virtual library

collocation in English

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virtual
adjective
uk
/ˈvɜː.tʃu.əl/us
/ˈvɝː.tʃu.əl/
almost a particular thing ...
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library
noun[C]
uk
/ˈlaɪ.brər.i/us
/ˈlaɪ.brer.i/
a building, room, or organization that has a collection of books, documents, music, and sometimes things such as tools or artwork, for people to borrow, usually ...
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(Definition ofvirtualandlibraryfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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These educational sites were organized into five virtual museums and onevirtuallibrary.
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This decentralized approach was sold as a way to create avirtuallibrarythat would benefit far more people.
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How does your library move towards avirtuallibrary: techniques and pitfalls of setting up an electronic library (e-library).
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Thevirtuallibrarycontains more than 25.000 electronic books, 23.000 electronic journals, 37 electronic databases and encyclopedias.
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Thevirtuallibraryincludes more than 50,000 books and 1,000 journals, 26,000 electronic journals, virtual resources, more than 80 computer workstations, multimedia areas, and reading spaces.
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In the near future, more libraries will have become virtual libraries providing people with information in every possible form.
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Virtual libraries of compounds may be generated in various ways to explore chemical space and hypothesize novel compounds with desired properties.
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These virtual libraries have done a lot to both preserve books and make them more available.
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It organizes workshops and seminars on the management of electronic records, virtual libraries and archives, multimedia and interactive publishing, intellectual property management and electronic information standards.
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Other methods, such as virtual high throughput screening, where screening is done using computer-generated models and attempting to dock virtual libraries to a target, are also often used.
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He states that virtual libraries will destroy the impact libraries have on society, and as a result proposes what he calls a human-oriented approach to technology.
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