Ever wonder which library has the most expensive budget or what the names of the first three books to contain photographs are?
or what about:
-The name of the first book to have page numbers
-The title of the largest and smallest and most expensive books ever published
-or the tallest bookstore and library buildings in the world
Well, wonder no more. The second of edition of Library World Records by Godfrey Oswald has just been published by McFarland. This updated and expanded edition contains more than 380 entries providing answers to hundreds of new questions about libraries, periodicals, books, and reference databases.
Here’s the table of contents:
Acknowledgments xvi
Preface to the Second Edition 1
Introduction 3
How to Use the Book 5
World Records for National Libraries 7
World Records for Public and Subscription Libraries 23
World Records for University and Academic Libraries 42
World Records for Specialty Libraries and Archives 87
Miscellaneous World Records for Libraries 105
World Records for Books, Periodicals and Bookstores 132
World Records for Library Buildings 210
World Records for Library Catalogs, Databases and Technology 243
World Records for Library and Information Science Organizations 283
Saint Jerome, the Librarian’s Patron Saint 301
Bibliography 303
Index 305
Book Details:
ISBN 978-0-7864-3852-5
144 photos, bibliography, index
343pp. softcover (7 x 10) 2009
Available here