The primary model for institutional library services is that of public library services. In institutions, access includes open hours of the library facility plus service hours to rooms, cells or wards unduplicated by library facility hours.
Access also includes bibliographic access.
Limitations on access include permissions required and restrictions imposed on client use of services. Excluded are persons in general hospitals, general nursing homes and boarding homes. Excluded are general hospitals, general nursing homes and boarding homes. As such, it can encompass a range of services, such as information services or circulation services, which are determined in a particular library by its roles and goals. The primary model for institutional library services is the public library services model.