College and Research Libraries


B y W A L T E R C R O S B Y E E L L S 

Libraries in the Universities 
of the World 

Dr. Eells recently returned from a two-
and-a-half year trip around the world, fol-
lowing four years of service in Japan as 
Adviser on Higher Education. 

TH E AVERAGE N U M B E R o f b o o k s r e p o r t e d i n o v e r 1 5 0 0 u n i v e r s i t y a n d c o l l e g e l i -
b r a r i e s t h r o u g h o u t t h e w o r l d is s l i g h t l y o v e r 
1 3 8 , 0 0 0 v o l u m e s . T h e l a r g e s t a v e r a g e s i z e 
o f u n i v e r s i t y l i b r a r i e s a r e f o u n d i n E u r o p e 
w i t h a n a v e r a g e o f m o r e t h a n 2 6 0 , 0 0 0 v o l -
u m e s ; t h e s m a l l e s t i n t h e u n i v e r s i t i e s o f 
S o u t h A m e r i c a w i t h a n a v e r a g e o n l y o n e 
t e n t h as g r e a t , l e s s t h a n 2 6 , 0 0 0 . T h o s e o f 
t h e U n i t e d S t a t e s a r e s l i g h t l y b e l o w t h e 
w o r l d a v e r a g e , w i t h 1 2 5 , 0 0 0 v o l u m e s p e r 
i n s t i t u t i o n , a l t h o u g h t h e w o r l d ' s t w o l a r g -
e s t u n i v e r s i t y l i b r a r i e s a r e f o u n d i n t h e 
U n i t e d S t a t e s . 

T h e s e f i g u r e s a r e b a s e d u p o n d a t a r e -
p o r t e d i n t h e m o s t r e c e n t a n d c o m p r e h e n 
s i v e r e f e r e n c e v o l u m e s , Universities of the 
World Outside U.S.A. 1950 and American 
Universities and Colleges 1952, both pub-
l i s h e d b y t h e A m e r i c a n C o u n c i l o n E d u -
c a t i o n , W a s h i n g t o n , D . C . T h e f i r s t n a m e d 
v o l u m e g i v e s s o m e i n f o r m a t i o n o n 1 9 5 9 
f o r e i g n i n s t i t u t i o n s o f h i g h e r e d u c a t i o n i n 
8 5 c o u n t r i e s . I n m a n y c a s e s , h o w e v e r , t h i s 
i n f o r m a t i o n is l i m i t e d t o t h e n a m e a n d 
l o c a t i o n o f t h e i n s t i t u t i o n a n d p e r h a p s t h e 
n a m e s o f o n e o r t w o o f its a d m i n i s t r a t i v e 
o f f i c e r s . R e a s o n a b l y c o m p l e t e " e x h i b i t s " 
a r e f o u n d f o r 8 5 5 i n s t i t u t i o n s . 1 O f t h e s e , 

1 Of the total of 1959 no less than 7 1 7 are located in 
the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. For none of 
these is a complete and adequate exhibit given although 

6 6 6 , o r 7 7 % , r e p o r t t h e n u m b e r o f v o l u m e s 
i n t h e i r l i b r a r i e s . 

