List of the largest libraries in the United States
The largest public library in the United States—and the largest library in the world—is the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C., which is the "de facto" national library of the United States. It holds more than 167 million items, including "more than 39 million books and other printed materials, 3.6 million recordings, 14.8 million photographs, 5.5 million maps, 8.1 million pieces of sheet music and 72 million manuscripts." Other than the Library of Congress, the largest public library in the United States is the New York Public Library, while the largest research library in the United States is the Harvard Library.
D. H. Hill Library
As of 2013, the NCSU Libraries are the 50th largest library system in the United States, the 37th largest academic library system in the U.S. and the 26th largest public university library system, respectively. As of 2018, the system's total holdings amount to over 5.3 million volumes, 127,000 electronic journal subscriptions, approximately 1,000 print subscriptions, 635 bibliographic databases, and access to over 1.2 million electronic books. In the 2017–2018 academic year, the Libraries saw nearly 17 million total uses.