National Bookmobile Day 2024 is on Tuesday, April 16, 2024: i need an intoduction for my speach about green day can anyone help
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Al Gore couldn't be here today, So let me make this short and sweet!
About how many books does the average library actually have?
Most cities have several libraries and branches. Ours is the Pikes Peak Library District. Since I live in the Rocky Mountain boonies, I use the Bookmobile. It makes a stop just a few miles down the road. I can reserve books and check them out for 6 weeks at a time.
Here's all the info on PPLD plus their operating expenses:
The Library of Congress
"... is the de facto national library of the United States and the research arm of the United States Congress. Located in Washington, D.C., it is the largest by shelf space and one of the most important libraries in the world. Its collections include more than 30 million catalogued books and other print materials in 470 languages; more than 58 million manuscripts; the largest rare book collection in North America, including a Gutenberg Bible (one of only four perfect vellum copies known to exist); over 1 million US Government publications; 1 million issues of world newspapers spanning the past three centuries; 33,000 bound newspaper volumes; 500,000 microfilm reels; over 6,000 comic books[4] titles; the world's largest collection of legal materials; films; 4.8 million maps; sheet music; 2.7 million sound recordings; the Betts Stradivarius; and the Cassavetti Stradivarius. The head of the Library is the Librarian of Congress."
