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The largest library in the system is the Thompson Library. It locates at the very centre of the Columbus campus. Serving readers for several decades till the late 1990s, this library had some intolerable troubles, especially in storing space and furnishings.
The William Oxley Thompson Memorial Library (commonly referred to as the Thompson Library) is the main library at Ohio State University's Columbus campus. It is the university's largest library and houses its main stacks, special collections, rare books and manuscripts, and many departmental subject libraries.
Largest public libraries systems by total collections. The American Library Association has published data on the size of 25 largest public libraries in the United States. These data are from the Institute of Museum and Library Services 's Public Libraries Survey (PLS) for fiscal year 2016.
The William Oxley Thompson Memorial Library is located on the western edge of the iconic oval at the Ohio State University. It is named after the fifth president of the university.
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Jun 28, 2012 · Ohio State’s decision not to increase the size of it’s 306,000 square foot library, originally built in 1913 and expanded in the 1950s and 1970s, might seem counterintuitive for this behemoth campus. But planners and stakeholders agreed that the best way to be student centered was aggressively to improve and refocus their library’s space.
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