interlibrary

Across library systems

Interlibrary describes cooperation or exchange between libraries.

An interlibrary loan lets a patron borrow materials from another library when their own doesn't have them.

The word appears almost exclusively in this phrase.

lending

loan

Borrowed money repaid later

delivery · recall · hold · due date · renewal · return · patron · card · privileges · reciprocal

cooperation

consortium

Cooperative group for ventures

reciprocal · collaboration · alliance · federation · membership · policy · regional · statewide · national · international

systems

database

Organized digital information collection

search · discovery · metadata · records · holdings · integration · automation · software · protocol · API

Opposites
scope of library operations

interlibraryin-house

Within the organization

internal · on-site · local · proprietary · self-contained

Phrases
Family

interlibrary loan

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