Meaning of interlibrary loan | Babel Free
Definitions
A loan of an item (such as a book, article, or sound recording) between two library systems or similar institutions.
Equivalents
Ελληνικά
διαδανεισμός
Bahasa Indonesia
peminjaman antar perpustakaan
Examples
“Only one university in the country had the book they needed but they were able to get it sent to their local library via interlibrary loan.”
“The Summon discovery service, as implemented at Penn State, prioritizes retrieval of online and locally owned material; therefore, it was not unexpected to observe a reduction in interlibrary loan borrowing requests by undergraduates.”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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