I think the height shelving idea will accommodate all those
disgruntled shelves quite nicely but what about the *people* who
try to use the library? The proposal seems to take the human
element out of the library equation. If you take people out of the
libraries I guess you might as well just have a warehouse.
Very interesting and scary paper. Height-shelving sounds like one
giant step backwards for librarians and information professionals.
Aren't we suposed to be organizers of information?
I would suggest that LC do classification by book color next.
After all anyone whose worked with a lawyer knows that they may not
be able to remember the title of a book but they always remember
its color. ;)
Thanks Richard for your post!
Scott Narowetz
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