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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.
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.
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As of 2018, the largest public library in the United States and second-largest library in the world is the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C., the de facto national library of the United States, [2] which holds over 167 million items, including over 39 million books and other printed materials, 3.6 million recordings, 14.8 million ...
- Harvard University (Cambridge, MA): 16,832,952.
- University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign (Champaign, IL): 13,158,748.
- Yale University (New Haven, CT): 12,787,962.
- University of California, Berkeley (Berkeley, CA): 11,545,418.
The Ohio State University Libraries is here to support students, scholars, Buckeyes and beyond advancing research, teaching, and learning. We offer educational resources, services, and expertise that opens minds and forwards equity, inclusion, and diversity in the pursuit and sharing of knowledge.
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For lists of the largest public libraries only, see ALA Library Fact Sheet 13 - The Nation's Largest Public Libraries: Top 25 Rankings, which lists the top 25 public libraries in the United States by population served, by library collection, by circulation, and by library visits.
