It is an interesting question.
How many books are there in libraries of universities of India?
Why?
Because there are universities in USA with more than one crore books (10 million).
https://www.infoplease.com/arts-entertainment/literature-and-books/largest-libraries-us
ALA, August 2005 information
Harvard University: 15,181,349
Yale University: 11,114,308
Mumbai University Library
Today (23 November 2018), I came to know that Mumbai University library has around 8 lakh books.
Today it has a stock of nearly 8 lakhs seventy thousand books, periodicals and other material.
Books : 6,99,321
Theses & dessertation: 20,000
Periodicals: 12,000
Manuscripts: 15,000
Microforms: 2,000
http://archive.mu.ac.in/service_library.html
Banaras Hindu University Library
The Banaras Hindu University Library system, the largest University Library System in the country.
The Banaras Hindu University Library System consists of Central Library at apex and 3 Institute Libraries, 8 Faculty Libraries, 25 Departmental Libraries, with a total collection of over 13 lakh volumes.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sayaji_Rao_Gaekwad_Library
This shows Indian University Libraries are no match for libraries of USA universities. We need to increase our investment in libraries.
MIT Ad Hoc Task Force Report on the Future of Libraries - 2015
https://v3.pubpub.org/pub/future-of-librariesBooks in IIT Bombay Library
Collection Total as on 31 March 2015
Books, Theses, CDs & Videos 2,40,101
TLL & BC (Book Bank) Collection 12,084
Bound Volumes of Journals 1,18,925
Reports, Pamphlets, Standards 67,677
Photocopies 4,417
Journals (Print, Online) 40,000+
MIT has 13 lakhs collection
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