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library

Defined in 2 dictionaries — U.S. Code, Anderson (1889)

United States Code

20 U.S.C. § 9122 — as used in this subchapter (3 versions over time)

The term "library" includes—

(A) a public library;

(B) a public elementary school or secondary school library;

(C) a tribal library;

(D) an academic library;

(E) a research library, which for the purposes of this subchapter means a library that—

(i) makes publicly available library services and materials suitable for scholarly research and not otherwise available to the public; and

(ii) is not an integral part of an institution of higher education; and

(F) a private library or other special library, but only if the State in which such private or special library is located determines that the library should be considered a library for purposes of this subchapter.

47 U.S.C. § 223 — in this section (6 versions over time)

The term “library” means a library eligible for participation in State-based plans for funds under title III of the Library Services and Construction Act (20 U.S.C. 355e et seq.).

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A Dictionary of Law

William C. Anderson · 1889

The room or place where books are kept, or the books in the aggregate.*