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 | 117 Library at Ephesus
                                                                                                                                      | 1448 Library of Queen's College
                                                                                                                                              | 1525 Laurentian Library
                                                                                                                                                  | 1561 Library of St. Walburga
                                                                                                                                                  | 1567 The Library, Escorial
                                                                                                                                                                   | 1732 Freising Library
                                                                                                                                                                    | 1744 Library at Wiblingen
                                                                                                                                                                    | 1744 St. Florian Library
                                                                                                                                                                            | 1823 The British Museum
                                                                                                                                                                              | 1840 Helsinki Library
                                                                                                                                                                              | 1843 Bibliotheque Ste. Genevieve
                                                                                                                                                                                | 1862 Bibliotheque Nationale
                                                                                                                                                                                 | 1876 Winn Memorial Library
                                                                                                                                                                                 | 1877 Ames Free Library
                                                                                                                                                                                 | 1877 Oaks Ames Memorial Library
                                                                                                                                                                                  | 1880 Crane Library
                                                                                                                                                                                  | 1887 Boston Public Library
                                                                                                                                                                                   | 1897 New York Public Library
                                                                                                                                                                                    | 1903 Low Library
                                                                                                                                                                                    | 1906 Morgan Library
                                                                                                                                                                                    | 1909 Baker Public Library
                                                                                                                                                                                     | 1912 McMinnville Public Library
                                                                                                                                                                                     | 1913 Multnomah County Public Library
                                                                                                                                                                                     | 1914 Albany Public Library
                                                                                                                                                                                     | 1918 Stockholm Library
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                                                                                                                                                                                      | 1927 Viipuri Library
                                                                                                                                                                                        | 1949 Saynatsalo Town Hall
                                                                                                                                                                                         | 1953 UNAM Library
                                                                                                                                                                                          | 1961 Reuchlinhaus Library
                                                                                                                                                                                          | 1963 Beinecke Rare Book Library
                                                                                                                                                                                          | 1963 Rovaniemi Library
                                                                                                                                                                                          | 1963 Seinajoki Library
                                                                                                                                                                                          | 1964 Otaniemi Technical University Library
                                                                                                                                                                                          | 1965 Halsingborg Library
                                                                                                                                                                                          | 1965 Helsingborg Library
                                                                                                                                                                                          | 1967 Exeter Library
                                                                                                                                                                                          | 1968 History Faculty Library
                                                                                                                                                                                          | 1968 Wells College Library
                                                                                                                                                                                           | 1970 Mount Angel Library
                                                                                                                                                                                           | 1970 Trumbull Public Library
                                                                                                                                                                                           | 1976 Tredyffrin Public Library
                                                                                                                                                                                            | 1980 Annenberg Library
                                                                                                                                                                                            | 1980 Broward County Library
                                                                                                                                                                                            | 1989 Bibliotheca Alexandrina
                                                                                                                                                                                              | 2004 Seattle Public Library