[PW] Origin of the term "stacks" (in the library)

[FERGUSON Timothy]

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Subject: Re: [PW] Origin of the term "stacks" (in the library)



The question rather was, did libraries store books flat ...

	Yes, they did, but by the time you had Americans at all, they'd
changed over.  Medieval libraries usually had books flat, or on shelves
that sloped face outward, 
	like they have videos in video stores.

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