If the US is 'the world' then yes, the Library of Congress would be the 'largest in the world', however, if the world is actually THE WORLD, then the British Library is the largest.
Why on earth would the writers say such a thing knowing that audiences can look up the truth in moments? Were they hoping that we would just take their boast as fact?
Chanel N°3: "I heard that munching box is what killed Michael Douglas."
"Why on earth would the writers say such a thing knowing that audiences can look up the truth in moments? Were they hoping that we would just take their boast as fact?"
They were talking about square footage not the number of books/cataloged items.
They were talking about square footage not the number of books/cataloged items.
In terms of physical size, staff size, budget and annual number of visitors, the U.S. Library of Congress is largest. The British Library has about 10 million more volumes; however, many of these are single parchments, etc., so the actual number of pages in the British Library is smaller than in the Library of Congress.
Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. - Arthur C. Clarke
if you want to be really technical, the Smithsonian is technically an archival library and museum. At least that is what they told me when I interned there....and that place is freaking huge.
j.
The only books worth reading are those written in the deep, passionate waters of life.
At least that is what they told me when I interned there
Why on earth would the writers say such a thing knowing that audiences can look up the truth in moments?