Today, in addition to that important function, it serves as a reference library for the public and sends out many books to other libraries on an interlibrary loan system.

今天，除了这个重要的功能，它还作为一个公共参考图书馆，通过馆际互借系统向其他图书馆发送许多图书。

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It was originally planned as a reference library for the federal legislature.

最初，它计划用来作为联邦立法机构的参考图书馆。

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The Internet, eventually, put the resources of a reference library on your desk.

而互联网最终把一所图书馆的资源都摆在了你的桌面上。

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Its early projects included creating reports on movie technologies, training programs and a movie reference library.

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"It remains a library, for the first time a reference library available to everyone, " said Ms Taverne.

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But the council said if the closures were approved areas would not lose community resources, and Birkenhead Library would be incorporated into plans for a reference library in the town centre.

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What is more surprising, perhaps, is how few books are borrowed from the Commons library (although it is more of a reference than a lending library).

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