I t s h o u l d b e n o t e d , p e r h a p s , t h a t s o m e 
i n s t i t u t i o n s r e p o r t e d n u m b e r o f v o l u m e s 
i n r o u n d n u m b e r s o n l y , u s u a l l y t o t h e 
n e a r e s t 1 , 0 0 0 v o l u m e s , b u t o c c a s i o n a l l y t o 
t h e n e a r e s t 1 0 , 0 0 0 o r e v e n 1 0 0 , 0 0 0 v o l -
u m e s . A m o n g t h e 6 6 6 f o r e i g n i n s t i t u t i o n s 
i n c l u d e d i n t h i s s t u d y 6 5 % r e p o r t e d t h u s 
i n r o u n d n u m b e r s . I n t h e c a s e o f t h e 9 0 0 
i n s t i t u t i o n s in t h e U n i t e d S t a t e s t h e s i m i l a r 
p e r c e n t a g e is 2 5 . F o r t h e e n t i r e g r o u p o f 
1 5 6 6 i n s t i t u t i o n s it is 4 2 . I t is b e l i e v e d , 
h o w e v e r , t h a t s u c h a p p r o x i m a t i o n s m a k e 
l i t t l e o r n o d i f f e r e n c e f o r t h e a n a l y s i s o f 
t h i s a r t i c l e w h i c h d e a l s f o r t h e m o s t p a r t 
w i t h t o t a l s a n d a v e r a g e s . M o r e a c c u r a t e 
r e p o r t s m i g h t m a k e s l i g h t c h a n g e s i n t h e 
r e l a t i v e r a n k s o f t h e i n d i v i d u a l l i b r a r i e s 
l i s t e d i n I a b l e I I , b u t t h e i n t e n t i o n t h e r e 
is t o i n d i c a t e t h e g e n e r a l r a n k i n g o f t h e 
m a j o r u n i v e r s i t y l i b r a r i e s a n d t h e i r d i s t r i -
b u t i o n b y c o u n t r i e s , n o t t o f i x t h e e x a c t 
r a n k o f e a c h w i t h c o m p l e t e s t a t i s t i c a l a c -
c u r a c y . T h i s w o u l d r e q u i r e o r i g i n a l d a t a 
n o t o n l y m o r e n e a r l y e x a c t i n s t a t e m e n t b u t 
a l s o i n d e f i n i t i o n o f t h e t e r m " v o l u m e s . " 
T h e f i g u r e s g i v e n h e r e a r e o f c o u r s e n o 
b e t t e r t h a n t h e s o u r c e s f r o m w h i c h t h e y 
h a v e b e e n t a k e n , b u t t h e t w o r e f e r e n c e 
w o r k s u s e d a r e p r o b a b l y t h e b e s t t h a t h a v e 
b e e n p r o d u c e d w i t h c o m p a r a t i v e a n d w o r l d 

for a few of the larger institutions the number of vol-
umes in the library is indicated in round numbers. 
Omitting the Soviet institutions, 1242' remain. The 
analysis in this article disregards the Soviet university 
libraries except in Table 1 1 where the four largest are 
included. 

.434 COLLEGE AND RESEARCH LIBRARIES 



T A B L E I 

Summary o f Libraries in Universities o f the World 

Number o f Number Percent Total Average 
Region Insti tutions Reporting Reporting Volumes Volumes Per Region 

Having Volumes Volumes Reported Reporting 
Exhibits in Library in Library Institution 

Europe 424 271 64 7 0 , 4 8 0 , 6 7 5 260,076 
United States 892 890 100 111,471,183 

2 2 , 6 9 8 , 5 6 4 
125,429 

Asia 3°7 209 68 
111,471,183 
2 2 , 6 9 8 , 5 6 4 108,606 

Australasia 13 77 1 , 1 2 8 , 5 6 4 86,813 
North America 97 65 67 5,521,021 84,939 

(Except United States) 
97 

67,892 Africa 29 19 66 1 , 2 8 9 , 9 4 6 67,892 
South America 187 89 48 2 , 2 9 7 , 8 5 7 25,819 
T O T A L 1,953 1,556 80 2 1 4 , 8 8 7 , 8 1 0 138,103 

T A B L E I I 

Libraries in Universities o f the World Reporting More than 500,000 Volumes Each 

Institution 

1. Harvard University 
2. Yale University 
3. Leningrad State University o f the Order o f Lenin 
4. Stanford University 
5. University o f California 
6. University o f Illinois 
7. University o f Paris (Sorbonne) 
8. Columbia University 
9. M o s c o w M . V. L o m o n o s o v State University o f the Order o f Lenin 

