ADJ

large, small
excellent, good
public
private
branch, county, local, national, regional
mobile
A number of councils operate mobile libraries
well-stocked
circulating (historical) , lending, subscription
In 1784 he established his first circulating library
reference
general
special, specialist
academic, research
college, departmental, school, university
copyright
It is a copyright library and receives three copies of all books published in Britain

VERB + LIBRARY

have
The school has an excellent library
go to, use, visit
How often do you go to the library?
borrow sth from, get/take sth out of
I got this very interesting book out of the library
return sth to, take sth back to
Do you have any books to take back to the library?
be available at/from
Do you know about the other services available at your local library?
have access to
Everyone in the country should have access to a lending library

LIBRARY + VERB

have sth, hold sth
The library has an extensive collection of books on French history

LIBRARY + NOUN

book
shelf
catalogue
ticket
assistant, staff
user
facilities, provision, resources, service
the need to improve library provision
skills
teaching library skills to schoolchildren

PREP

at a/the ~
a holiday programme for children at the local library
in a/the ~
I've been reading newspapers in the library

ADJ

considerable, extensive
fine, impressive, magnificent, valuable
personal
film, music, photographic, picture, video

VERB + LIBRARY

have, possess
The family possessed an extensive library
amass, build (up)
She had built up an impressive library of art books
add to

PREP

~ of
a personal library of over 1,000 volumes