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  2. Interlibrary loan - Wikipedia

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    Picking up books requested through interlibrary loan. Inter-library loan (abbreviated ILL, sometimes called document delivery, document supply, inter-lending, inter-library services, inter-loan, or resource sharing) is a service that enables patrons of one library to borrow materials that are held by another library.

  3. International Standard Identifier for Libraries and Related ...

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    The International Standard Identifier for Libraries and Related Organisations (ISIL), ISO 15511, assigns unique identifiers to libraries and related organisations, such as archives and museums. [ 1 ] The Danish Agency for Culture and Palaces is the international authority for maintaining the standard and its registry.

  4. List of largest libraries - Wikipedia

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    Library and Archives Canada Canada: Ottawa, Halifax, Winnipeg, Vancouver: 27 million Largely a free reference library CAD165 million 853 Library of the Russian Academy of Sciences Russia: Saint Petersburg: 26.5 million [29] Berlin State Library Germany: Berlin: 23.4 million [30] 1.4 million [30] Boston Public Library

  5. Paris Principles (cataloging) - Wikipedia

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    For example, determining the function of a library catalog is influential up to now. By using the catalog, the user should be able to determine whether a respective library holds a certain book of which is known: the author and the title, or; only the title (if the author is not mentioned in the book), or

  6. Collection development - Wikipedia

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    According to the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA), acquisition and collection development focuses on methodological and topical themes pertaining to acquisition of print and other analogue library materials (by purchase, exchange, gift, legal deposit), and the licensing and purchase of electronic ...

  7. Plan approved to move some books to ‘Adult’ section at ...

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    A controversial plan to move some books in the Columbia County Library from the "Young Adult" or "Teen" sections to the "Adult" section is moving forward after a meeting on Tuesday, Dec. 10.

  8. Wikipedia:OCLC - Wikipedia

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    OCLC's mission is to . establish, maintain and operate a computerized library network and to promote the evolution of library use, of libraries themselves and of librarianship, and to provide processes and products for the benefit of library users and libraries, including such objectives as increasing availability of library resources to individual library patrons and reducing the rate-of-rise ...

  9. List of Dewey Decimal classes - Wikipedia

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    As a system of library classification the DDC is "arranged by discipline, not subject", so a topic like clothing is classed based on its disciplinary treatment (psychological influence of clothing at 155.95, customs associated with clothing at 391, and fashion design of clothing at 746.92) within the conceptual framework. [2]