library
facility charged with the care of a collection of literary, musical, artistic, or reference materials, such as books, manuscripts, recordings, or films
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Summary
library ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,156 views/month).[1]
Key Facts
- Subclass of: cultural institution[2], information service provider[3], GLAM[4], public institution[5], collection[6], literary society[7]
- Commons category: Libraries[8]
- Opposite of: Antilibrary[9]
- Has part(s): library special collection[10]
- Feast day: October 24[11]
- Topic's main category: Category:Libraries[12]
- Commons gallery: Library[13]
- Facet of: sharing economy[14]
- OpenStreetMap tag: amenity=library[15]
- Described by source: Sytin Military Encyclopedia[16], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[17], Orthodox Theological Encyclopedia[18], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[19], Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron[20], Metropolitan Museum of Art Tagging Vocabulary[21], Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[22], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[23], The Encyclopedia Americana[24], The American Cyclopædia[25], Encyclopædia Britannica Ninth Edition[26], New International Encyclopedia[27], Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary[28], Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia[29]
- Topic has template: Template:Infobox library[30]
- Has characteristic: type of library[31]
- Equivalent class: http://dbpedia.org/ontology/Library[32], https://schema.org/Library[33], http://dati.beniculturali.it/cis/Library[34], http://id.cabi.org/cabt/66528[35], http://cat.aii.caas.cn/concept/45625[36], https://sigma.ontologyportal.org/sigma/OWL.jsp?kb=SUMO&flang=OWL&term=Library[37]
- Different from: library building[38], paper museum[39], library network[40], library room[41], library collection[42], software library[43], archives[44]
- Uses: library building[45]
- Has list: list of libraries[46]
- Position held by head of the organization: library director[47]
- Studied by: library science[48], library assessment[49]
- Union of: list of values as qualifiers[50]
Why It Matters
library has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[51] library is known by 54 alternative names across languages and contexts.[52]