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1、librariesWorldTopTenLibrarySpain‘s“fun”magazineinJuly2001ReportNo.:rankingtheworld’slargestlibraryLibraryofCongress(WashingtonDC) 26 millionvolumesRussianLibrary(Moscow) 17.6millionChineseLibrary(Beijing) 15.9millionRussianLibrary(St.Petersburg) 13.62millionBri

2、tishLibrary(London) 13millionHarvardLibrary(Massachusetts) 11million  NationalLibraryofFrance(Paris) 11million  LibraryofLeipzig(德国莱比锡) 9million  TheJapaneseDietLibrary(Tokyo) 7.27million  LibraryinFrankfort(法兰克福) 7millionTheLibraryofCongress(美国国立图书馆)Locat

3、edinthreebuildingsinWashingtonDC.,itisthelargestlibraryintheworldbyshelfspaceandnumberofbooks.TheheadoftheLibraryistheLibrarianofCongress,currentlyJamesH.BillingtonTheLibraryofCongressistheresearchlibraryoftheUnitedStatesCongressandtheoldestfederalculturalinsti

4、tutionintheUnitedStates..TheLibraryofCongresswasbuiltbyCongressin1800,andwashousedintheUnitedStatescapitalformostofthe19thcentury.AftermuchoftheoriginalcollectionhadbeendestroyedduringtheWarof1812,ThomasJeffersonsold6,487books,hisentirepersonalcollection,tothel

5、ibraryin1815.Afteraperiodofdeclineduringthemid-19thcenturytheLibraryofCongressbegantogrowrapidlyinbothsizeandimportanceaftertheAmericanCivilWar,culminatingintheconstructionofaseparatelibrarybuildingandthetransferenceofallcopyrightdepositholdingstotheLibrary.Dur

6、ingtherapidexpansionofthe20thcenturytheLibraryofCongressassumedapreeminent（卓越的、杰出的）publicrole,becominga"libraryoflastresort"andexpandingitsmissionforthebenefitscholarsandtheAmericanpeople.TheLibrary'sprimarymissionisresearchinginquiriesmadebymembersofCongressth

7、roughtheCongressionalResearchService.Althoughitisopentothepublic,onlyMembersofCongress,SupremeCourtjusticesandotherhigh-rankinggovernmentofficialsmaycheckoutbooks.Asthenationallibrary,theLibraryofCongresspromotesliteracy（精通文学）andAmericanliteraturethroughproject

8、ssuchastheAmericanFolklifeCenter,AmericanMemory,CenterfortheBookandPoetLaureate.UsingtheLibraryThelibraryisopentothegeneralpublicforacademicresearchandtourists.Onlythosewhoa