8   Months that New York University student Steve Stanzak lived in NYU’s Bobst Library before school officialsdiscovered him

 

548,650   Dollars raised by John Steinbeck’s hometown of Salinas, California to keep the libraries open during budget cuts

 

4   Seconds on average that an OCLC member library fills a new interlibrary loan request using WorldCat

 

60,661,997   Bibliographic records currently in WorldCat

 

2,190   Dollars a man paid in late fees to the Orchard Park (New York) Public Library for a book on camping that was 24 years overdue

 

65,259   Books contained in King George III’s library in the British Museum in London, England

 

 

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