noun
1 building
ADJECTIVE
▪ large , small
▪ excellent , good
▪ public
▪ private
▪ local , national , regional
▪ city , county , state , town
▪ branch
▪ central
▪ mobile
▪
a plan to provide mobile ~ services in rural environments
▪ well-stocked
▪ circulating ( historical ), lending
▪
In 1784 he established his first circulating ~.
▪ reference
▪ general
▪ special , specialist
▪ academic , research
▪ campus ( esp. AmE ), college , departmental , school , university
▪ hospital , prison
▪ copyright ( in the UK )
▪
It is a copyright ~ and receives three copies of all books published in Britain.
▪ presidential (= containing documents from a particular former president) ( in the US )
▪
the Herbert Hoover presidential ~ in West Branch, Iowa
VERB + LIBRARY
▪ have
▪
The school has an excellent ~.
▪ go to , use , visit
▪
How often do you go to the ~?
▪ borrow sth from , get sth out of , take sth out of
▪
I got this very interesting book out of the ~.
▪ return sth to , take sth back to
▪
Do you have any books to take back to the ~?
▪ be available at , be available from
▪
Do you know about the other services available at your local ~?
▪ have access to
▪
Everyone in the country should have access to a ~.
LIBRARY + VERB
▪ have sth , hold sth
▪
The ~ has an extensive collection of books on Chinese history.
LIBRARY + NOUN
▪ book
▪ record
▪ shelf , stack
▪ catalogue
▪ card , ticket ( BrE )
▪ assistant , staff
▪ patron ( esp. AmE ), user
▪ facilities , provision , resources , service
▪
the need to improve ~ provision
▪ skills
▪
Students are taught ~ skills in the first week of their course.
▪ research
PREPOSITION
▪ at a/the ~
▪
a poetry reading at the local ~
▪ in a/the ~
▪
I've been reading newspapers in the ~.
2 collection of books, etc.
ADJECTIVE
▪ considerable , extensive , huge , vast
▪ fine , impressive , magnificent , valuable
▪ personal
▪ film , music , photographic , picture , tape , video
▪ digital , electronic , online , virtual
VERB + LIBRARY
▪ have , possess
▪
The family possessed an extensive ~.
▪ amass , build , build up , construct
▪
She had built up an impressive ~ of art books.
▪ add to
PREPOSITION
▪ ~ of
▪
a personal ~ of over 1 000 volumes