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SITE AND PLAN
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room which satisfies the eye, and impresses the imagination. But the waste of space in the centre area is enormous, and its shelf capacity is limited. The opposite extreme is a plan which provides simply for book storage or warehousing, and is obtained by arranging the bookcases in a separate room away from the readers. The walls are first
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shelved, generally with shelves deep enough to take the quarto and folio books. Then, separate book-cases, shelved on each side, are placed at a distance of about 3 feet from each other, at right angles to the longest side of the room, with passage ways from the issue counter about 6 feet in width. The accompanying plans fully illustrate the difference