10. Charles University o f Prague 
11. University o f Oxford 
12. University o f Chicago 
13. University o f Minnesota 
14. K y o t o University 
15. University o f Strasbourg 
16. Cornell University 
17. University o f Michigan 
18. University o f Basel 
19. University o f Vienna 
20. State University o f Leiden 
21. Odessa L. L. Mechnikov State University 
22. University o f Toulouse 
23. T o k y o University 
24. Friedrich Wilhelm University o f Berlin 
25. Helsinki University 
26. Princeton University 
27. University o f Leipzig 
28. University o f Heidelberg 
29. University o f Oslo 
30. University o f Pennsylvania 
31. University o f Warsaw 
32. George August University o f Gottingen 
33. Duke University 
34. Northwestern University 
35. Friedrich Alexander University of Erlangen 
36. R o y a l University o f Upsala 
37. State University at Liege 
38. University o f Bologna 
39. University o f China 
40. University o f Ghent 
41. Albert Ludwig University o f Freiburg 

Country Volumes 

United States 5,500 000 
United States 4 , 0 5 6 276 
U. S. S. R . 3 , 6 0 0 000 
United States 2,743 079 
United States 2,717 763 
United States 2,476 954 
France 2,056 300 
United States 2 , 0 0 9 898 
U. S. S. R . 2 , 0 0 0 000 
Czechoslovakia 1,900 000 
Great Britain 1,874 

1,844 
000 

United States 
1,874 
1,844 173 

United States 1,600 000 
Japan 1,565 440 
France i , 5 3 7 692 
United States 1,500 000 
United States i , 4 5 4 676 
Switzerland i , 3 5 9 679 
Austria i , 3 5 o 000 
Netherlands 1,300 000 
U. S. S. R . 1,300 000 
France 1,290 376 
Japan 1,276 804 
Germany 1,236 017 
Finland 1,200 000 
United States 1,200 000 
Germany 1,200 000 
Germany 1,200 000 
Norway 1,200 000 
United States i , i 9 4 808 
Poland 1,150 000 
Germany 1,115 000 
United States 1,040 000 
United States 1,031 000 
Germany 1,000 000 
Sweden 1,000 000 
Belgium 1,000 000 
Italy 1,000 000 
China 1,000 000 
Belgium 1,000 000 
Germany 953 785 
(Continued on next page) 

OCTOBER, 1954 435. 



TABLE I I — C o n t i n u e d 

Institution Country Volumes 

42. Brown University 
43. University of Texas 
44. New Y o r k University 
45. Laval University 
46. Ohio State University 
47. Indiana University 
48. Johns Hopkins University 
49. Rhenish Westphalian Technical University o f Aachen 
50. Keiogijuku University 
51. Masaryk University o f Brno 
52. University o f Zagreb 
53. Victor Babes University 
54. University o f T o r o n t o 
55. Virginia Polytechnic Institute 
56. Friedrich Schiller University o f Jena 
57. Martin Luther University o f Halle-Wittenberg 
58. University o f R o m e 
59. Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich 
60. University o f Wisconsin 
61. State University o f Utrecht 
62. University o f Washington 
63. State College o f Washington 
64. National Peiping University 
65. University o f Hawaii 
66. University o f Geneva 
67. University o f N a n c y 
68. University o f Cincinnati 
69. Dartmouth College 
70. Western Reserve University 
71. State University o f Iowa 
72. University o f L y o n 
73. University o f Virginia 
74. University o f Lille 
75. University o f Missouri 
76. Eberhard Karls University at Tubingen 
77. University o f Pittsburgh 
78. Rutgers University 
79. University o f Southern California 
80. Higher Normal School 
81. Johann Wolfgang Goethe University o f Frankfort 
82. University o f Hamburg 
83. University o f Oklahoma 
84. Peabody-Vanderbilt-Scarritt 
85. Rhenish Frederick William University o f Bonn 
86. University o f North Carolina 
87. University o f Cambridge 
88. University o f Montpellier 
89. University o f Oregon 
90. Cuza-Voda University o f Jassy 
91. Saint John's University 
92. Royal Conservatory o f Music 
93. University o f Pavia 
94. Louisiana State University 
95. University o f Rochester 
96. University o f Kentucky 
97. Washington University 
98. University o f Edinburgh 
99. Catholic University o f Louvain 

