lending library

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But some of its other projects—a pandemic-era lending library and the ongoing digitalization of 78 rpm records—have led to lawsuits now threatening the future of this repository of the past.

From Slate • Apr. 21, 2024

“We are social animals; we want to go out into the world and engage with each other,” said Mr. Morrison, who keeps a lending library outside his home.

From New York Times • Mar. 21, 2024

Here in town I also ransacked, among others, UCLA’s Charles E. Young and William Andrews Clark libraries, LAPL’s central and branch libraries and my own nonprofit bilingual lending library, Libros Schmibros.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 29, 2023

It is believed to be Europe's largest public lending library and houses one of the UK's most important Shakespeare collections.

From BBC • Sep. 19, 2023

It was not a huge printing, only 1,500 copies, but Mudie’s lending library had bought 500 copies, which meant that many more people would read The Origin.

From "Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith" by Deborah Heiligman