Subscription libraries
From Library of Congress Subject Headings
Subscription libraries
- Here are entered works on libraries whose members pay annual dues entitling them to library services.
URI(s)
- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85076576
- info:lc/authorities/sh85076576
- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/sh85076576#concept
Instance Of
Scheme Membership(s)
Collection Membership(s)
Variants
- Libraries, Subscription
- Membership libraries
Broader Terms
Earlier Established Forms
- Libraries, Subscription
Sources
- found: Work cat: 2007045691: America's membership libraries, 2007.
- found: Wikipedia, Nov. 14, 2007 (subscription library (also membership or independent library); a library that is supported by private funds raised by membership fees or endowments)
- found: RBM, fall 2000 [pdf excerpt]: p. 145 (called membership libraries today, only sixteen subscription libraries are left in the United States)
LC Classification
- Z675.S8
General Notes
- Here are entered works on libraries whose members pay annual dues entitling them to library services.
Change Notes
- 1986-02-11: new
- 2007-12-21: revised
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