Libraries bigger than Amazon and other Facinating Statistics

September 20, 2003

The Shifted Librarian: Tuesday, September 16, 2003
Examples:

“U.S. public library cardholders outnumber Amazon customers by almost 5 to 1…. Each day, U.S. libraries circulate nearly 4 times more items than Amazon handles.”

“U.S. libraries circulate 1,947,600,000 items a year”

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