To expand on Anita's comment:
On Thu, 13 Jul 1995, Anita Cohen-Williams wrote:

> A library is definitely NOT a book museum. Books in a library, for the most
> part, circulate, while museum artifacts do not. You can handle most of the
> books in a library, but cannot touch the items in a museum.

A patron/client may enter (virtually or physically) to obtain and use
information and items not held by that library. In many situations, the
library user need not return the information item used- as in the case of
articles faxed to the patron, or electronic documents obtained via the
library Internet gateway.

Have you visited the Internet Public Library?
URL: http://ipl.sils.umich.edu/

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