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-as of [17 MARCH 2024]–
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-a library is a ‘collection’ of ‘sources of information’ and similar resources, made accessible to a ‘defined community’ for ‘reference’ or ‘borrowing’-
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(it provides ‘physical’ or ‘digital’ access to ‘material’, and may be a ‘physical building’ or ‘room’, or a ‘virtual space’, or both)
(a library’s collection can include) –>
books
periodicals
newspapers
manuscripts
films
maps
prints
documents
microform
CDs
cassettes
videotapes
DVDs
Blu-ray Discs
e-books
audiobooks
databases
(and other formats)
(libraries range in ‘size’ from a ‘few shelves of books’ to ‘several million items’)
(in ‘latin’ and ‘greek’, the idea of bookcase is represented by bibliotheca and bibliothēkē (greek: βιβλιοθήκη): derivatives of these mean library in many modern languages, e.g. french bibliothèque)
(the first libraries consisted of archives of the earliest form of writing—the clay tablets in ‘cuneiform script’ discovered in ‘sumer’, some dating back to ‘2600 BC’)
(‘private’ or ‘personal’ libraries made up of ‘written books’ appeared in ‘classical greece’ in the ‘5th century BC’)
(in the ‘500s’ (at the very close of the ‘classical period’), the great libraries of the ‘mediterranean world’ remained those of ‘constantinople’ and ‘alexandria’)
(a ‘library’ is organized for use and maintained by a ‘public body’, an ‘institution’, a ‘corporation’, or a ‘private individual’)
(‘public’ and ‘institutional’ collections and services may be intended for use by people who choose not to—or cannot afford to—purchase an extensive collection themselves, who need material no individual can reasonably be expected to have, or who require ‘professional assistance’ with their ‘research’)
(in addition to providing ‘materials’, libraries also provide the services of ‘librarians’ who are ‘experts’ at ‘finding’ and ‘organizing’ information and at interpreting ‘information needs’)
(libraries often provide quiet areas for studying, and they also often offer common areas to facilitate ‘group study’ and ‘collaboration’)
(libraries often provide ‘public facilities’ for access to their ‘electronic resources’ and the ‘internet’)
(‘modern libraries’ are increasingly being redefined as places to get ‘unrestricted access’ to information in many ‘formats’ and from many ‘sources’)
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(they are extending services beyond the ‘physical walls’ of a building, by providing material accessible by ‘electronic means’, and by providing the assistance of ‘librarians’ in ‘navigating’ and ‘analyzing’ very large amounts of ‘information’ with a variety of ‘digital tools’)
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