100. Hebrew University 
101. Kiev T . G . Shevchenko State University 
102. University o f Caglieri 
103. University o f Dublin 
104. University o f Gothenburg 

United States 
United States 
United States 
Canada 
United States 
United States 
United States 
Germany 
Japan 
Czechoslovakia 
Yugoslavia 
Rumania 
Canada 
United States 
Germany 
Germany 
Italy 
Germany 
United States 
Netherlands 
United States 
United States 
China 
United States 
Switzerland 
France 
United States 
United States 
United States 
United States 
France 
United States 
France 
United States 
Germany 
United States 
United States 
United States 
France 
Germany 
Germany 
United States 
United States 
Germany 
United States 
Great Britain 
France 
United States 
Rumania 
China 
Sweden 
Italy 
United States 
United States 
United States 
United States 
Great Britain 
Belgium 
Israel 
U. S. S. R . 
I taly 
Ireland 
Sweden 

950,000 
935,000 
925,000 
919,818 
910,000 
900,000 
873,116 
828,000 
800,000 
800,000 
800,000 
800,000 
7 9 i , 7 2 3 
784,047 
7 8 2 , 3 0 0 
7 8 0 , 0 0 0 
777.622 
750,000 
750,000 
7 4 4 , 5 ° ° 
7 3 3 , 4 ^ 9 
7 2 0 , 0 0 0 
713,189 
7 0 9 , 4 7 9 
7 0 0 , 0 0 0 
700,000 
690,000 
679,785 
664,079 
646.623 
635,000 
630,633 
630,000 
625,000 
619,000 
6 1 7 , 0 0 0 
6 1 6 , 1 8 0 
605,996 
6 0 0 , 0 0 0 
600,000 
6 0 0 , 0 0 0 
591,000 
589,765 
585,000 
581,682 
574,200 
5 7 3 , 4 0 1 
553,918 
5 50,000 
542,253 
540,000 
537,000 
532,485 
5 3 1 , 1 1 9 
530,000 
527,346 
522,000 
500,000 
500,000 
500,000 
500,000 
500,000 
500,000 

.436 COLLEGE AND RESEARCH LIBRARIES 



w i d e d a t a o n e d u c a t i o n a l f a c t o r s . T a b l e I 
s u m m a r i z e s t h e s i g n i f i c a n t d a t a f o r 1 5 5 6 
u n i v e r s i t y a n d c o l l e g e l i b r a r i e s in 71 c o u n -
tries. I t m a y be n o t e d t h a t f o r t h e w o r l d 
as a w h o l e f o u r - f i f t h s o f the 1 9 5 3 i n s t i t u -
t i o n s f o r w h i c h i n s t i t u t i o n a l e x h i b i t s a r e 
g i v e n r e p o r t e d n u m b e r o f v o l u m e s in t h e i r 
l i b r a r i e s . T h e p r o p o r t i o n r e p o r t i n g is a p -
p r o x i m a t e l y t w o - t h i r d s o r h i g h e r f o r a l l 
e x c e p t S o u t h A m e r i c a w h e r e s l i g h t l y less 
t h a n h a l f o f t h e i n s t i t u t i o n s g a v e this i n f o r -
m a t i o n . 

T a b l e I I lists t h e 1 0 4 i n s t i t u t i o n s r e -
p o r t e d as h a v i n g t h e l a r g e s t u n i v e r s i t y l i -
b r a r i e s — a l l w i t h 5 0 0 , 0 0 0 v o l u m e s o r m o r e . 
O n l y n i n e a r e r e p o r t e d w i t h m o r e t h a n t w o 
m i l l i o n v o l u m e s e a c h a n d s i x o f t h e s e a r e 
in t h e U n i t e d S t a t e s . H a r v a r d U n i v e r s i t y 
s t a n d s o u t p r e e m i n e n t l y as h a v i n g t h e 
w o r l d ' s l a r g e s t u n i v e r s i t y l i b r a r y . 

