Libraries established in 1857

The Grand Trunk Railway Literary and Scientific Institute was a mechanics' institute and library established by officers and employees of the Grand Trunk Railway (GTR) in 1857 in the Point St. Charles neighbourhood of Montreal in the Province of Canada. Incorporated in 1871, the institute remained active until 1923, when GTR was purchased by Canadian National Railways. The institute is listed as a component of the Canadian National Railway.

The Mandalay Pitakataik (Burmese: ပိဋကတ်တိုက်; also Pitaka-taik) was the royal library in Mandalay, commissioned by King Mindon Min in 1857 during the founding of Mandalay as a royal capital. The library was one of seven structures built to mark the foundation and consecration of Mandalay as the royal capital. It was located at the foot of Mandalay Hill, and was a masonry building with teak joints. The building was modeled after the Pitakataik in Bagan. Copies of Tipiṭaka texts were relocated from the Amarapura Pitakataik and deposited at the newly constructed library in January 1864. The Pitakataik was formerly stocked with Pali and Burmese palm leaf manuscripts which were looted with the onset of British occupation in 1885.