Library held by individual(s) or private organisations for members only
Not to be confused with a subscription library.
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Charles Edward Brock's private library
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Private libraries are libraries that are privately owned and are usually intended for the use of a small number of people, or even a single person. As with public libraries, some people use bookplates – stamps, stickers or embossing – to show ownership of the items. Some people sell their private libraries to established institutions such as the Library of Congress, or, as is often the case, bequeath them after death. Much less often, a private library is maintained intact long after the death of the owner.
Privatelibraries are libraries that are privately owned and are usually intended for the use of a small number of people, or even a single person. As...
The PrivateLibraries Association (PLA) is an international society of book collectors with 450 individual members and over 100 institutional members...
government, church or private sponsorship. Computerization and digitization arose from the 1960s, and changed many aspects of libraries. Library history is the...
second-largest public library in the United States behind the Library of Congress and the fourth-largest public library in the world. It is a private, non-governmental...
was a privatelibrary, scholars with references could access it. The purpose of Advice on Establishing a Library was to identify rules for private book...
contains the manuscripts and books belonging to the privatelibrary of the Medici family. The library building is renowned for its architecture that was...
system in the United States and both the largest academic library and largest privatelibrary in the world. Its collection holds over 20 million volumes...
a school or museum), a corporation, or a private individual. In addition to providing materials, libraries also provide the services of librarians who...
Friedrich Nietzsche owned an extensive privatelibrary, which has been preserved after his death. Today this library consists of some 1,100 volumes, of which...
humanities, and Venetian history. Laurentian Library Malatestiana Library Vatican Library Bessarion's privatelibrary was among the most important in the fifteenth...
A privately held company (or simply a private company) is a company whose shares and related rights or obligations are not offered for public subscription...
injury. The library's collections swelled to over 300,000 volumes during the radical phase of the French Revolution when the privatelibraries of aristocrats...
public sector into the private sector. It is also sometimes used as a synonym for deregulation when a heavily regulated private company or industry becomes...
contributed to the growth of privatelibraries in Riyadh. These included the Sheikh Abdullah bin Abdul Latif Al Sheikh Library, which housed an impressive...
Law libraries in these countries can be found in law schools, courts, government, private law firms, and barristers chambers. The largest law library in...
such as libraries, science laboratories and computers. Some private schools are boarding schools, and many military academies are privately owned or...
Walker Library of the History of Human Imagination is a privatelibrary and collection of artistic, scientific, and historical artefacts. The Library was...
presidents, but they are not part of the NARA presidential library system, and are operated by private foundations, historical societies, or state governments...
Private universities and private colleges are institutions of higher education that are not operated, owned, or institutionally funded by governments....
Private Press". The Journal of Library History. 5 (4): 297–322. JSTOR 25540254. OCLC 5547099053. Robb-Smith, A. H. T. (1970). "John Hunter's Private Press"...
library or by other means, while the rich could afford to have a privatelibrary built in their homes. In the United States the Boston Public Library...
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