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What Will Become of the Library?
Around the turn of the 20th century—a golden age for libraries in America—the Snead Bookshelf Company of Louisville, Ky., developed a new system for large-stack library shelving. Snead’s multifloor stack systems can still be seen in many important libraries built in that era, for instance at Harvard, Columbia, the Vatican, and at Bryant Park in New York City. Besides storing old bundles of bound paper, Snead’s stacks provided load-bearing structural support to these venerable buildings.
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The implications of having no libraries cuts deep into the welfare of education and knowledge in general. For many, this is their only source of books, especially textbooks. It would take the dumbing down of America to a whole new level.
I hope they remain.