In a brief article titled, “Secrets of the Stacks,” the NY Times offers up a bunch of “fast facts” about the NYPL. They include:
+ The NYPL (research libraries and branches) have a total of 20 million books, 50 million cataloged items.
+ Only the Library of Congress and the British Library are larger.
+ The library began its telephone reference service in 1968
+ The library has 40,000 restaurant menus, the world’s largest collection, dating from the 1850s to the present.
+ Heaviest Book:
A tie between “Michelangelo: La Dotta Mano,” a handmade coffee-table-size trophy, and John James Audubon’s 1830s first edition of “Birds of America,” with its life-size raptors and flamingos. Both weigh about 61 pounds.
Source: NY Times
See Also: New York Public Library: A New Look for the Public Library’s Lion Logo
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