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The Best Libraries in The World: "Reading Gives Us Someplace To Go When We Have To Stay Where We Are" - Mason Cooley

The document summarizes some of the best libraries in the world in 3 paragraphs. It describes the Library of Alexandria as the largest library of the ancient world housing books, manuscripts, and meeting spaces, though the original was destroyed in a fire. It notes the Vatican Library is one of the oldest in the world formally established in 1475 and holds over 1.1 million books and manuscripts. Finally, it mentions the Library of Parliament in Ottawa, Canada is featured on the country's $10 bill and holds over 600,000 items curated by 300 staff members.

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The Best Libraries in The World: "Reading Gives Us Someplace To Go When We Have To Stay Where We Are" - Mason Cooley

The document summarizes some of the best libraries in the world in 3 paragraphs. It describes the Library of Alexandria as the largest library of the ancient world housing books, manuscripts, and meeting spaces, though the original was destroyed in a fire. It notes the Vatican Library is one of the oldest in the world formally established in 1475 and holds over 1.1 million books and manuscripts. Finally, it mentions the Library of Parliament in Ottawa, Canada is featured on the country's $10 bill and holds over 600,000 items curated by 300 staff members.

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THE BEST LIBRARIES IN THE WORLD

"Reading gives us someplace to go when we have to stay where we are"


- Mason Cooley
THE LIBRARY OF ALEXANDRIA — ALEXANDRIA, EGYPT

The Library of Alexandria was the ancient


world's largest and most comprehensive
library, housing books and manuscripts
(on papyrus scrolls) as well as meeting
rooms, gardens, and lecture halls on its
grounds. Considered one of the Seven
Wonders of the Ancient World, the
original Library of Alexandria was
tragically destroyed in a fire nearly 2,000
years ago. The new Library of Alexandria
is a memorial to its predecessor. The
Library cost $220 million to rebuild in
2002, and is now operating as not only a
library, but also as a cultural center,
planetarium, manuscript restoration lab,
art gallery and exhibition space, museum,
and conference center. Currently, the
library contains more than 500,000 books,
though it has space for over eight million.
• VATICAN LIBRARY — VATICAN CITY, ROME

The Vatican Library, is one of the


oldest libraries in the world. Though it
was formally established in 1475, its
existence in early forms dates back to
the origins of the Catholic Church.
For nearly 600 years, the library has
added to its collection through historic
acquisitions, generous bequests, and
gracious gifts. The Vatican Library
currently holds mor than 1.1 million
books, 75,000 manuscripts, and over
8,500 incunabula. Fittingly, the library
owns the oldest complete manuscript
of the Bible, as well as many other
significant works from medieval
times.
LIBRARY OF PARLIAMENT — OTTAWA, CANADA

The Library of Parliament in


Ottawa, Canada holds a special
distinction on our list, as it is the
only library of such prominence
that its likeness is printed on the
country's currency (it is featured
on Canada's ten dollar bill). The
design of this national landmark
was inspired by the British
Museum Reading Room, The
collection encompasses more than
600,000 items, which is curated by
a dedicated 300-member staff.
STATE LIBRARY OF VICTORIA — MELBOURNE,
AUSTRALIA

Founded in 1854, the State Library of Victoria now


holds more than 1.5 million books, including special
collections highlighting chess, the arts, the diaries of
Melbourne's founders, and the folios of Captain
James Cook. The centerpiece of the library is the
LaTrobe Reading Room, a soaring octagonal space
with the capacity to accommodate more than one
million books and 500 researchers or readers in one
sitting. At the time of its completion in 1913, the
LaTrobe Reading Room was the largest dome in the
world; today, it houses the library's extensive
Australiana collection.

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