"interlibrary loan" meaning in English

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          "text": "Only one university in the country had the book they needed but they were able to get it sent to their local library via interlibrary loan.",
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          "ref": "2016, Linda R. Musser, Barbara M. Coopey, “Impact of a Discovery System on Interlibrary Loan”, in College & Research Libraries, volume 77, number 5, →DOI, page 651:",
          "text": "The Summon discovery service, as implemented at Penn State, prioritizes retrieval of online and locally owned material; therefore, it was not unexpected to observe a reduction in interlibrary loan borrowing requests by undergraduates.",
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        "A loan of an item (such as a book, article, or sound recording) between two library systems or similar institutions."
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        "(library science) A loan of an item (such as a book, article, or sound recording) between two library systems or similar institutions."
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          "word": "interloan"
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        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "guǎnjì hùjiè",
          "sense": "loan of an item between two library systems",
          "word": "館際互借 /馆际互借"
        }
      ]
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  "word": "interlibrary loan"
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        "(library science) A loan of an item (such as a book, article, or sound recording) between two library systems or similar institutions."
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      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
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      "sense": "loan of an item between two library systems",
      "word": "館際互借 /馆际互借"
    }
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