library patrons
Readers using facilities
Library patrons are people who use a library's services and resources.
The term appears in library policy documents, signage, and staff communications: Library patrons must present valid ID to check out materials.
Patron here carries its sense of regular customer or client, though public libraries serve users regardless of whether they pay fees.
- adultsFully mature individuals
- seniorsOldest in a group
- childrenYoung human beings
- researchersThose who study systematically
- bookBound written work
genealogists · local history · job seekers · students · regulars · return · immigrants · borrowers · cardholders · visiting scholars · special collections · professionals · educators · community room · book club · summer reading · volunteers · donors
- reader typesbook clubs, casual readers
- library termsshelf, bookshelf, book selection, spine, reading programs
- literary librariesforbidden books, rare books, secret archives, hidden knowledge, ancient texts
- attendeesattendees, attendee, participant, participants, guests
- regularsregulars, habitues, frequenters, usuals, familiar faces
- library circulationcirculation desk, checkout, checkout desk, returns, due date
library role
library patronslibrary staff
Library employees
librarians · reference librarians · archivists · shelvers · catalogers