Public libraries. A treatise on their design, construction and fittings, with a chapter on the principles of planning, and a summary of the law (1907)
Champneys, Amian Lister · London, B. T. Batsford · leaf 93
ent has been divided, namely, the spaces for borrowers, books, and staff, may, with the abolition of the long counter, be realised in the plan itself : that is to say, the borrowers’ space becomes one separate room, and often the working space for the staff a second, and the book room a third. The… … perature than is necessary for the books, and if the book room is separated from these a great economy may be effected in respect of heating. Moreover, this method makes possible the adoption of the stack system, while the stack, being hidden from the public gaze, may be as plain and inexpensive as…
Library architecture · Library fittings and supplies
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