central library
City's primary collection
A central library is the main branch of a public library system, typically the largest facility with the most extensive collection and services.
Branch libraries in surrounding neighborhoods defer to it for resources, administration, and specialized materials: The central library downtown has the genealogy archives.
- reference deskLibrary inquiry station
- information deskStaffed help point
- interlibrary loanBorrowing across institutional collections
- stacksVertical arrangements of items
- card catalogIndexed library reference collection
special collections · study carrel · quiet zone · archives · local history · periodicals · checkout · borrowing · book return · late fees · shelves · quiet · study · books · story time · research · collection · downtown
- librarieslibrarians, circulation desk, stacks, reference desk, card catalogs
- FinlandHelsinki, Lapland, Finnish flag, Finnish sauna, saunas
- library typesmain branch
- universitiesuniversities, Harvard, Yale, Oxford, Cambridge
- library networksinterlibrary loan, consortium, consortia, academic networks, delivery networks
central librarybranch library
Neighborhood extension of main collection
local branch · branch · bookmobile · mobile library · reading room
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