There are several types of libraries including private collectors' libraries owned by individuals or institutions, public libraries that are accessible to the public and funded by taxes, school/college/university libraries for educational institutions, state and national libraries that serve as repositories for published works within a geographic area but are usually not public, research libraries with in-depth information on subjects, reference libraries where resources must be used on-site and are not lent out, and digital libraries accessible by computer that can fit into the other classifications.

1. KINDS OF READING
MATERIALS
TYPES OF LIBRARIES

2. TYPES OF LIBRARIES
1. PRIVATE COLLECTOR’S LIBRARY
- the private collectr may be individual or a private business
or institution
2. PUBLIC LIBRARIES
- accessible by the public and usually funded by tax money
and ran by public servants
3. SCHOOL/ COLLEGE/ UNVERSITY LIBRARIES
- provide access to resources for students, staff and
possibly parents of students of the educational institution,
and sometimes allow access by public

3. TYPES OF LIBRARIES
4. STATE AND NATIONAL LIBRARIES
- Usually not accessible by the public, serve as repository of
published wprks within that state or nation
5. RESEARCH LIBRARIES
- hold in-depth information on certain subjects
6. REFERENCE LIBRARIES
- where resources must be used at the library and are not lent out
7. DIGITAL LIBRARIES
- accessible by computer, and may fit within one at the other three
classifications