Library
Public lending institution
A library is a collection of books or other materials available for use, or the building that houses them: the public library, a home library.
Libraries lend books and provide research resources.
The word extends to any organized collection: a music library, a software library.
In computing, a library is a set of pre-written code that programmers can use in their applications.
Bound written works
- volumesAmounts or books
- holdingsProperty one owns
- catalogOrdered list of items
- acquisitionAct of obtaining something
inventory · rare books · manuscripts · periodicals · journals · archives · microfiche · database
Quiet space for books
- stacksVertical arrangements of items
- shelvesHorizontal storage platforms
- circulation deskLibrary checkout point
- carrelEnclosed individual workspace
archive · periodicals · quiet zone · card catalog · bookshelf · aisle · wing · annex
Keeper of historical documents
- curatorCollection overseer
- CarnegieGilded Age industrialist
- Dewey DecimalLibrary classification by numbers
- AlexandriaEgyptian Mediterranean port
bookmobile · community · literacy · outreach · programming · story hour · membership · free access
Temporary taking of another's
- checkoutPayment completion process
- due dateWhen payment is required
- renewalMaking current again
- overduePast expected arrival
fine · return · interlibrary loan · hold · reservation · waiting list · recall · borrower
Organized digital information collection
- e-bookDownloadable text file
- downloadRemote-to-local data transfer
- audiobookRecorded oral narration
- streamingReal-time digital delivery
online catalog · digital archive · cloud storage · repository · metadata · API · module · package
books
Bound written works
acquisition · inventory · rare books · manuscripts · periodicals · journals · archives · microfiche · database · repository
reading room
Quiet space for books
- stacksVertical arrangements of items
- shelvesHorizontal storage platforms
- circulation deskLibrary checkout point
carrel · archive · periodicals · quiet zone · card catalog · bookshelf · aisle · wing · annex · branch
archivist
Keeper of historical documents
- curatorCollection overseer
- CarnegieGilded Age industrialist
- Dewey DecimalLibrary classification by numbers
Alexandria · bookmobile · community · literacy · outreach · programming · story hour · membership · free access
borrowing
Temporary taking of another's
overdue · fine · return · interlibrary loan · hold · reservation · waiting list · recall · borrower · patron
database
Organized digital information collection
streaming · online catalog · digital archive · cloud storage · repository · metadata · API · module · package · framework
Librarybookstore
Shop selling printed works
newsstand · Amazon · book shop · bookshop · publishing house
Librarybook burning
Incinerating texts as censorship
memory hole · bonfire of the vanities · bonfire · incinerator · destruction
- public libraryFree community book repository
- library cardDocument for borrowing books
- library bookBorrowed reading material
- public librariesFree community book-lending facilities
- local libraryMunicipal book-lending facility
- school libraryEducational institution's book collection