As of 2011, the library does not lend books.

During the same period, the library lent 24,000 CD's.

About 100 libraries in the United States lend toys adapted for disabled children.

The library is a reference library and, as such, does not lend.

It is estimated the library employs 180 staff and lends in the region of 620,000 publications annually.

These libraries, since they functioned as a business, also lent books to non-subscribers on a per-book system.

The first year, the mobile library lent 500 books.

The library is not public, but will sometimes lend books to other libraries for public use through interlibrary loan.

In the same year, the library lent about 700,000 items; only three English libraries issued more in that time.

The library lends textbooks to students for both short and long periods of time.