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The Library of Congress Releases FY2015 Collection
The Library of Congress Releases FY2015 Collection Statistics, Physical Items Now Total 162 Million
From Today's LC News Release: The Library of Congress today released statistics for fiscal year 2015. Its collection now comprises more than 162 million physical items in a wide variety of formats. The daily business of being the world's largest library, the home of the U.S.
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Reading these statistics just makes my mouth drop.
- 596,000 congressional reference requests.
- Preserved more than 9 million collection items.
- More than 482.5 million page-views on the Library’s web properties



