Around the turn of the 20 th 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 ...
The following article is an op-ed by Susan Bernofsky, chair of the PEN translation committee, originally published on her blog Translationista. Yesterday I was invited to tour the stacks at the 42nd ...