Plus, Utah's the City Library is one of the world’s most popular, according to new rankings.
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| The City Library is one of the world’s most popular, according to new rankings |
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| | If you've ever dreamed of visiting one of the world's most popular libraries, you don't have to go far. The City Library in Salt Lake City was ranked as the 15th most popular library in the world. The rankings, which were determined by the language learning platform Preply, put Salt Lake City's main library in the same sphere as the Library of Congress, the Vatican Library and the New York Public Library. “It’s pretty cool to look at this list and see that our somewhat small local library is rated up there right alongside Yale and Library of Congress, New York Public Library and Trinity College in Dublin. These are some big names, and it’s neat to see us rounding out the top 15. That’s pretty exciting,” said Quinn McQueen, the library's director of marketing and communications. |
Read more about what sets the City Library apart and see which libraries it outranked. |
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