Laenutusteks
Laenutusteks is an Estonian term used in library, archival, and related information services to indicate that an item is intended for lending to the public. In catalog records and policy documents, laenutusteks marks show that the material can be borrowed rather than used only on-site. The word is formed from laenutus, meaning lending or loan, with the suffix -eks, which expresses purpose or suitability, yielding “for lending” or “intended for lending.”
In practice, laenutusteks appears in library metadata, shelving labels, and access notes to distinguish borrowable materials
The term is part of professional library jargon in Estonian and is most often encountered in official
See also: library cataloging, lending policies, metadata, Estonian library terminology.