# library (information)

a room that includes a collection of books for people to access and read

- Computed level: L18 (depth in the emergence graph, not abstraction)
- Status: review  ·  Domain: information  ·  Arena: library

## Emergence
**Emerges from:** [collection](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-collection.group), [rooms](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-rooms.space), [access](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-access.entry), [books](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-books.information), [include](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-include.addition), [people](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-people.social), [read](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-read.information)

**Through:** the collection of books is in a room that people can visit and read the books

**Novel properties:**
- public access to reading materials
- organized book storage
- shared reading space

## Examples
- The Library of Congress in Washington, D.C. houses over 170 million items across multiple buildings. *(institutions)*
- The ancient Library of Alexandria once held an estimated 400,000 scroll collections in Ptolemaic Egypt. *(history)*
- New York Public Library’s main branch at 42nd Street allows public access to 15 million books. *(urban)*

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*Canonical: https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-library.information*  
*Structured data: https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-library.information.json*  
*Every definition provably resolves to space, time, energy and pattern.*