The bigger picture
The world’s biggest libraries did not start as big libraries at all. In fact, they were not even designed to be big libraries.
Libraries such as the Library of Congress, the British Library, and the Bibliothèque nationale de France began with small, focused collections. Over centuries, as societies placed increasing value on knowledge preservation and di…
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