CHAPTER V
FITTINGS AND FURNITURE
In considering fittings useful in libraries, attention will only be given to those that are either specially made for the work, or that are peculiarly adapted for the technical equipment of a library. It will be self-evident that the ordinary fittings of an office are requisite for a librarian who has much administrative work. A good roll-top, self-locking desk, with ample room, and sliding arm-rests, should be provided; a copying press and stand; a type-writer and table, suitable for card-catalogue writing; a plentiful supply of cupboards for stationery and forms, should also be supplied. Money drawers and tills for fines and other receipts will be necessary in the lending department, and hat and coat hooks and umbrella stands for the use of the assistants should not be forgotten. If a proper cloak-room, with attendant, cannot be afforded for the public, a number of small umbrella stands must be provided, which should be placed at the ends of the reading slopes and tables. This will be found more satisfactory than a single large one near the doors, for the latter seem to increase the difficulty which some persons have of
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