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National Library of France

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National Library of France
Bibliothèque nationale de France
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LocationParis, France
Established1461 (1461)[1]
Dissolved2018 (2018)
Collection
Items collectedbooks, journals, newspapers, magazines, sound and music recordings, patents, databases, maps, stamps, prints, drawings and manuscripts
Size40M items
14M books and publications[2]
Access and use
Access requirementsOpen to anyone with a need to use the collections and services
Other information
Budget€254 million[2]
DirectorBruno Racine
Employees2,700
Websitewww.bnf.fr
National Library of France
Bibliothèque nationale de France
Map
LocationParis, France
Established1461 (1461)[1]
Dissolved2018 (2018)
Collection
Items collectedbooks, journals, newspapers, magazines, sound and music recordings, patents, databases, maps, stamps, prints, drawings and manuscripts
Size40M items
14M books and publications[2]
Access and use
Access requirementsOpen to anyone with a need to use the collections and services
Other information
Budget€254 million[2]
DirectorBruno Racine
Employees2,700
Websitewww.bnf.fr

Library of Alexandria

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Library of Alexandria
Nineteenth-century artistic rendering of the Library of Alexandria by the German artist O. Von Corven, based partially on the archaeological evidence available at that time[3]
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LocationAlexandria, Egypt, Ptolemaic Kingdom
TypeNational library
EstablishedPossibly during the reign of Ptolemy II Philadelphus (285–246 BC)[4][5]
Collection
Items collectedAny written works[6][7]
SizeEstimates vary; somewhere between 40,000 and 400,000 scrolls,[8] perhaps equivalent to roughly 100,000 books[9]
Other information
EmployeesEstimated to have employed over 100 scholars at its height[10][11]
Library of Alexandria
Nineteenth-century artistic rendering of the Library of Alexandria by the German artist O. Von Corven, based partially on the archaeological evidence available at that time[3]
Map
LocationAlexandria, Egypt, Ptolemaic Kingdom
TypeNational library
EstablishedPossibly during the reign of Ptolemy II Philadelphus (285–246 BC)[4][5]
Collection
Items collectedAny written works[6][7]
SizeEstimates vary; somewhere between 40,000 and 400,000 scrolls,[8] perhaps equivalent to roughly 100,000 books[9]
Other information
EmployeesEstimated to have employed over 100 scholars at its height[10][11]

Bodleian Library

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Bodleian Library
Bodleian Library
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51°45′14″N 1°15′16″W / 51.75389°N 1.25444°W / 51.75389; -1.25444
LocationBroad Street, Oxford, United Kingdom
TypeAcademic library
Established1602; 423 years ago (1602)
Collection
Items collectedBooks, journals, newspapers, magazines, sound and music recordings, maps, prints, drawings and manuscripts
Size13M+[12]
Legal depositIncluded in the Legal Deposit Libraries Act 2003
Access and use
Access requirementsOld Schools Quadrangle, Divinity School, Exhibition Room and Bodleian Library Gift Shop open to the public
MembersStudents and fellows of University of Oxford
Other information
DirectorRichard Ovenden
Websitebodleian.ox.ac.uk/bodley
Bodleian Library
Bodleian Library
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51°45′14″N 1°15′16″W / 51.75389°N 1.25444°W / 51.75389; -1.25444
LocationBroad Street, Oxford, United Kingdom
TypeAcademic library
Established1602; 423 years ago (1602)
Collection
Items collectedBooks, journals, newspapers, magazines, sound and music recordings, maps, prints, drawings and manuscripts
Size13M+[12]
Legal depositIncluded in the Legal Deposit Libraries Act 2003
Access and use
Access requirementsOld Schools Quadrangle, Divinity School, Exhibition Room and Bodleian Library Gift Shop open to the public
MembersStudents and fellows of University of Oxford
Other information
DirectorRichard Ovenden
Websitebodleian.ox.ac.uk/bodley
  1. ^ Jack A. Clarke. "French Libraries in Transition, 1789–95." The Library Quarterly, Vol. 37, No. 4 (Oct., 1967)
  2. ^ a b "La BnF en chiffres".
  3. ^ Garland 2008, p. 61.
  4. ^ Tracy 2000, pp. 343–344.
  5. ^ Phillips 2010.
  6. ^ MacLeod 2000, p. 3.
  7. ^ Casson 2001, p. 35.
  8. ^ Wiegand & Davis 2015, p. 20.
  9. ^ Garland 2008, p. 60.
  10. ^ Haughton 2011.
  11. ^ MacLeod 2000, p. 5.
  12. ^ "Bodleian Libraries – About us". ox.ac.uk. Retrieved 24 February 2021.