Library

A ship or station's library is a place where information, usually in book or computer form, is stored and accessible to others. Usually the books were grouped by genre (fiction, non-fiction, history, etc.) and then sorted alphabetically by the author's last name. With so much information readily available, libraries out in space are typically small. Books, magazines, maps, and the like are only kept in small quantities, and usually because their age or rariety gives them some value or importance. Replicators can readily make and dispose of books and the like, and can be done within one's own quarters. Still, libraries continue to endure because of their serene atmospheres.

Civilians that are normally without computer access visit the library to obtain what information they seek.