Facts

The British Library, the largest in the United Kingdom, holds over 150 million collections. It needs more than 12 kilometers of new shelving every year.

Andrew Carnegie, the Man who set up 380 libraries just in Britain out of his own money.

At Sidney Sussex College in Cambridge when one of their books, borrowed in 1667, was returned in 1955!

Koha means ‘gift’ in the Maori language, the language of the people native to New Zealand.

The Library of Congress adds approximately 10,000 items to the collection daily. The library receives some 22,000 items each working day.