A public library is a library,most often a lending library,that is accessible by the general public and is usually funded from public sources,such as taxes. It is operated by librarians and library paraprofessionals,who are also civil servants.
The Bodley Head is an English book publishing imprint of Penguin Random House. Founded in 1887 by John Lane and Elkin Mathews,The Bodley Head existed as an independent entity or as part of multiple consortiums until it was acquired by Random House in 1987 alongside sister companies Jonathan Cape and Chatto &Windus. Random House used The Bodley Head as a children's book imprint until April 2008,when it was repositioned as an adult non-fiction imprint within the Vintage Books division.
The Cornell University Library is the library system of Cornell University. As of 2014,it holds over eight million printed volumes and over a million ebooks. More than 90 percent of its current 120,000 periodical titles are available online. It has 8.5 million microfilms and microfiches,more than 71,000 cubic feet (2,000 m3) of manuscripts,and close to 500,000 other materials,including motion pictures,DVDs,sound recordings,and computer files,extensive digital resources,and the University Archives. It is the sixteenth largest library in North America,ranked by number of volumes held. It is also the thirteenth largest research library in the U.S. by both titles and volumes held.
The Bavarian State Library in Munich is the central "Landesbibliothek",i. e. the state library of the Free State of Bavaria,the biggest universal and research library in Germany and one of Europe's most important universal libraries. With its collections currently comprising around 10.89 million books,it ranks among the leading research libraries worldwide. The Bayerische Staatsbibliothek furthermore is Europe's second-largest journals library. Furthermore,its historical holdings encompass one of the most important manuscript collections of the world,the largest collection of incunabula worldwide,as well as numerous further important special collections. Its collection of historical prints before 1850 totals almost one million units.
The University of California operates the largest academic library system in the world. It manages more than 40.8 million print volumes in 100 libraries on ten campuses. The purpose of these libraries is to assist research and instruction on the University of California campuses. While each campus library is separate,they share facilities for storage,computerized indexing,digital libraries and management.
Pikes Peak Library District (PPLD) is a nationally recognized system of public libraries serving a population of more than 650,000 across 2,070 square miles in El Paso County,Colorado. Pikes Peak Library District has resources for children,teens,adults,and seniors. Library resources are available in multiple languages,large print,audio,video,and electronic formats.
The Westlake Porter Public Library serves western Cuyahoga County and eastern Lorain County,Ohio,United States. The library is located at 27333 Center Ridge Road in Westlake,Ohio.
The Twin Lakes Library System is a single-county public library system that serves the citizens of Milledgeville and Baldwin County,Georgia with two facilities.
The University of Arizona Poetry Center in Tucson,Arizona,is among the most extensive collections of contemporary poetry in the United States. It is the largest such collection which is "open shelf."
Martynas Mažvydas National Library of Lithuania is a national cultural institution which collects,organizes and preserves Lithuania's written cultural heritage content,develops the collection of Lithuanian and foreign documents relevant to research,educational and cultural needs of Lithuania,and provides library information services to the public.
Uttar Pradesh Rajarshi Tandon Open University is a public university in Prayagraj,Uttar Pradesh,India. It is named after Rajarshi Purushottam Das Tandon.
The first libraries in China came into being during the time of the Shang dynasty as intellectuals known as the Shi (historians) and Wu (diviners) emerged from manual labor to special occupations for the creation and spread of culture. Among the documents that these occupations managed were "the country's statute books,genealogies of imperial kinsmen,issued notices and orders,and recorded important events and natural phenomena. For future verification and reference,they built storehouses to keep records in different media. To meet the needs of more and more complicated affairs and to ensure easy use,they began to collect and sort out those records according to chronological order and category. Thus,the earliest library in China came into being. The numerous kinds of media loaded with information and knowledge emerged in human society,resulting in the concepts of preservation and collection. Accordingly,the earliest libraries and archives were the result of conscious collection,process,coalition,and utilization."
The Stephen A. Schwarzman Building is the flagship building in the New York Public Library system in the Midtown Manhattan neighborhood of New York City. The branch,one of four research libraries in the library system,contains nine separate divisions. The structure contains four stories open to the public. The main entrance steps are at Fifth Avenue at its intersection with East 41st Street. As of 2015,the branch contains an estimated 2.5 million volumes in its stacks. The building was declared a National Historic Landmark,a National Register of Historic Places site,and a New York City designated landmark in the 1960s.
Zaporizhzhia Regional Universal Scientific Library is one of the leading libraries in the Zaporizhzhia Oblast (region). The library was founded in January 1904. Its fund is 1 million 484 thousand units. The total area of library depository - 4700 square meters. Number of places for users - 800.
Mongolian National Library located in Ulaanbaatar,is the largest and oldest library in Mongolia. It houses over three million books and publications,one million of which are rare and valuable books,sutras and manuscripts,including the world's only surviving copies of many ancient Buddhist texts.
University of Cape Town Libraries is the library system of the University of Cape Town in Cape Town,South Africa.
The Ninoy Aquino Library and Learning Resources Center (NALLRC) is the library system of the Polytechnic University of the Philippines composed of libraries providing services to the PUP System. Its headquarters is in the building of the same name,located in Manila,Philippines. NALLRC offers various services and development of programs to its clientele.
The University of South Florida Tampa Library is the main research library for the University of South Florida. Housing over 1.3 million books,academic journals and electronic resources,including 52,000 e-journal subscriptions,443,000 e-books,and over 800 databases,the library has more than 2 million visitors each year. The library offers tutoring and writing services,laptops,a career resource center,and course reserves. The facility houses several special and digital collections,including literature,oral histories,photographs,artifacts,and the university archives. The current Dean of USF Libraries is Todd Chavez.
The National Museum Library is a division of the Department of National Museum in Sri Lanka functioning as its library and archive for its collection of books and documents. Established on 1 January 1877 as the Colombo National Museum Library when the Colombo National Museum was established,it incorporated the Government Oriental Library that had been established in 1870. Since 1885,by law,a copy of every document printed in the country is required to be lodged with the museum library as it functioned as the oldest legal deposit in Sri Lanka.
The Main Library of Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University in Warsaw is the central research library of the Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University in Warsaw.
