library
(laɪbrəri , US -breri )
Word forms: libraries
1. countable noun A2
A public library is a building where things such as books, newspapers, videos, and music are kept for people to read, use, or borrow.
...the local library.
She issued them library cards.
2. countable noun A2
A private library is a collection of things such as books or music, that is normally only used with the permission of the owner.
My thanks go to the British School of Osteopathy, for the use of their library.
3. countable noun
In some large houses the library is the room where most of the books are kept.
Guests were rarely entertained in the library.
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Collocations:
academic library college library library building library hours library materials library patrons library reading library resources library room library shelf library stock library users local library main library municipal library online library presidential library vast library virtual library visit a library
The academic library provides a quiet study space for students on campus; it may also provide group study space, such as meeting rooms.
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The university's seven museums and seventeen libraries hold over nine million volumes, making it the seventh-largest academic library in the country.
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Academic library instruction mushroomed during the 1960s and early 1970s.
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He then moved to being head of a small academic library - head by default, because he was the only librarian.
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In major academic institutions, help desk can also refer to help provided in an academic library.
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Anxiety to preserve the old materials that framed irreplaceable contents caused him to introduce a new ethos of conservation to the college library world.
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The college library committee has told them that if it continues 'library staff will refer the matter to the dean'.
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We talked on among the office workers in low-voiced exchanges between raised lids of computers; it could almost have been going on in a present-day college library.
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A copy of the paper was apparently preserved in a college library.
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College library provides all the reference books, technical and non- technical journals, magazines as well as daily newspaper.
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An old store that had also served as a post office was converted into the first dedicated library building.
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The ultra modern library building can accommodate 1000 users at a time.
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A new public library building recently opened on town hill.
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While taking stock of the library building, the conservation engineers discovered a previously unknown room.
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The building served as the city's library until 1986, when a new library building opened.
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The display may be seen anytime during library hours.
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Information pertaining to library hours, materials, news, and events can be found on these pages.
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Additionally, the college has extended library hours, hired more library staff, and instituted a laptop loan program for students.
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Membership was limited to librarians representing medical libraries of at least 500 volumes, with regular library hours and attendance.
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The ground floor caf, in the corner of the building nearest the intersection, will be open beyond library hours.
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In support of this mission, library materials are assembled, organized, and made accessible to all.
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Library materials are in many cases accessible to the general public.
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Homebound patrons are served by a mail service which provides standard library materials to patrons through a mail order catalog.
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In this role, she made budget requests to the legislature, and was responsible for selections and purchases of library materials across the state.
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Members are able to search and browse books and other library materials online and check their availability.
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In the midtown branch, within the iconic reading room, library patrons sit researching in silence.
Smithsonian Mag
Library patrons and passers-by could observe each sentence of her manuscript taking shape, keystroke by keystroke, in real time.
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After it closed, a bookmobile began coming weekly to the village hall for the benefit of library patrons.
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Larned adopted new innovations that made his library more accessible to library patrons.
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Library patrons access stored materials through the library catalog.
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I have been in more animated library reading rooms.
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I used to spend hours in my local library reading books on extreme diets to learn new ways of shedding the pounds quickly.
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In order to understand lectures, write essays and take a constructive role in seminars, students need to spend their time in the library reading.
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I remember sitting in the university library reading room, all dim lighting and studious quiet, and looking at the red leather-bound volumes in front of me.
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There are more than 500 magazines subscribed in the library reading section.
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In many cases university library resources are underdeveloped and not satisfactory to scholars.
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Students have access to library resources totaling 7.5 million items through the automated library system.
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The building houses more than one million objects in its collections including natural history and anthropological materials, as well as archival and library resources.
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The next few demands asked for an increase funding of activities, programs, library resources and funds that would assist in the recruitment of professors.
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These changes would have led to layoffs, as well as cuts in other library resources.
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Restored by an architect, it has an 11th-century tower, a library room, an indoor spa, cornflowerblue window shutters and a neatly landscaped garden.
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The present library room has a total floor space of 5,000 sq. ft. (approximately 465 sq meters).
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At present there are 24 rooms including an office room, teacher's room, library room, and computer lab.
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Many improvements were made, such as the library room floors being raised and refinished.
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A private office, library room, conference room and private staff offices are located in east side.
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You kind of know where to find it on the library shelf.
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Curiosity, it seems, can only be stimulated by trawling library shelves or by shelling out substantial amounts of money.
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Nevertheless, the sheer range, expertise and enthusiasm apparent in this work will ensure its place on library shelves for some time to come.
