Library

A Library is an organized collection of information resources made accessible to a defined community to solve reference tasks.

• Context:
  • It can range from a Public Library to being a Private Library.
  • It can range from being a Physical Library to being a Digital Library.
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• Counter-Example(s):
  • a Bank.
• See: Software Library, Library Service, Library Building, Software Toolkit, Librarian, Library and Information Science Discipline.

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References

2013

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library
  • A library (from French "librairie"; Latin "liber" = book) is an organized collection of information resources made accessible to a defined community for reference or borrowing. 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.

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