I n t h e c l a s s f r o m o n e t o t w o m i l l i o n v o l -
u m e s e a c h a r e 3 1 i n s t i t u t i o n s , o f w h i c h 
e i g h t a r e in t h e U n i t e d S t a t e s . I n t h e 
c l a s s o f less t h a n a m i l l i o n b u t m o r e t h a n a 
h a l f m i l l i o n a r e f o u n d 6 4 i n s t i t u t i o n s , o f 
w h i c h 2 8 a r e in t h e U n i t e d S t a t e s . 

N u m b e r o f i n s t i t u t i o n s c l a s s i f i e d b y 
c o u n t r i e s in t h e e n t i r e list o f 1 0 4 a r e as 
f o l l o w s : U n i t e d S t a t e s , 4 2 ; G e r m a n y , 1 4 ; 
F r a n c e , 8 ; I t a l y a n d U . S . S . R . , 4 e a c h ; 
B e l g i u m , C h i n a , G r e a t B r i t a i n , J a p a n , a n d 
S w e d e n , 3 e a c h ; C a n a d a , C z e c h o s l o v a k i a , 
N e t h e r l a n d s , R u m a n i a , a n d S w i t z e r l a n d , 
2 e a c h ; a n d A u s t r i a , F i n l a n d , I r e l a n d , 
I s r a e l , N o r w a y , P o l a n d , a n d Y u g o s l a v i a , 
I e a c h . 

A l l o f t h e u n i v e r s i t i e s r e p o r t i n g l i b r a r i e s 
o f m o r e t h a n 5 0 0 , 0 0 0 v o l u m e s e a c h a r e in 
E u r o p e , A s i a , a n d N o r t h A m e r i c a . T h e 
l a r g e s t u n i v e r s i t y l i b r a r y r e p o r t e d in A f r i c a 
is t h a t o f F o u a d I U n i v e r s i t y ( r e n a m e d 
t h e U n i v e r s i t y o f C a i r o s i n c e t h e a b d i c a -
t i o n o f K i n g F a r o u k ) w i t h 3 4 0 , 5 2 6 v o l -
u m e s . T h e l a r g e s t r e p o r t e d in S o u t h 
A m e r i c a is t h a t o f t h e U n i v e r s i t y o f C h i l e 
w i t h 3 0 0 , 0 0 0 v o l u m e s . T h e l a r g e s t r e -
p o r t e d in A u s t r a l a s i a is t h a t o f t h e U n i -
v e r s i t y o f S y d n e y w i t h 2 9 8 , 9 7 3 v o l u m e s . 

T a b l e I I I g i v e s a c l a s s i f i c a t i o n o f the 
1 5 5 6 u n i v e r s i t y l i b r a r i e s f o r w h i c h d a t a 
a r e a v a i l a b l e a c c o r d i n g t o n u m b e r o f v o l -
u m e s r e p o r t e d . I t m a y be n o t e d t h a t m o r e 

T A B L E I I I 

Classification o f Libraries in Universities o f the World by Number of Volumes Reported 

Size Total Total A • Austra- F North South United Number Percent A t n c a A s i a lasia t u r o P e America America States 

5 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 - 5 , 9 9 9 , 9 9 9 I 0 . ,0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 
4 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 - 4 , 9 9 9 >999 I 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 
3 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 - 3 : .999,999 0 0 . .0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
2 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 - 2 , 9 9 9 , 9 9 9 5 0 . 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 
1 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 - 1 , ,999,999 30 I , 9 0 3 0 19 0 0 8 

