世界几大著名图书馆英文介绍.ppt

The Library of Congress (美国国立图书馆) Located in three buildings in Washington DC. ,it is the largest library in the world by shelf space and number of books. The head of the Library is the Librarian of Congress, currently James H. Billington The Library of Congress is the research library of the United States Congress and the oldest federal cultural institution in the United States.. Holdings The collections of the Library of Congress include more than 32 million cataloged books and other print materials in 470 languages; more than 61 million manuscripts; the largest rare book collection in?north America, including the rough draft of the Declaration of Independence, 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;. Buildings The Russian State Library俄国国立图书馆 British library British Library, national library of Great Britain, located in London; one of the world's great libraries. Long a part of the British Museum, the library collection originated in 1753 when the government purchased the Harleian Library, which belonged to Sir Robert Bruce Cotton, and groups of manuscripts. Bibliothèque nationale de france 法国国家图书馆 The?Bibliothèque nationale de France?(BnF,?IPA:?[bi. bli. j?. T?k na .sj?.nal d? f?ɑ?s]) is the?National Library?of?France, located in Paris. It is intended to be the repository （贮藏室）of all that is published in France. The current president of the library is?Bruno Racine. Thant’s all Thank you According to its new modernization strategy officially adopted in 1996 the Library‘s general mission（使命、任务） is to contribute to the development of science and culture, to the dissemination(传播、宣传) of information, to strengthening mutual understanding between peoples and cultures, to solution of main social, economic and cultural problems to secure pr