| Source |
Institution |
Volumes Held |
| A |
Library of Congress |
23,994,965 |
| A |
Harvard University |
13,617,133 |
| P |
New York Public Library |
11,445,971 |
| A |
Yale University |
9,932,080 |
| P |
Queen's Borough Public Library |
9,237,300 |
| A |
University of Illinois - Urbana |
9,024,298 |
| A |
University of California - Berkeley |
8,628,028 |
| P |
Cincinnati & Hamilton County Public |
8,582,637 |
| P |
Chicago Public Library |
8,100,000 |
| P |
Free Library of Philadelphia |
7,891,532 |
| A |
University of Texas |
7,495,275 |
| P |
Los Angeles Public Library, County of |
7,425,092 |
| A |
University of California-Los Angeles |
7,010,234 |
| A |
University of Michigan |
6,973,162 |
| A |
Columbia University |
6,905,609 |
| A |
Stanford University |
6,865,158 |
| P |
Boston Public Library |
6,709,907 |
| P |
Brooklyn Public Library |
6,630,186 |
| P |
Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh |
6,582,144 |
| A |
University of Chicago |
6,116,978 |
| A |
Cornell University |
6,113,346 |
| A |
Indiana University |
5,916,992 |
| A |
University of Wisconsin |
5,824,639 |
| P |
Los Angeles Public Library |
5,743,103 |
| A |
University of Washington |
5,715,202 |
| A |
Princeton University |
5,516,141 |
| A |
University of Minnesota |
5,490,668 |
| P |
Houston Public Library |
5,187,973 |
| A |
Ohio State University |
5,087,336 |
| A |
University of North Carolina |
4,819,186 |
| A |
Duke University |
4,645,050 |
| A |
University of Pennsylvania |
4,546,667 |
| A |
University of Arizona |
4,442,861 |
| A |
University of Virginia |
4,433,628 |
| A |
Michigan State University |
4,118,032 |
| A |
Pennsylvania State University |
3,934,344 |
| A |
Northwestern University |
3,893,005 |
| A |
University of Iowa |
3,822,656 |
| A |
University of Pittsburgh |
3,819,100 |
| P |
King County Library System |
3,677,923 |
| A |
Rutgers University |
3,633,792 |
| A |
New York University |
3,629,897 |
| A |
University of Kansas |
3,532,810 |
| A |
University of Georgia |
3,458,298 |
| A |
University of Southern California |
3,417,928 |
| P |
Buffalo & Erie County Public Library |
3,414,367 |
| P |
Miami-Dade Public Library System |
3,357,879 |
| P |
Cleveland Public Library |
3,320,353 |
| A |
University of Florida |
3,317,781 |
| A |
Arizona State |
3,278,332 |
| A |
Washington University - St. Louis |
3,234,005 |
| A |
Johns Hopkins |
3,224,741 |
| A |
Center for Research Libraries |
3,127,913 |
| P |
Cuyahoga County Public Library |
3,088,098 |
| P |
Hawaii State Public Library System |
3,077,276 |
| A |
State University of New York - Buffalo |
3,047,830 |
| P |
St. Louis County Library |
3,023,237 |
| A |
Wayne State University |
3,002,261 |
| A |
University of South Carolina |
2,998,008 |
| A |
McGill University |
2,994,156 |
| A |
University of Rochester |
2,962,157 |
| A |
Louisiana State University |
2,950,442 |
| A |
University of California - Davis |
2,949,213 |
| A |
Brown University |
2,932,818 |
| P |
Dallas Public Library |
2,932,589 |
| A |
University of Hawaii |
2,925,821 |
| P |
District of Columbia Public Library |
2,863,749 |
| A |
University of Connecticut |
2,828,359 |
| A |
University of Massachusetts |
2,826,284 |
| A |
University of Missouri |
2,816,452 |
| P |
Detroit Public Library |
2,804,428 |
| P |
Mid-Continent Public Library |
2,789,218 |
| P |
Milwaukee Public Library |
2,756,657 |
| P |
Jacksonville Public Library |
2,721,642 |
| A |
University of Colorado |
2,715,702 |
| A |
Syracuse University |
2,712,132 |
| A |
University of Kentucky |
2,679,084 |
| P |
San Diego Public Library |
2,670,375 |
| P |
Fairfax County Public Library |
2,666,615 |
| A |
University of Maryland |
2,626,800 |
| A |
North Carolina State University |
2,618,615 |
| A |
University of Oklahoma |
2,640,071 |
| A |
University of Utah |
2,608,118 |
| A |
University of Notre Dame |
2,583,669 |
| P |
Montgomery County Public Library |
2,583,225 |
| A |
University of California - San Diego |
2,531,418 |
| A |
MIT |
2,493,927 |
| P |
Enoch Pratt Free Library |
2,477,468 |
| A |
Auburn University |
2,464,666 |
| A |
Brigham Young University |
2,462,966 |
| P |
Toledo-Lucas County Public Library |
2,452,740 |
| A |
Texas A&M University |
2,447,598 |
| A |
Vanderbilt University |
2,442,771 |
| A |
University of Nebraska |
2,442,115 |
| P |
Columbus Metropolitan Library |
2,433,636 |
| A |
University of California - Santa Barbara |
2,396,611 |
| P |
San Francisco Public Library |
2,393,837 |
| A |
Emory University |
2,369,065 |
| A |
Kent State University |
2,346,014 |
| A |
Temple University |
2,345,342 |
Sources: A= ARL Statistics 1996-97 Washington, DC: Association of Research Libraries, 1997. Washington, DC: Association of Research Libraries, 1998. P=Public Library Data Service: Statistical Report 98. Chicago: Public Library Association (division of the American Library Association), 1998. Note: Public library and academic library collections are dissimilar. |
