The Library of Congress in Washington DC, United States has the largest number of books in its collection in the world. That means it also has the most shelf space. To put it in hard figures ...

The Library of Congress was established on April 24 ... Its collections take up about 800 miles’ worth of shelf space and ...

Image: The Main Reading Room at The Library of Congress, Washington A public library ... so actually getting to the shelves can be quite confusing. Image: Missouri State Library Bookmobile in ...

Chicago — The ancient manuscript rested on the shelves of the Newberry Library ... Prompted by Mundy’s hunch, the Library of Congress analyzed the papers this fall and made an astounding ...