California, U: Dedication of the Library, 1912, Vol. 14 (Cla

Excerpt from Dedication of the Library, 1912, Vol. 14

The relative plan area required for reading-rooms and book-stacks having been approximately fixed by the deter mination of the number of books-to be housed and of readers to be served, the next point of primary importance is to secure the greatest possible convenience and rapidity of service between the stack and all parts of the reading space, whether general or semi-private. This result has been sought in a variety of ways, in different libraries, of which the three following may be taken as fairly typical.

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