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Punjab Public Library, Lahore Biggest Public library in Pakistan, established in 1884. It has 500,000 books and more than manuscripts. A Quranic section has been added in the upper storey of library which houses old and rare copies of Holy Quran, translated in many languages of the world.

Harvard University Library (HUL) It was founded in 1638. It has stock nearly 17 million volumes.

British Library  It was established on July 1, 1973. Its collection include more than 150 million items – 14 million books, 920,000 Journals and newspapers.

German National Library  It was established in 1912 in Frankfurt. It holds a total of around 26.1 million units.

National Library of Canada  It was established in 1953 in Ottawa. It has collection of 18.8 million. In 2004 it joined with National Archives of Canada to become library and Archives of Canada.

Russian Academy of Science Library  It was established in 1714 in Saint Petersburg. It has collection of 20.5 million items of national and foreign publications, manuscript, cards, microfilms and other documents.

National Library of China It was established in 1909. It has a collection of 24.1 million volumes. In the collection there are 270,000 volumes of rare books, 1,600,000 volumes of general ancient books, 35,000 pieces of the scripted turtle shell and bones.

Library of Congress  It was established in 1800. The collection of more than 144 million item include more than 30 million cataloged books and other print material in 460 languages; more than 63 million manuscript; and the worlds largest collection of legal materials, films, maps, sheet music and sound recordings.