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Publication vs Library - What's the difference?

publication | library |

As nouns the difference between publication and library

is that publication is the act of publishing printed or other matter while library is an institution which holds books and/or other forms of stored information for use by the public or qualified people it is usual, but not a defining feature of a library, for it to be housed in rooms of a building, to lend items of its collection to members either with or without payment, and to provide various other services for its community of users.

publication

English

Noun

  • The act of publishing printed or other matter
  • * Jonathan Swift
  • The publication of these papers was not owing to our folly, but that of others.
  • An issue of printed or other matter, offered for sale or distribution
  • The communication of information to the general public etc.
  • * Jeremy Taylor
  • His jealousy attends the business, the recreations, the publications , and retirements of every man.

    library

    Noun

    (libraries)
  • An institution which holds books and/or other forms of stored information for use by the public or qualified people. It is usual, but not a defining feature of a library, for it to be housed in rooms of a building, to lend items of its collection to members either with or without payment, and to provide various other services for its community of users.
  • A collection of books or other forms of stored information.
  • An equivalent collection of analogous information in a non-printed form, e.g. record library
  • (computer science) A collection of software subprograms that provides functionality, to be incorporated into or used by a computer program.
  • (card games) The deck or draw pile
  • A collection of DNA material from a single organism or relative to a single disease
  • Derived terms

    * Borgesian library * interlibrary * librarian * librarial * library and information science * library assistant * library catalog * library hand * library science * mobile library * record library * public library * school library