Thứ Sáu, 29 tháng 7, 2011

The world's largest library where?

Library of Congress is the world's largest library. It was built in Washington in an elegant place, very beautiful scenery. The library was founded in 1800. Then it burned twice during the war and then rebuilt again in 1888 and nine years after construction was completed.

Library of Congress is a five-storey high buildings on a square to 3 thousand m2. The center of the square was a reading room to octagonal poles, enough room for 250 readers, divided into four reading rooms around the parliament, newspaper reading room, art room and reading room for the blind. Total seating is 1,500 seats.
To the east in 1939 the main library building an extra six-storey library. In addition to bookstore can store 10 million copies, also have sections, the catalog room ...
The number of books that the Library of Congress archives are very rich, the number is over eighty million books, drawings and material things, more than 33 million manuscripts of celebrity. Here is the speech perception of Washington, first president of the United States and speeches during the campaign of the President through the course.
There are ancient books published before the sixteenth century. Then there is the material of modern art America's most complete, the short tape recording material, the music, the movies and books for the blind, as well as audio books .
If brought to the library shelves arranged in a row together, will have a length of over 500 km. Library of Congress to use modern management methods. Between the main library, librarian and buildings of Parliament have their motor vehicles to take books away, just 45 seconds is a book that can be put into the hands of readers. On average, every 10 seconds a book or a document given to the library buildings and on for about two seconds a book is imported into the library's inventory from the world.

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