libr. vocab. (cont.)

[Prof Steven P Hill]

Dear colleagues and Dr Nikolaenko:

For the "mitnehmen" ["take along with you"] section of your library,
I suggest this phrase:

"( Books That ) May Be Checked Out."

For all the rest, I suggest:

"Building Use Only."

In the USA, the idiom "to check out"  is standard library vocabulary in 
the meaning of taking a book home, reading it at home, and after a 
certain time (often it's 2 weeks) the user must return the book to the
library.  Of course, the library keeps a written record of which books 
have been "checked out" by which user.  Many libraries charge some 
small penalty (X number of cents per day) for each day late that the 
"checked-out" book is returned after  the deadline.

Best wishes to all,
Steven P. Hill,
University of Illinois (USA).
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Date: Mon 21 Jan 14:38:34 CST 2008
From: <LISTSERV at BAMA.UA.EDU> 
Subject: Re: GETPOST SEELANGS 
To: "Steven P. Hill" <s-hill4 at UIUC.EDU> 
 
Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2008 18:48:45 +0300
From: Lena <nem at ONLINE.DEBRYANSK.RU> 
Subject: Library vocabulary 

Dear Seelangers!
In the foreign literature reading room of our local library
they have a special section from which the books can be taken home for
reading. In German they call it "Das konnen Sie mitnehmen".
Now they are facing the problem how they should put it down in
English.
Could you help please with this phrase?
What do they usually call it in English if there's any set phrase?
Thank you!

Sincerely, 
Nikolaenko Elena
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