The Times Literary Supplement
Books do furnish a room, but they can also overwhelm it, towering high on their library shelves, shadowing the lives of the people below.
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Publications were heavily censored and many prewar books had been taken off library shelves.
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From 1725 onwards great sums were allocated to increase the library stock.
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However, the library stock began to be collected before the construction of the building.
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Dale was hired again to record some extreme music for library stock in 2005.
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He also wants a special bookshelf in every school library stocked with sport and adventure books.
The Sun
Other prison libraries stock similar books.
The Sun
Satisfaction ratings among library users were too low by a whisker to allow the council to reach the higher quality threshold.
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But here, at the top, the lists suggest that library users and bookshop browsers are looking for similar things.
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But do local authorities recognise library users' wants?
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Unwelcome innovations - intrusive technology, library users who respond to requests for silence with foul-mouthed tirades - have made his job increasingly uncongenial until stress has brought on a breakdown.
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Since re-opening, the number of local library users has more than doubled.
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He completed his service by clipping newspaper articles for a local library.
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He once gave a performance in the local library, and however bad people say it was, the reality was worse.
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A trawl at the local library found that the country had about 800 pawnbrokers.
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Our local library has such services available for free, permitting me to e-mail text copies of articles or transcripts to myself.
Christianity Today
My local library recently hosted a healthy eating week.
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The student village means almost 2,000 students now live just minutes from the main library and lecture theatres.
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There are 17 libraries; the main library has 3m printed volumes, 600,000 electronic texts and 20,000 electronic journals.
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Due to open next year, the 23m building will complement the main library by providing 1,300 study places and 110,000 copies of the most in-demand books.
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In the past three years, the main library (one of seven) has been extended, a new student services centre opened, social facilities expanded and a sports complex completed.
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During this time, in order to serve the patrons the best, a system was established consisting of the main library and three branches.
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The former railway station, which was rebuilt from 1961-1963 after being destroyed in 1944, houses the tourist information and the municipal library today.
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The council chambers and the largest branch of the municipal library are located in town, as well as the major fire station.
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It was established in 1899 in place of the municipal library which dated from 1798.
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Today a museum, a restaurant, the municipal library and the offices and meeting rooms of the city council occupy most parts of the castle.
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In 1934, the provincial library was abolished and its collection of 33,500 books was handed over by the municipal library.
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The online library provides resources that allow you to enhance your self-learning process.
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He has access to an online library of footage that he can filter specifically to watch points in which a player hits a second serve or plays a backhand return.
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The use of online library management systems has increased drastically since the rise of cloud technology.
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The online library would provide access to the wide range of material that he had collected.
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The database and journals can be accessed from computer units within the campus or at home through the online library facility at the college website.
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The planned auxiliary structures (presidential library, museum, and theater) were never built.
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It would later become a federal presidential library.
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The library has the largest archives of any presidential library.
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Renovation of the former presidential library was deemed impossible and a completely new building has been constructed.
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After the family left, the doors of the presidential library opened, and the public began filing in at a rate of 2,000 an hour throughout the night.
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The biggest challenge was housing his vast library of books.
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It lets fans listen to a vast virtual library of tunes without paying a penny.
The Sun (2009)
It's tempting to build a vast library, but instead, look for the good stuff.
Christianity Today (2000)
It lets fans listen to a vast virtual library of tunes without paying a penny.
The Sun
These educational sites were organized into five virtual museums and one virtual library.
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This decentralized approach was sold as a way to create a virtual library that would benefit far more people.
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The virtual library contains more than 25.000 electronic books, 23.000 electronic journals, 37 electronic databases and encyclopedias.
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The virtual library includes more than 50,000 books and 1,000 journals, 26,000 electronic journals, virtual resources, more than 80 computer workstations, multimedia areas, and reading spaces.
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If they aren't keeping fit, they can meet for drinks in the countryclub-style main building, have a meal in the restaurant or visit the library.
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They also work harder, staying for longer periods when they do visit the library.
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Yet libraries are fighting back, saying the idea of having to visit your library to make a download defeats the convenience of the ebook.
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Visit this blog, but visit the library too.
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We no longer need to own a book, visit a library, or speak to someone who knows.
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Translations:
Chinese: 图书馆
Japanese: 図書館
- ratchet
- ratchet down
- ratchet up
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- rate-cap
- rate-capping
- rate declines
- rate drops
- rate falls
- rate of acceleration
- rate of contraction
- rate of conviction
- rate of exchange
- rate of income
- rate of return
- rate of taxation
- ratepayer
- rate ranges
- rate rise
- rates soar
- rate the likelihood of
- rather