0 0 0 , 0 0 0 - 999,999 7 0. • 5 0 0 0 1 1 0 5 
8 0 0 , 0 0 0 - 899,999 6 0. •4 0 1 0 4 0 0 1 
7 0 0 , 0 0 0 - 799,999 

699,999 
H 0. 9 0 1 0 7 1 0 5 

6 0 0 , 0 0 0 -
799,999 
699,999 15 I. .0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 

5 0 0 , 0 0 0 - 599,999 21 I. •4 0 2 0 11 0 0 8 
4 0 0 , 0 0 0 - 499,999 28 1. .8 0 2 0 11 1 0 14 
3 0 0 , 0 0 0 - 399,999 40 2. .6 1 6 0 17 1 1 14 
2 0 0 , 0 0 0 - 299,999 82 5' •3 0 13 1 17 3 3 45 
1 0 0 , 0 0 0 - 1 9 9 , 9 9 9 205 13 .2 5 36 3 47 11 1 102 
7 5 , 0 0 0 - 99,999 97 6, .2 0 18 2 11 1 3 62 
5 0 , 0 0 0 - 74,999 188 12 . 1 1 28 3 22 7 0 125 
2 5 , 0 0 0 - 4 9 , 9 9 9 422 27 . 1 6 33 1 33 8 10 33i 

I - 24,999 394 25 •3 6 66 3 64 3i 69 155 
T O T A L 1556 100 .0 19 209 13 271 65 89 890 

OCTOBER, 1954 437. 



t h a n h a l f ( 5 2 . 4 % ) o f t h e l i b r a r i e s h a v e 
less t h a n 5 0 , 0 0 0 v o l u m e s e a c h ; t h a t less 
t h a n o n e - s i x t h o f t h e m h a v e m o r e t h a n 
1 0 0 , 0 0 0 v o l u m e s e a c h . O n l y 6 % h a v e 
5 0 0 , 0 0 0 v o l u m e s o r m o r e as a l r e a d y l i s t e d 
i n d i v i d u a l l y in T a b l e I I . 

T a b l e I V p r e s e n t s i n f o r m a t i o n o n t h e 
a v e r a g e n u m b e r o f v o l u m e s i n t h e h i g h e r 
e d u c a t i o n a l i n s t i t u t i o n s o f e a c h o f t h e 71 
c o u n t r i e s c o v e r e d in this a r t i c l e . T h e f i r s t 
t w o c o l u m n s g i v e t h e n u m b e r o f i n s t i t u t i o n s 
in e a c h c o u n t r y f o r w h i c h e x h i b i t s w e r e 
a v a i l a b l e a n d t h e n u m b e r o f these w h i c h 

r e p o r t e d n u m b e r o f v o l u m e s in t h e i r l i -
b r a r i e s . F o r 2 5 o f t h e s e c o u n t r i e s , m o s t l y 
t h e s m a l l e r o n e s , r e p o r t s o f v o l u m e s a r e 
c o m p l e t e f o r a l l o f t h e r e p o r t i n g i n s t i t u -
t i o n s in t h e c o u n t r y . T h e l a r g e s t o f t h e 
c o u n t r i e s f o r w h i c h this is t r u e is J a p a n 
w h e r e l i b r a r y d a t a w e r e g i v e n b y a l l o f t h e 
5 5 r e p o r t i n g u n i v e r s i t i e s . O n t h e o t h e r 
h a n d t h e r e a r e o n l y f o u r c o u n t r i e s f o r 
w h i c h t h e a v e r a g e is b a s e d u p o n less t h a n 
h a l f o f t h e r e p o r t i n g i n s t i t u t i o n s in t h o s e 
c o u n t r i e s . I t w i l l be n o t e d t h a t a l l o f t h e 
l a r g e r a v e r a g e s a r e f o r c o u n t r i e s in E u r o p e . 

