Library World Records

Library World Records is a reference book that features all the facts that one could possibly need or want to know about libraries. It is best described as a Guinness Book of Records for libraries. Divided into roughly nine sections, the book not only covers records for national, public, academic and special libraries, but also records for bookstores (online and “bricks and mortar” types), library and information science organizations and library tools such as catalogs, databases and indexes.

There is an emphasis on qualitative descriptions such as largest, oldest, tallest, busiest, etc. Some of the facts are mildly interesting such...