New York Public Library

New York Public Library Reading Room

Seattle Public Library

Denver Public Library

Salt Lake City Public Library

Queens Public Library (digital resources)

http://www.queenslibrary.org/

Best (?) Largest (?) US public libraries as of 2005

Boston Public (15.3 million volumes) NYPL (5.7 million volumes—not including the

Research Libraries)

Library Expenditures (2003)

Ohio (approx. $54 per capita) New York (approx. $46 per capita—

3rd) Mississippi (approx. $13 –50th)