. Departmental or group libraries. y, there v/ould be a seminar room or sem-inar rooms for every department. These ¥/ould be arranged togetherand separated only by folding doors so that several could be openedinto one large room., if necessary. In each room would be stacks,containing all the books on the subject, except some which are veryrarely used. These would be kept in another part of the stack, soas to keep the collections in the seminar rooms v/ithin bounds. The rooms v/ould be fitted with study tables and chairsand would be comfortable for study than stacks can ever
. Departmental or group libraries. y, there v/ould be a seminar room or sem-inar rooms for every department. These ¥/ould be arranged togetherand separated only by folding doors so that several could be openedinto one large room., if necessary. In each room would be stacks,containing all the books on the subject, except some which are veryrarely used. These would be kept in another part of the stack, soas to keep the collections in the seminar rooms v/ithin bounds. The rooms v/ould be fitted with study tables and chairsand would be comfortable for study than stacks can ever would be open to any one and for as many hours as the rest of ,the library is open. The rooms would be in charge of attendantsbut or^ might serve for several rooms on related subjects. The books reserved for any class v/ould be kept on specialshelves in the seminar room of that departrrent and these would bethe only ones which could not be drawn out. The catalogue of library v/ould be in the most central place. ?^8 available and v/oiild include all the library resources of the univer-jsity. The shell list would be divided and part of it kept in everyseminar room, thus forming a classed catalogue. The general reference books and the bound periodicals v/ould bekept in the reference room and the current periodicals and newspapersin the reading room. Every laboratory would have a small permanent collection ofbooks, recorded at the ^^eneral library, and could draw other booksas needed but the main body of books even in the science departmentswould be kept in the central library building. Every professor could draw as many books as he needed for use iin the class room but they v/ould be charged to him and there v/ould beno class-room libraries. The library of Columbia university the nearest to any library but its seminar rooms are open only toprofessors and advanced students. The might be arranged as in the plan here sho
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