The library's clientele and services offered vary depending on its type: users of a public library have different needs from those of a special library or academic library, for example. Library buildings often provide quiet areas for studying, as well as common areas for group study and collaboration, and may provide public facilities for access to their electronic resources for instance: computers and access to the Internet. In addition to providing materials, libraries also provide the services of librarians who are trained and experts at finding, selecting, circulating and organizing information and at interpreting information needs, navigating and analyzing very large amounts of information with a variety of resources. A library's collection can include printed materials and other physical resources in many formats such as DVD, CD and cassette as well as access to information, music or other content held on bibliographic databases.Ī library, which may vary widely in size, may be organized for use and maintained by a public body such as a government an institution such as a school or museum a corporation or a private individual.
A library provides physical (hard copies) or digital access (soft copies) materials, and may be a physical location or a virtual space, or both.
A modern reading room in the State and University Library, DenmarkĪ library is a collection of materials, books or media that are accessible for use and not just for display purposes.
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