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Difference between Lending library (UK) and Lending library (U.S.)

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lending library (UK)—a library from which books may be taken away without direct payment:

  • He looked a little on the young side … to spend his life in lending libraries. The perpetual student?

lending library (U.S.)—a library from which books may be taken away with direct payment:

  • This payment does not cover verification and location of materials not in the lending library’s collection.