T A B L E I V 

A v e r a g e N u m b e r of V o l u m e s R e p o r t e d in U n i v e r s i t y L i b r a r i e s in V a r i o u s C o u n t r i e s of the W o r l d 

C o u n t r y 
N u m b e r of 
I n s t i t u t i o n s 

H a v i n g 
E x h i b i ts 

N u m b e r of I n s t i t u -
tions R e p o r t i n g 

L i b r a r y 
I n f o r m a t i o n 

A v e r a g e N u m b e r 
of V o l u m e s in 

R e p o r t i n g 
L i b r a r i e s 

1. Yugoslavia 2 2 605,000 
2. Switzerland 10 4 ' 594,920 
3. Rumania 4 3 503,222 
4. Czechoslovakia 12 9 370,205 
5. Netherlands 10 9 368,766 

6. Germany 59 52 
8 

301,502 
7. Finland 9 

52 
8 295,519 

8. Great Britain and Northern Ireland 29 25 291,711 
9. France 62 38 288,465 

10. Israel 2 2 260,000 

11. Norway 7 7 252,777 
12. Austria 1 3 13 234,345 
13. Ireland 6 5 217,000 
14. Italy 37 26 201,421 
15. Argentina 6 3 196,544 

16. Sweden 16 13 196,338 
17. Belgium 19 17 192,194 
18. Japan 55 55 189,559 
19. Hungary 6 3 177,528 
20. Spain 16 8 165,519 

21. Lebanon 3 3 135,187 
22. Canada 39 33 135,178 
23. Poland 16 13 129,583 
24. Chile 6 5 128,811 
25. E g y p t 5 4 126,132 

26. United States 892 890 125,429 
27. Pakistan 3 2 118,430 
28. Australia 9 8 106,787 
29. China 87 78 101,177 
30. H o n g Kong 1 1 9 8 , 6 9 0 

31. Union o f South Africa 10 9 7 6 , 8 8 0 
32. Portugal 6 3 76,314 

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TABLE IV—Continued 

Number o f Number of Institu- Average Number 
Country Insti tutions tions Reporting o f Volumes in Country 

Having Library Reporting 
Exhibits Information Libraries 

33- Burma 1 1 70,000 
34- India 33 27 64,209 
35- Greece 11 5 61,696 

36. Dominican Republic 1 1 60,000 
37- Korea 12 11 59,674 
38. New Zealand 7 5 54,854 
39- Denmark 10 7 52,359 
40. Iceland 1 1 51,000 

41. Ceylon 2 1 50,000 
42. El Salvador 1 1 50,000 
43- Mexico 3 ° 17 43,843 
44. Malaya and Singapore 3 1 40,000 
45- Panama 1 1 40,000 

46. Philippines 14 11 29,735 
47-
48. 

Peru 11 9 29,203 47-
48. Colombia 12 8 27,775 
49- Turkey 10 6 26,372 
50. Cuba 5 5 26,000 

51- British West Africa 2 2 24,000 
52. Bulgaria 3 1 20,000 
53- Ecuador 5 4 18,947 
54- Bolivia 8 6 I 7 > ° i 3 
55- Syria 1 1 17,000 

56. Anglo-Egyptian Sudan 1 1 15,000 
57- Siam (Thailand) 4 4 14,109 
58. British East Africa I I 12,500 
59- Haiti I I 10,000 
60. Malta I I 10,000 

61. Paraguay 3 I 9,278 
62. Costa Rica 2 2 8,500 
63. Mauritius 1 I 8,000 
64. Brazil 64 52 7,425 
65. Venezuela 4 I 6,000 

66. Afghanistan 1 I 4,000 
67. Iran 2 I 3,000 
68. Honduras I I 2,328 
69. Indo-China I I 2,250 
70. Nicaragua 3 3 1,833 
7 i - Iraq 3 2 617 

Please J^ote 
T h e index to v o l u m e 15 of c&RL w i l l appear in T h e J a n u a r y , 1955 issue. 
T i t l e pages f o r C&RL are no l o n g e r being published. T h e last one issued c o v e r e d v o l u m e 13 

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