| Source |
Institution |
Volumes Held |
| A |
Library of Congress |
23,994,965 |
| A | Harvard University | 13,617,133
|
| P | New York Public Library | 11,445,971
|
| A | Yale University | 9,932,080 |
| P | Queen's Borough Public Library | 9,237,300 |
| A | University of Illinois - Urbana | 9,024,298 |
| A | University of California - Berkeley |
8,628,028 |
| P | Cincinnati & Hamilton County Public | 8,582,637 |
| P | Chicago Public Library |
8,100,000 |
| P | Free Library of Philadelphia | 7,891,532 |
| A | University of Texas | 7,495,275 |
| P | Los Angeles Public Library, County of | 7,425,092 |
| A | University of California-Los Angeles | 7,010,234 |
| A | University of Michigan | 6,973,162 |
| A | Columbia University | 6,905,609 |
| A | Stanford University | 6,865,158 |
| P | Boston Public Library | 6,709,907 |
| P | Brooklyn Public Library | 6,630,186 |
| P | Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh | 6,582,144 |
| A | University of Chicago | 6,116,978 |
| A | Cornell University | 6,113,346 |
| A | Indiana University | 5,916,992 |
| A | University of Wisconsin | 5,824,639 |
| P | Los Angeles Public Library | 5,743,103 |
| A | University of Washington | 5,715,202 |
| A | Princeton University | 5,516,141 |
| A | University of Minnesota | 5,490,668 |
| P | Houston Public Library | 5,187,973 |
| A | Ohio State University | 5,087,336 |
| A | University of North Carolina | 4,819,186 |
| A | Duke University | 4,645,050 |
| A | University of Pennsylvania | 4,546,667 |
| A | University of Arizona | 4,442,861 |
| A | University of Virginia | 4,433,628 |
| A | Michigan State University | 4,118,032 |
| A | Pennsylvania State University | 3,934,344 |
| A | Northwestern University | 3,893,005 |
| A | University of Iowa | 3,822,656 |
| A | University of Pittsburgh | 3,819,100 |
| P | King County Library System | 3,677,923 |
| A | Rutgers University | 3,633,792 |
| A | New York University | 3,629,897 |
| A | University of Kansas | 3,532,810 |
| A | University of Georgia | 3,458,298 |
| A | University of Southern California | 3,417,928 |
| P | Buffalo & Erie County Public Library | 3,414,367 |
| P | Miami-Dade Public Library System | 3,357,879 |
| P | Cleveland Public Library | 3,320,353 |
| A | University of Florida | 3,317,781 |
| A | Arizona State | 3,278,332 |
| A | Washington University - St. Louis | 3,234,005 |
| A | Johns Hopkins | 3,224,741 |
| A | Center for Research Libraries | 3,127,913 |
| P | Cuyahoga County Public Library | 3,088,098 |
| P | Hawaii State Public Library System | 3,077,276 |
| A | State University of New York - Buffalo | 3,047,830 |
| P | St. Louis County Library | 3,023,237 |
| A | Wayne State University | 3,002,261 |
| A | University of South Carolina | 2,998,008 |
| A | McGill University | 2,994,156 |
| A | University of Rochester | 2,962,157 |
| A | Louisiana State University | 2,950,442 |
| A | University of California - Davis | 2,949,213 |
| A | Brown University | 2,932,818 |
| P | Dallas Public Library | 2,932,589 |
| A | University of Hawaii | 2,925,821 |
| P | District of Columbia Public Library | 2,863,749 |
| A | University of Connecticut | 2,828,359 |
| A | University of Massachusetts | 2,826,284 |
| A | University of Missouri | 2,816,452 |
| P | Detroit Public Library | 2,804,428 |
| P | Mid-Continent Public Library | 2,789,218 |
| P | Milwaukee Public Library | 2,756,657 |
| P | Jacksonville Public Library | 2,721,642 |
| A | University of Colorado | 2,715,702 |
| A | Syracuse University | 2,712,132 |
| A | University of Kentucky | 2,679,084 |
| P | San Diego Public Library | 2,670,375 |
| P | Fairfax County Public Library | 2,666,615 |
| A | University of Maryland | 2,626,800 |
| A | North Carolina State University | 2,618,615 |
| A | University of Oklahoma | 2,640,071 |
| A | University of Utah | 2,608,118 |
| A | University of Notre Dame | 2,583,669 |
| P | Montgomery County Public Library | 2,583,225 |
| A | University of California - San Diego | 2,531,418 |
| A | MIT | 2,493,927 |
| P | Enoch Pratt Free Library | 2,477,468 |
| A | Auburn University | 2,464,666 |
| A | Brigham Young University | 2,462,966 |
| P | Toledo-Lucas County Public Library | 2,452,740 |
| A | Texas A&M University | 2,447,598 |
| A | Vanderbilt University | 2,442,771 |
| A | University of Nebraska | 2,442,115 |
| P | Columbus Metropolitan Library | 2,433,636 |
| A | University of California - Santa Barbara | 2,396,611 |
| P | San Francisco Public Library | 2,393,837 |
| A | Emory University | 2,369,065 |
| A | Kent State University | 2,346,014 |
| A | Temple University | 2,345,342 |
Sources:
A= ARL Statistics 1996-97 Washington, DC: Association of Research Libraries, 1997. Washington, DC: Association of Research Libraries, 1998.
P=Public Library Data Service: Statistical Report 98. Chicago: Public Library
Association (division of the American Library Association), 1998.
Note: Public library and academic library collections are dissimilar.
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