ADJ
- large, small
- excellent, good
- public
- private
- branch, county, local, national, regional
- mobile
- A number of councils operate mobile libraries
- well-stocked
- circulating (historical) , lending, subscription
- In 1784 he established his first circulating library
- reference
- general
- special, specialist
- academic, research
- college, departmental, school, university
- copyright
- It is a copyright library and receives three copies of all books published in Britain
VERB + LIBRARY
- have
- The school has an excellent library
- go to, use, visit
- How often do you go to the library?
- borrow sth from, get/take sth out of
- I got this very interesting book out of the library
- return sth to, take sth back to
- Do you have any books to take back to the library?
- be available at/from
- Do you know about the other services available at your local library?
- have access to
- Everyone in the country should have access to a lending library
LIBRARY + VERB
- have sth, hold sth
- The library has an extensive collection of books on French history
LIBRARY + NOUN
- book
- shelf
- catalogue
- ticket
- assistant, staff
- user
- facilities, provision, resources, service
- the need to improve library provision
- skills
- teaching library skills to schoolchildren
PREP
- at a/the ~
- a holiday programme for children at the local library
- in a/the ~
- I've been reading newspapers in the library
ADJ
- considerable, extensive
- fine, impressive, magnificent, valuable
- personal
- film, music, photographic, picture, video
VERB + LIBRARY
- have, possess
- The family possessed an extensive library
- amass, build (up)
- She had built up an impressive library of art books
- add to
PREP
- ~ of
- a personal library of over 1,000 volumes