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Peer reviewedRovelstad, Mathilde V. – College and Research Libraries, 1976
Traces the traditional method of making books accessible through their topical arrangement on library shelves, outlines the reasons for the abandonment of this method in European research libraries, explores its modified reappearance in postwar academic libraries, and cites modern arguments against the practice of making an entire research…
Descriptors: College Libraries, History, Library Collections, Library Services
