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Depository libraries

Scope note

In Canada and the United States, libraries designated to receive all or selected government publications, with the provision that public access to the collections be provided.

Term type

AAT

Getty AAT term number

30006833

Broader Terms used

<libraries by subject>

Term used for

libraries, depository

Equivalent Terms used

depository library

Created

13yrs ago

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