Library of Alexandria. |
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| The Library of Ashurbanipal called The Royal Library of Nineveh, established circa 8th century B.C. |
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| The first southern library to allow African Americans |
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| The Cossitt Library of Memphis, Tennessee in 1903. |
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| Founded by Caliph Al-Mamun in Assasid Baghdad |
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| "The House of Wisdom" became known for its science, mathematics, & language translations circa 800 A.D. |
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| The first free public library in America |
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| The Boston Public Library (1848) of Massachusetts was the first library not to charge an admission fee & allowed people to borrow books. |
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| The first established library in America |
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| The Philadelphia Library Company founded by Ben Franklin in 1731. |
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| Founded by Pope Nicholas V |
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| The Vatican Library, founded in 1451, is the oldest public library still in existence in Europe. |
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| The largest university library in the U.K. |
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| The Bodleian Library at Oxford University, founded in 1602, has a collection of 9 million books. |
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| The most famous book in its collection is "The Book of Kells" |
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| Trinity College, Dublin Library, founded in 1592. |
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| Largest collection of Shakespeare's works |
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| The Folger Shakespeare Library founded in 1930 by Henry Clay Folger in Washington D.C. |
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| The busiest library in the world with the largest budget |
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| The New York Public Library founded in 1895 |
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| The first outer space library |
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| Aboard the Skylab (U.S) & Mir and Salyut 6&7 (U.S.S.R/Russia) space station. |
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