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Many national libraries receive copies of “every” book published in the covered country. They don’t have to buy them. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_li
by 47282847 4mo ago
Many national libraries receive copies of “every” book published in the covered country. They don’t have to buy them.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_library https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_library
- Groxx 4mo agoIf you're going by the broad definition and lack of "is this like 1 or 1,000,000 buildings" numbers, note that it also says: >Unlike public libraries, these rarely allow citizens to borrow books. Which would make them fairly irrelevant for this thread.