write names of variety of texts which had been kept in the archives and libraries
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It quite depends on the library. Academic libraries will have different things than a law library, a public library, a music library, a film library or many other types of libraries that exist.
My current library has available for checkout:
Books
Books with a CD inside to read the text
Books with practice CDs for learning foreign languages
Audiobooks on CD
Audiobooks on MP3 players
Magazines
DVDs
Music CDs
Hotspots
Ebooks in various formats
Downloadable Audiobooks
Downloadable Movies/instructional videos/tv shows
Downloadable Magazines
We also have items that you can use while in the library, but are not able to take home:
Green screens
Variety of camera equipment
Stop motion animation kits
Sound recording and editing equipment including a sound booth
Vinyl cutter
Laser wood engraver
3D printers
Sewing machines
Laptops
Projectors
Computers
Printers
I’ve worked in libraries that also had these items available for checkout:
Framed art
Laptops
Hand tools
Productivity maximized.
If this question refers to the library building itself, then these major areas may be found in most libraries:
circulation desk
reference desk
computer banks
self check-out
workroom and offices
copiers and printers
study rooms
children’s play/reading area
media areas
bookshelves
comfortable seating and work tables
special displays
If this question refers to the books themselves, then the books may be arranged in the following sections:
adult fiction including westerns, romance, mysteries, and science fiction
teen fiction
nonfiction including juvenile nonfiction
juvenile fiction including graphic novels, series
I work in an Academic library, so material found in the library are:
Digital (Peer Reviewed) articles
Ebooks
Hard copy magazines and journals
Dissertations
Local collections/ archives - pamphlets/posters/brochures/personal diaries/ journals and artifacts
Reference materials
Rare / Out-of-print materials
Circulating Collections
Daily newpapers
Vertical Files
Textbooks
Training resources
Language Resources / Materials
DVD’s / Cassettes / Audiobook subscriptions
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Ha! When I read your question my mind went straight to the lost and found things in a library. So my answer is:
Flash drives, folders, book marks (hundreds), a bible, a small radio, passport (left in photocopy machine), letters, envelopes, school bags, (one bag contained reefers, we rang the owner who swore it wasn,t his…they were flushed away btw) owner’s own books, money, items of clothing, purses, wallets. If they could be identified, the owner would be contacted. Otherwise we would hold them for three months. Valuable items were handed to the police. The leftovers if useful would be donated to the goodwill shop. Items were listed in a lost book. Very few flash drives were claimed.
A plethora of things that can have cultural or scientific value can be found in a library. The obvious things are books and magazines but there are also in our university library in Ghent:
Manuscripts
Posters
Letters
Newspapers
Coins
Medals
Statues
Movies
Audio recordings
Scores
Games
Toys
Furniture (designed by famous architects)
Skeletons (animal)
Globes
Photographic glass plates
Household items from the 19th century
Personal archives
Lots of databases
Lots of data: research data, archived websites, personal digital archives, scanned books
Libraries are different based on the type you're referring to. There are academic libraries, public libraries, school libraries, and all of them serve different demographics and areas of the community, so they offer various services.
Here are some things you will typically find in any library:
Books
A computer lab
Ability to print
Music CDs
DVDs
Programs and events for varying ages
Audiobooks
Ebook services
Research/reference services
Depending on funding, many libraries are now implementing makerspaces as well. This involves learning coding, engineering, 3D printing, crafts, working with circuitry, etc.
You would be surprised what libraries have to offer and how they are keeping up with technological advances. Many believe it is a dying field, when it's actually growing.
I will try to give an answer in which we compare the library's resources and services so that they can be easily distinguished. I will include the comprehensive answer of Dr. Attam Parkash Gakhar in my answer:
We should not confuse Library Resources with Library Services; because the scale and nature of a library's services are determined by the allocation of resources to and within the library services.
There are many types of resources in a library, as:
1- Physical Resources ( e.g. building, furniture, pieces of equipment, etc),
2- Human Resources ( e.g staff of different categories of people re