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A library is a collection of books, and possibly other materials and media, that is accessible for use by its members and members of allied institutions. Libraries provide physical or digital material
A library patron retrieving a book from a shelf at a library
Library of Ashurbanipal in Mesopotamia, c. 1500–539 BC.
Library shelves in Hong Kong, showing numbers of the classification scheme to help readers locate works in that section
Until the advent of digital catalogues, card catalogues were the traditional method of organizing the list of resources and their location within a large library.
Special library
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A special library is a library that provides specialized information resources on a particular subject, serves a specialized and limited clientele, and delivers specialized services to that clientele.
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…and general services offered vary depending on its type, size and sometimes location: users of a public library have different needs from those of a special library or academic library, for example. Libraries may also be community hubs, where programmes are made available and people engage in lifelong learning…
A group touring the nonprofit Foundation for Economic Education library, best known for Austrian economics collections
Interior of the Victorian Parliamentary Library in Parliament House, Melbourne