Definisi Perpustakaan

The Oxford English Dictionary ( 1374) a place where books were kept for “reading, study, or reference”

A new English Dictionary on Historical Principles ( 1933) :
- a building, room or set of rooms containing a collection of books for the use of the public or some portion of it, or the members of a society;
- a public institution or establishment charged with the care of a collection of books

Kedua definisi di atas, seperti yang telah dijelaskan dalam kelas, merupakan definisi lama dari apa itu perpustakaan. Maka dari itu sekarang saya mencoba untuk menggali lebih dalam masalah definisi baru perpustakaan. Dan setelah saya mencoba mencari, mungkin definisi ini yang paling baik mengenai perpustakaan masa kini.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition copyright ©2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Updated in 2009. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
1.

a. A place in which literary and artistic materials, such as books, periodicals, newspapers, pamphlets, prints, records, and tapes, are kept for reading, reference, or lending.

b. A collection of such materials, especially when systematically arranged.

c. A room in a private home for such a collection.

d. An institution or foundation maintaining such a collection.

2. A commercial establishment that lends books for a fee.

3. A series or set of books issued by a publisher.

4. A collection of recorded data or tapes arranged for ease of use.

5. A set of things similar to a library in appearance, function, or organization: a library of computer programs.

6. Genetics A collection of cloned DNA sequences whose location and identity can be established by mapping the genome of a particular organism.

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